Welcome to Goop Tales, Episode 36, Shautine and the Black Pearl of Hallong Bay.

I'm Maria Kalinchini, and I'm the author of Goop Tales.

So in today's episode, we're going to Ha Long Bay in Vietnam with Shaotin.

And this story was inspired because I went to Vietnam, gosh, about almost 15 years ago.

And I was determined I was going to go to Halong Bay because I had seen it once in a movie.

And it was so, so beautiful.

It's this incredible bay outside of Hanoi in northern Vietnam.

And it has over 700 limestone islands that are just like sticking up straight out of the water,

and it's just islands everywhere, and it's very mysterious and beautiful.

And I just fell in love with the idea of going there, so I went there. So today's story is inspired by Ha Long Bay.

And before I get started with the story, I just want to say, thank you for listening, first of all.

And thank you for those of you that have left reviews.

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Um, it means a lot for the rankings. And it really, it motivates me to keep going with goop tails.

And it helps me spread the word. So today, I just want to give a quick shout out, because this is

about shout teen after all, to the latest review, which just made my day, and I really appreciate it,

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We can almost recite them by heart. I want to thank you for the work you do and let you know that you are very

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