Interesting excursion to historical region of Vietnam. Guide gives us interesting information about history during the visiting Hoa Lu ancient complex. After that we enjoyed a good lunch. Second part of excursion was a pictures boat trip by the river and also bike ride in Stayed 2 nights in the Hidden Charme Hotel, an escape from the busy town. You can experience some Vietnamese rural life, an increasingly popular place with tourists though.
Spent a great day in Ninh Binh and the highlight was the row boat at Tam Coc. Peaceful , beautiful , loved ducking through the low dark caves and out the other side to see lush forests. Boatman skilful , rowing with his As we all know too well taxi drivers try it on and charge more money. These sneaky sods have another trick. All the Grab Wonderful place to visit Well worth going. We really enjoyed this little side trip. Great for any age group. Not a stop always included in the classic North to South Vietnam adventure but so worth a visit after the craziness of Hanoi.
Hire a bike and cycle through rice fields to caves and temples, take a tiny paddle boat through the caves to magical At the halfway they have people selling drinks and fruit, they did not seem happy that As the locals say it is like the Ha Long bay inland.
Even greater variety of spots to visit around. River-like channels and water ponds. It was amazing to see the river floating on both directions. It was very nice landcape. But if you come from November to Feburary, you will not have chance to see yellow field which we expected. Stayed in Tam Coc and did a motorbike tour of the area with Tommy's tours. Was amazing. Love the area and so glad we stayed locally to enjoy how beautiful the place is. An inland Halong Bay There are plenty of restaurants and found a Ninh Binh.
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