Map of Cat Ba Island |
The hydrofoil from Haiphong to Cat Ba Island |
Southern coast of Cat Ba Island, Vietnam |
Small cargo vessel crusing by the limestone cliffs of Cat Ba Island |
Southern shore of Cat Ba Island from the Haiphong hydrofoil |
Limestone cliffs of the southern coast of Cat Ba Island, Vietnam |
Cat Ba Island, Vietnam, from the Haiphong hydrofoil |
Cat Ba Island, a popular tourist getaway in northern Vietnam |
Net fisherman operating from a traditional rowboat, Cat Ba Island |
Fishing boat with some of the islands around Cat Ba Harbor |
Fish farms, part of the floating village, Ca Ba Harbor, Vietnam |
Another high speed ferry to Cat Ba Island, Thong Nhat 05 |
Fishing boat, Cat Ba Harbor, Vietnam |
Fishing fleet, Cat Ba Harbor, Cat Ba Island |
Speed boat, Cat Ba Harbor |
Cat Ba Town |
Cat Ba Town's port |
Hotel strip along the waterfront, Cat Ba Town |
Cat Ba Town, the island's main settlement |
Arriving at Cat Ba Town from Haiphong |
Cat Ba Town |
The Thong Nhat 05 pulling in behind our hydrofoil from Haiphong |
Cat Ba Town hotel strip, Vietnam |
Cat Ba Kinh Chao Quy Khach |
After dropping off its passengers, the hydrofoil Hoang Yen 2 backs away from the pier |
The slow boat, Hai Phong 03, tied up at Cat Ba Town |
Floral welcome to Cat Ba Island |
Holiday View Hotel, Cat Ba Island |
Deluxe room Holiday Viet Hotel, Cat Ba Town |
Deluxe room Holiday Viet Hotel, Cat Ba Town |
The Cat Ba Town strip from the Holiday View Hotel |
The Floating Village in Cat Ba Harbor from the Holiday View Hotel |
The Floating Village in Cat Ba Harbor from the Holiday View Hotel |
Floating restaurant Dinh Hung, Cat Ba Town |
Cat Ba Harbor with the fishing fleet and floating village |
High speed ferry and hydrofoil ticket office, Cat Ba Town |
Main Street, Cat Ba Town |
Ho Chi Minh Monument on Mountain No. 1, Cat Ba Town |
There's not much traffic, so renting a motorbike is a reasonable option on Cat Ba Island |
Trung Nguyen, Vietnam's Starbucks, Cat Ba Town |
Cat Ba Town |
Cat Ba Town, Cat Co 1-2-3, Ben Bo Harbor |
Cat Co 2 - one of 3 beaches near Cat Ba Town |
Beach - Cat Co 2, Cat Ba Island |
Beach - Cat Co 2, Cat Ba Island |
Thatched beach umbrella, Cat Co 2, Cat Ba Island |
Thatched beach umbrellas - Cat Co 2, Cat Ba Island |
A catwalk drilled into the cliff leads around the headland north to Cat Co 3 |
Walkway to Cat Co 3 |
Beach and resort at Cat Co 2, Cat Ba Island |
Catwalk, Cat Ba Island |
Rounding the headland on the catwalk between Cat Co 2 and Cat Co 3 |
First glimpse of the beach at Cat BCo 3, Cat Ba Island |
Cat Co 3 beach and cliff walk |
Secluded cove at Cat Co 3, no road access |
Idyllic and peaceful (at least in low season) Cat Co 3 |
Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Dad on the walkway to Cat Co 3 for his afternoon of sun and sand |
The cove at Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Beach, Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Beach, Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Beach, Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Beach umbrellas and chairs, Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
...in need of chop stick lessons... |
Kayaks are available at Cat Co 3 |
Beach, Cat Co 3, Cat Ba Island |
Cat Ba Town |
Tourist boats, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Giant pole net, Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Vietnamese woman rowing out to the floating village, Cat Ba |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Mountain No. 1 above Cat Ba Town with the Ho Chi Minh Monument |
Mountain No. 1 above Cat Ba Town with the Ho Chi Minh Monument |
Ben Beo Harbor, Cat Ba Island |
Ben Beo Harbor, Cat Ba Island |
Government-looking building, Cat Ba Town |
Vietnam 1945-2007 |
Party billboard, Cat Ba Island |
Lake, Cat Ba Island interior |
Traditional rural Vietnamese thatched huts, near the entrance to Cat Ba National Park |
Traditional rural Vietnamese thatched huts, near the entrance to Cat Ba National Park |
Traditional rural Vietnamese thatched huts, near the entrance to Cat Ba National Park |
Cat Ba National Park |
Cat Ba National Park trekking route |
Entrance, Cat Ba National Park |
Road through the interior of Cat Ba Island to Cang Gia Luan in the north |
Jungle-clad limestone pinnacle, Cat Ba Island, interior |
War memorial, xom Trong, Cat Ba Island (north) |
Mudflats, north Cat Ba Island, with Halong Bay in the distance |
Grounded fishing boat at low tide, north Cat Ba Island |
Grounded fishing boat at low tide, north Cat Ba Island |
Mangroves, north Cat Ba Island |
Pier at Cang Gia Luan, Cat Ba Island, north |
Fast ferry at Cang Gia Luan, Cat Ba Island |
Small tarp covered boat, Halong Bay |
Halong Bay from north Cat Ba Island |
Cat Ba Island milestone, Ben Beo 13km |
Green interior, Cat Ba Island |
Farmer plowing with a water buffalo, Hien Hao, Cat Ba Island (west) |
Farmer plowing with a water buffalo, Hien Hao, Cat Ba Island (west) |
Farmer plowing with a water buffalo, Hien Hao, Cat Ba Island (west) |
Mudflats, low tide, SW Cat Ba Island |
Looking to Hon Goi Thap, Cat Ba Island |
Mudflat at low tide, SW Cat Ba, near Hien Hao |
They seem to use the mudflats for commercial clamming or something similar... |
Platform on stilts at one of the mudflat clam farms, Cat Ba |
The new road on the west coast of Cat Ba from Hien Hao to Ang Coi |
West Coast of Cat Ba Island with the new road |
Road construction, Cat Ba Island |
Road crew, Cat Ba Island |
Friendly wave from the road crew, Cat Ba Island |
Vietnamese road worker, Cat Ba Island |
Shrine, Hien Hao, Cat Ba Island |
Shrine, Hien Hao, Cat Ba Island |
Road sign at a junction, Cat Ba Island - 18km back to town |
One of the few areas on Cat Ba suitable for crops |
Along the road from Hien Hao back to Cat Ba Town |
SW coast, Cat Ba Island |
Scenic road along the SW coast of Cat Ba Island |
Mangrove swamp with a rocky outcropping SW Cat Ba Island |
Farmer working in a rice paddy, Cat Ba Island |
Southwest Cat Ba Island |
Warning - steep narrow winding road, Cat Ba Island |
Farmland, southwest Cat Ba Island |
Stilt house on the mudflat with a small floating village, SW Cat Ba Island |
Stilt house on the mudflats, Cat Ba Island |
Coastal plain, Cat Ba Island (SW) |
The largest of Cat Ba Island's agricultural areas (N20 45 28/E106 58 37) |
Palm tree and fields, Cat Ba Island |
Vietnamese farmer, Cat Ba Island |
Vietnamese farm carrying two buckets on a pole |
Manual irrigation, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam |
Vietnamese pastoral scene - vegetable field, Cat Ba Island |
Vegetable field, Cat Ba Islad |
Rice paddy with farmer, Cat Ba Island |
Vietnamese farmer in a flooded rice paddy, Cat Ba Island |
Vietnamese farmer in a rice paddy, Cat Ba Island |
He seems to be spreading seed or perhaps fertilizer from his basket |
Spreading seed or fertilizer, Cat Ba |
Rice paddies, southwest Cat Ba Island |
Vietnamese farmer in a rice paddy, Cat Ba Island |
Rice paddies, southwest Cat Ba Island |
Vegetable fields, Cat Ba Island |
The fresh rice sprouts are bright green |
Traditional rowboat made of woven material covered with tar |
Traditional Vietnamese row boat at low tide, Cat Ba Island |
Tracks across the mud flat, a short distance outside Cat Ba Town |
Tiny fish out to dry, Cat Ba Town |
Small squid drying in the sun, Cat Ba Town |
Row boat headed for teh floating village, Cat Ba Harbor |
Boy from the floating village hoping to make some extra money rowing tourists around Cat Ba Harbor |
Unfortnately, I had already made arrangements with another boatman |
The boatman I hired for a one hour sunset cruise around the floating village |
Tuyet Beo Floating Restaurant, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village dog, Cat Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Ca Ba Harbor |
One of the traditional woven row boats, Cat Ba floating village |
Most of the floating village is for fish farming or storage, Ca Ba Harbor |
Floating village, Ca Ba Harbor |
Fishing boat tied up at one of the floating village huts, Cat Ba Harbor |
Man painting his fishing boat, Cat Ba floating village |
"Walmart boat" pulled up alongside a fishing boat, Cat Ba Harbor |
Fish pens, Cat Ba Harbor floating village |
This floating village house has its own generator - most others seem battery operated |
Vietnamese fishermen preparing their nets, Cat Ba Harbor |
Dusk, no sunset today, Cat Ba Harbor |
Night falls, Cat Ba Harbor |
The main pier of Cat Ba Town at night |
Cat Ba Town |
Dad pearl shopping in Cat Ba Town |