From Halong Bay we came back to Hanoi and inmediately we took a train to Ninh Binh.
Ninh Binh is a village situated three hours to the south from Hanoi (I don't know how many kilometres).
In Ninh Binh we spent the night in "Queen Hostel Mini" (or something like that). It is situated in the same street as the train's station and the owner is soooo nice!!
He gave us a lot of information about where we could eat cheap and good, what to visit around the city and how to get there. So the next day we rented a bicycles from him and we went away to explore the city and the nature around it.
Fortunately, we arrived to Tam Coc. It is an amazing place, really. In my opinion it is the "halong bay from the mountains" but with only local tourism -what makes it more special-. In Tam Coc you can take a boat and enjoy the landscape. You will see how they drive the boats with their feet! The boat goes on the river between a lot of small mountains and througt some caves as well. It costs around 130.000 dong and it worth.
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| With our super boat driver! |
After that, we took our bicycles again and we went looking for a temple. If I'm not wrong, the temple is called Bich Dong Pagoda and you can enjoy the views of Tam Coc from the temple (wich is on the top of the mountain after going up 400 steps!)
Thanks to Ninh Binh, our feelings with Vietnam changed and we started to enjoy and to love that amazing country.
The next day, we took a bus to Hue, the Imperial City.
