Today we wondered around the old quarter of Hanoi. The trip included a visit to the Ngoc Son temple, located on an island on the Hoan Kiem lake (Lake of the Returned Sword). We also met the true guardian of the scared site. The beast was hard at work …
Later today we fly to Siem Reap in Cambodia.
A quick visit to the Tay Ho district (again), this time more of look and see at the life in the streets… This area of Hanoi is quite exclusive and full of rather nice houses. A lot of westerners who work in Hanoi choose this as their home area.
To day we did a day trip to Hoa Lu and Tam Coc.
Hoa Lu is the old imperial capital of Vietnam dating back to 9th and 10th century, and features 17th century temples to a couple of the first kinds of Vietnam.
Lotus at Đinh Tien Hoang Temple
Tam Coc is a remarkable location with water cutting through the limestone hills called karsts, to produce a series of gorges and caves.
Karsts at Tam Coccalled