Huong (perfume) Pagoda

One among the largest and unique religious sites comprises of Huong Pagoda.  The delightful and glamorous view of this Pagoda adds up the value when reaching to Pagoda itself becomes so adventurous and alluring.

Located around 60km South West of Hanoi, the pagoda is built in the limestone cliff of Perfume Mount.  It is located in Ben Duc province and takes 2 hour to go to Ben Duc. Your journey does not end here in spite you can say this is the starting point to reach Pagoda.

You can go to ben duc in your personal vehicle or a car can also be rented. The local tours and travels also organizes it in a well professional manner. From Ben Duc you need to take a boat. As soon as the boat starts moving on Day river you will be astonished with the beauty of nature. small hills will be covering you from both the sides and your small boat will be moving along with many other boats. A drizzle may add your ecstasy to your zenith if you are lucky enough. After a 40-45 minute of romantic and scenic boat ride you will reach in the foothill of huong Mount.
There are a  number of restaurants down at the foothill. Many unseen and rare animals as well as birds can be seen here hanging upside down for their meat. If you are a vegetarian, carrying your own food will be better idea. All the restaurants will be swarming with people.If your trip is organised by your tour and travels agent they will arrange your food in one of these restaurants.

At this point you can Den Trinh(presentation shrine). The large shrine have a gate with two kneeling elephants.  Trekking uphill will be tiring but not complex. A artificial trekking path is constructed to make the transition easy. On the way you can find shops on both the side.
On the way you can find Thien Tru Pagoda also known as heaven kitchen pagoda.
After crossing Thien Tru Pagoda you will reach Huong tich Cave. It is in the center of chua huong complex. The mouth if the cave is appearance of open mouth of dragon with Chinese characters carved on it. Inside cave there are many statues. There is large statue of lord Buddha.

Huong Pagoda festival is celebrated between middle of Feb till March end. Number of tourists and pilgrims flock in this duration.

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Phan Thiet, Mui Ne

 

Mui Ne

Enjoy the desert right beside Sea. When the sun is very bright and where sand dunes kisses the sea tides, you are in Mui ne.
200Km east of HoChiMinh City lies, the one of the most beautiful beaches of Vietnam, preserving its beauty at its best. You can take a train or a bus to Mui Ne from HCMC which will take 4 to 5 hours to reach Phan Thiet. Normal buses take 100.000VND to 150.000VND while trains takes 70.000 to 200.000VND depending on the sleeper or chair car services. The railway station is not in Mui Ne city. The Phan Thiet is the connecting city for Mui Ne. you need to drive more 22Km to go to Mui Ne from Phan Thiet. City buses are available in quite cheaper rate. There is no local airport in Mui Ne.

Sliding on sand

Phan Thiet is the fishing town well known for its product of this city is nuoc mm ie Fish Sauce. From phan thiet on the way toward mui ne you can find a thick layer of fishes being dried up on both the side of road. A good variety of restaurants are here which can satisfy your taste bud with continental dishes. Mui ne appeared on map after some foreigners happen to fall on this place in search of a place to relax away from city crowd and noise. Sooner some resorts appeared with the idea of providing a place with all comforts and let the tourist enjoy the nature as it is .

You can find many resorts including 3 and 4 star resorts as well. Can find a room in minimum of 30 $ to 100-120$ per day with swimming pool and sea beach view. you can let your taste buds enjoy different new dishes from different part of world in mui ne. Specially french and spanish food are easily available including one indian Restaurant :
Sree Ganesh
57 nguyen dinh chieu
062 3741330

Mui ne is nice place for water sports an also held some Sports meet during Tet holidays. Famous for its resorts and sand dunes , Mui ne have on dark side. It helds many road accidents during night when road is deserted, driving is fast. It took many foreigners life. Mui ne is setting record for foreign deat after american war. So it is suggested that dont hire any motorbike for driving there. Cycling is also not advised.

one of the most famous site for mui ne contributed by one foreigner
http://www.muinebeach.net/ may help you to get good idea Mui ne.

Nha Trang is 5 hours by road from mui ne and Dalat is 3 hours.
http://www.muinebeach.net/toursntransport.htm




Although long back I visited Mui ne, memories are withered, this is my effort to recollect and present the best.

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Sapa, The love Valley

Take a luxurious train from Hanoi, the capital to LaoCai station. The complete package for 2 days may cost not more then 90$ depending on the tour you book. The sinh cafe tour group can be one of your good choice for the trip but same time you should mistake in recognizing the correct SinhCafe group. There are many other tour group which are not original sinh cafe. All tour group are located near hoam kiem lake. A pickup will be provided from your hotel which will drop you to Ga Hanoi(hanoi railway station). 9pm the train will start which will drop you to LaoCai station in morning 6:30AM. A minibus will be ready for you to take you to Sapa from there which may take 1 more hour. You can checkin in Hotel and have breakfast. Checkout time is 11AM for all hotels. 

Basically a beautiful hill station and climate is the main thing to enjoy here. Although there are some tourist spots and Villages around which may be interesting fi you like to study new culture and living style. Black Hmong tribe of CatCat and Sin chai villages can be included in tour program. 

Trekking to these villages is really a fun and luckily if you get a little drizzling. If you have planned such that you land on saturday you will be lucky to enjoy the local culture in night called "love market". Choosing groom and bride is the main purpose of this market. 

The naother side of SAPA have tay and Dzay tribes in ta van and la cai village. 

Night is very beautiful with night markets and pubs and restaurants serving delicacies of world including indian restaurants. the church is standing in the middle of city and around it is spread you may call as walking street with all tourists enjoying the market and new delicacies. 

People here are more comfortable in english then in Hanoi, with friendly behavior and giving you all comforts to make your stay comfortable in SAPA.