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Today, finally some pictures from valued commenter Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes. I have more to post and hope he sends more. We’re using a big submission that won’t publish to debug and then you’ll see their glory.
So we overnighted on a boat in Halong Bay, in the Gulf of Tonkin
The views were stunning
Taken on 2018-01-09
Halong Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam
These are Karst pillars, basically big limestone structures
More Vietnam!
The monkeys of Ha Long Bay
Taken on 2018-01-10
Ha Long Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam
So there are colonies of monkeys living in the Karst structures of the bay. They have no shame – the alpha male and alpha female were going at it for our amusement (I didn’t video that – felt perverted). Anyway, he’s not much of a cuddler.
Thank you so much Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes, do send us more when you can.
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Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
Oh, I have a LOT more. Hoi An, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City from the Rex rooftop, Cu Chi tunnels, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat, Phnom Penh, rice paddies and elephants and Hmong villages and monks in Laos…
rikyrah
The pictures are beautiful ?
Please send more
satby
Just popping in to say hi from Bangkok, I made it! Very hot and humid (of course), more than I remember from when I was last in Thailand. Most of my group is Canadian, and very sympathetically commiserating with me about Our National Embarrassment.
satby
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Yes, looking forward to more!
@rikyrah: hey lady! Good morning!
ThresherK
Niiice.
Also, is that type of primate known to live in a group? I don’t know my monkeys. If not a cuddler I hope the guys at least do housework and don’t call it “babysitting” when they are watching their own offspring.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@ThresherK:
My recollection was that they were a type of macaque. They were pretty much all up in each other’s faces, so it looked to be a clan grouping.
Alpha dude not only doesn’t cuddle, he’s pretty much an asshole out for himself….
Mary G
@satby: Have fun and take pictures for me to virtually see the world.
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: the bay is very atmospheric and I’m looking forward to Angkor Way in particular.
Quinerly
Beautiful pictures today!…..and all days. Thanks.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@Mary G:
Moving through the bay video – rocks are close.Going through Halong Bay
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
Video of Monkeys. They’re noisy.
Baud
Very nice.
raven
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: They also have been known to try to fuck you in the ear. Nasty little critters.
debbie
Beautiful cliffs!
JPL
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes: Thank you for the pictures, and thanks goes to Alain for setting this up. It’s our own travelogue.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@raven:
Yeah, they didn’t seem to be real discriminate.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
@raven:
Oh, and there were bats in the Cu Chi tunnels.
J R in WV
@Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes:
Of course there were !!!
Ben Cisco
Wow. Good stuff.
raven
@J R in WV: Back in the day Charlie would tie pit vipers on a string and hang them from the ceiling of the tunnels, nasty shit.
laura
Beautiful pictures, just lovely, but needs MOAR poco.
DesertFriar
@Quinerly:
Hope your time in the City of the Crosses went well.