Halong Bay, Vietnam
Halong Bay, an astonishingly beautiful and harmonious creation of nature, is located in the Gulf of Tonkin and is rightfully considered one of the main pearls of Vietnam.
A beautiful legend is told by the Vietnamese themselves about the origin of Halong Bay islands.
Once, in order to protect the people from the oppression of the Chinese invaders, the gods have sent from the sky to help the Vietnamese warriors family dragons.
In the mythology of China, Japan and Vietnam, dragons are noble, wise and friendly creatures on the side of good.
Angry dragons defender spewed precious stones from their mouths at the invaders, falling into the bay and turned into rocks and islands, which crashed the enemy fleet.
Victory, of course, went to the owners of the bay, and the dragons themselves forever fell in love with the area and stayed here to live.
The lines of the cliffs really do resemble the crest of a giant dragon's back out of the water in places.
