We drove 60km southwest of Hanoi, to the township of My Duc, where we boarded a small rowing boat, and headed down the river among the limestone cliffs.
There are no roads leading to this UNESCO World Heritage site, so the river is well sign posted, and even has street lamps!
A local fisherman at work.
We had lunch, and then we hiked up a lot of stone steps to the pagoda.
Many Buddhist pilgrims come here during a festival in March, which is probably a fun, but very busy time to be there. There we only a fre people at the stalls tyring to get us to buy their things, which was a relief. There are many pagodas here, but we only visited the Huong Tich Chu - the Pagoda of the Perfumed Vestige, which is located in a huge cave.
We took the cable car back down to the river, as the many steps wouldn't have been good for our knees.
A nice day in the country side of northern Vietnam.
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