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Marble mountain

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Dec 18 2006, 08:19 PM

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Trzin, Slovenia

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Hoi An, Vietnam

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On the way from Hoi An, we stopped at the marble mountain near Danang. This is a strange geological phenomenon -- a bunch of rocky hills, literally made of marble, sticking right out of the plains. The most scenic one is named, quite unimaginatively, the Marble Mountain.

There are a couple of pagodas built on the mountain, but what impressed us most was the mystic cave temple. Rays of sunlight pierce the crevices in the cave ceiling, barely illuminating ancient Buddha images, altars and shrines. The serenity of the place is overwhelming.

Reluctantly, we left the temple behind and headed towards Danang Airport. After an hour or so in a comfy Vietnam Airlines Boeing 777, we were in Hanoi.

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	22. Idle running Dec 25 2006, 01:31 PMChu Lin, Vietnam4 photos On our last day in Sapa we were numb and lifeless, idly waiting for the night train to take us back to Hanoi for a final day of shopping, writing postcards, and pondering about what has passed in the last 27 days. Our trip was almost over, but not quite yet. In short...

	21. Karaoke night Dec 25 2006, 03:22 AMLo Sui Tong, Vietnam2 photos On Christmas Eve, we celebrated our victory over the mountain in a karaoke bar in Sapa. Over a couple of bottles of Hanoi vodka, our mood got progressively lighter, while our singing got progressively worse. At 2:00 AM, after scaring away the other customers with our take of "Hotel...

	20. The roof of Indochina Dec 24 2006, 02:30 PMSan Sa Ho, Vietnam5 photos The second day proved much more difficult. We started early and made the steep ascent to the peak in just over four hours. The descent was a long, up and down struggle, covering a considerable distance back to the road. We were picked up by an old Russian army jeep and arrived back at the Sapa...

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