Visit to My Son

My Son ... Beautiful Mountain .... Hindu place of worship.
The Cham tribes follow Hindu and Muslim.
Religions brought in via the trading port of Hoi An
The old capital of Cham was 7km from temple.
Native Vietnamese are Kingh tribe (80%) 53 other tribes make up the rest.
China invaded Vietnam in 1st century for 1000years.

Our van pulled over by traffic police ... Cost driver USD$10 in "black money" as is known here.

The ruins are quite spectacular available real gem. Never heard of this Cham dynasty yet they have been around for over 2 centuries.

They clay bricks were held together with honey and tree sap and baked by fire. The inside was filled with soil to provide stability during the build then dig out once completed.

Many of the temples were destroyed by Amercian bombs attempting to kill Vietcong ... bomb craters still visible.Read more