Morning exploring Hanoi
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1. Tran Quoc Pagoda.
2. Quan Thanh Temple - A Taoist temple (our first). The alters are packed with ornaments and offerings and a lot of gold. The walls, doors and ceilings are all highlyLue lisää
1. Tran Quoc Pagoda.
2. Quan Thanh Temple - A Taoist temple (our first). The alters are packed with ornaments and offerings and a lot of gold. The walls, doors and ceilings are all highlyLue lisää
4. Train street -Trains runs along this very narrow road with cafes lining each side; table and chairs are folded down or pushed back to make way for the train to go past. The cafe owners and a guardLue lisää
1. The One Pillar Pagoda - Exactly as described and highly unusual.
2. Ho Chi Minh complex - The huge Ho Chi Minh mausoleum of, a museum dedicated to his life and work (very strange inside, not muchLue lisää
More sightseeing in Hanoi. The Scholars temple was calm with dark wood, carving and vast gardens and I learnt the tail of the stork and the tortoise which you see in every temple. The Women's museumLue lisää
Two days trekking through the bamboo forest and rice fields with our young, giggly and informative guide and an army of local helpers (in cultural dress and flip flops) who multitasked making string,Lue lisää
The next day we hiked through more rice fields to the waterfall (quite small) before lunch and a ride back to the town where we had a quick 20 mins to look round before a shower and the long bus rideLue lisää
After being on the move for the past four weeks, we booked a hotel with a pool and spent a few days on the island relaxing and sunning ourselves.
Spent the day cruising around Cat Ba and Ha Long bay and found our new sport...kayaking! We had a funny and flirty tour leader, a great lunch on board, a fun group of people, and thoroughly enjoyedLue lisää
It's called the Mua caves but the cave is underwhelming at best. We knew about the stairs to the dragon statue perched right at the top of the mountain which has incredible panoramic views over theLue lisää
The two top attractions in Ninh Binh. Bai Dinh is a temple complex which was so big you had to get a golf cart to the starting point of the tour, it was also strangely quiet, and we were practicallyLue lisää