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Situated
on Bo Hon island, 14 km south of Bai
Chay Beach is the Luồn Grotto. In front
of the grotto is Con Rùa Islet, and the
Sky Gate is on the right. Here the
cliffs stretch
vertically out of the pure blue and
smooth water. At the water-level, an
arched entrance leads to the grotto,
just at the base of the island.
Passing through the
pretty entrance, you come across a
tranquil round lake, surrounded by
luxuriant trees and high dangerous stone
walls. Monkeys run to and fro in groups,
benjamin fig trees shade the landscape
and many orchids hang their
sweet-scented flowers. In the lake, many
species abound: shrimp, fish, crab and
cuttle-fish.
This is an enclosed group
of islands. It connects with the sea via
a 4-meter-wide, 100-meter-long, and
3-meter-high mouth. Inside the grotto,
the 1-km2 brackish lake is surrounded by
mountains. On the cliff one still find
traces of fossils of fresh-water snails,
which prove that men used to live there
and this must have been a deep valley
then.
The beauty of the site,
is the mingling of a number of factors:
the mountain's size and form, the colour
of the water and the clouds.
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