Well, good morning, Halong Bay!
So it's day two here in halong bay. Living that pirate life, you know.
Pretty sure pirates did this all the time, you know, lounging on the sundeck
*singing a pirate song*
can't get enough of these views these karst mountains are beautiful
There are quite a few places in Asia that look like this actually, but this is definitely worth coming and cruising around and seeing
We just sailed up to this pearl farm right here, I guess we're gonna learn how they farm and harvest pearls here in halong bay
About 3 to 4 years for them to grow inside the shell
The pearls have a diameter from 3 to 10 millimeters
This one is the most popular
About 70% of the pearls come from here
Makes the pink, yellow, white, grey, and brown color
For implanting the oyster we need 2 things to put inside the body of it
The first one, we have to use the nucleus here
Oh, I see, I see
Oh. Yes! There is one
Let me see
And as always exit through the gift shop. Except this gift shop is like a floating pearl market, so it's pretty cool actually
So the one really interesting thing that I learned is that ,to make these pearls inside the oyster,
They cut open the gonads of the oyster and then implant like a part of a shell in there to make the pearl
Cruel? I don't know...
Do oysters feel these things?
sure glad I don't make pearls
I'm so glad it turned into a gorgeous sunny day here in Halong Bay
Halong actually means descending dragon and the legend of this place is that the gods sent down a dragon from heaven
who dropped jewels into this bay, that grew into these huge karsts to protect it from invaders
And now it's time for a cooking class I guess.
I think we're gonna learn how to make spring rolls
So after a good lunch were going to be pulling into port pretty soon
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