Cat Ba Island

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