Ninh Binh area

Nancy had wanted to visit the Bai Dinh Buddhist Temple Complex and take a sampan ride at Trang An. However, there was rain in the forecast, so she had Mama book a driver for the day, making the Temple the first stop and seeing whether the weather would clear for the second. She would not be talked into each of us getting a motorbike driver for the 30 km there and back! The day was marked by intermittant heavy rain and there were times electricity flickered on and off both at the Hotel and the temple complex. The drive to the three stops we made was through a landscape of karst limestone peaks and rice farms.Read more