The HaLong Bay in northern Quang Ninh Province recently has been
recognised twice as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and has
been voted one of the seven new Natural Wonders of the World. It
was around 9 o’clock in the morning. HaLong Bay was covered in a
thin veil of mist, with drops of drizzle here and there. A group
of French tourists take photos of monkeys living in and around
HaLong Bay’s Luon Cave. The monkeys have become tamer through
repeated exposure to visitors. But none of the tourists seemed
to mind the weather, they were busy watching and feeding pieces
of banana to groups of monkeys living in and around Luon Cave on
one of the several islets in the bay where monkeys still live.
“I didn’t expect to find monkeys here, it’s a delight to watch
them,” said Rachel Hobbes, an American tourist, joyfully as
about 20 of the cheeky little animals fought over the morsels,
unaware of the people watching them from boats. The appearance
of so many monkeys in one area behaving without fear of humans
follows