286. On 15th of Every Month

Attendees of a Buddhist ceremony on 15th of the month in lunar calendar.
Vietnam

285. Bình Châu Hot Springs

Bình Châu Hot Springs , Vũng Tầu, Vietmam

The hot springs located in side Bình Châu resort, and it had many amenities to offer like mud bath, boiling your own egg, 2 large heated pool, foot spa, natural hiking trail, plus a restaurant which offered a specialty, seven courses meal from a baby piglet.  We wanted to try the house specialty so we ordered the meal a day in advance.  After all the hot springs activities we were ready for all these food.  (^.^)   

284. Chừa Hang - Cave Temple

Kiền Giang Province, Vietnam

283. Phú Quốc Island

282. Đèo Hải Vân - Hai Van Pass

Old USA look-out post on Hai Van Pass

A view toward Đà Nẳng province from the look-out post on Hai Van Pass

281. The Bus

For two weeks the group was together on this bus traveling from Saigon to Hanoi and back.  The bus had took us to over fifteen locations.  There was time it broke down on us in the middle of the road.  We all prayed for it to get fix and waited for hours to get to our next destination.  At the end it returned us home safe and sound.  Thank you bus!  I will remember you. (~.~)

280. Lăng Khải Định - Tomb of Emperor Khải Định

Emperor Khải Định Tomb, Huế, Vietnam

The tomb of Nguyễn Emperor Khải Định, the 12th emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty.  

It located in the Châu Chư mountain of Huế.  Its architectural styles were a mixed of various forms: Indian pagoda, Vietnamese stoupa, Roman column, and the juxtaposition of Gothic.  Therefore it is more elaborately designed than other of its era.  Emperor Khải Định was one of the first known gay emperor in the history of Vietnam.

279. Hiền Lương Bridge

Hiền Lương Bridge, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam

Cầu Hiền Lương, across Bến Hải river, was fist built on 1928 by the local villagers and it was used only for pedestrian.  In 1943, while the colonial French occupied northern Vietnam, they had rebuilt it for automobile usage also.  When the French lost it battle in Điện Biên Phủ 1954, this bridge was used to separate Vietnam northern and southern territories, and each side received half the length of it. 

278. Looking Down

Sapa, Vietnam

I did not get to see what most of the tourist books/websites had advertised about Sapa.  The drive up to the town was long.  Once I get there, it was full of tourists and gift shops, another typical tourist attraction that no longer a hidden gem.  As you can see in the photo, the mountain was being excavating for new roads and farms, and it had caused a dent to the nature beauty of the place.

277. Green

276. Wondering

 @Silver Waterfall, Sapa, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam

From their outfit I guess they belong the minority group that live on these mountain terraces.  These kids were selling souvenirs around the parking lot.  This particular boy was about 3 years old and he was just accompany his sister around.

275. Was There

 

One Pillar Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam

274. The Yellow Building

The Presidential Palace of the Vietnamese

The  French Colonial architecture  building was built between 1900 and 1906 by the French architect Auguste Henri Vildieu

273. Waiting in Line

We were in line since 6:30am to see Uncle Ho.  People continuously queued in line like soldiers marching in battle.  It only took us less then 5 minutes to walk through his display but the waiting to get there was ridiculously long, over an hour.

272. The Way Out