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« Reply #2040 on: May 04, 2012, 05:35:00 AM »
We went to the historical museum and found these hammock holders from the 13th/14th century!
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« Reply #2041 on: May 04, 2012, 05:36:16 AM »
This is the chandelier in the lobby of our hotel.  It was a really nice hotel!
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« Reply #2042 on: May 04, 2012, 05:36:46 AM »
The opera house.
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« Reply #2043 on: May 04, 2012, 05:37:29 AM »
Water buffalo walking along the road.
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« Reply #2044 on: May 04, 2012, 05:38:20 AM »
More buildings.  That poor short one looks very squished!
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« Reply #2045 on: May 04, 2012, 05:40:28 AM »
These people are at a funeral.  Our guide told us that when a person dies, they are buried for several years.  Then their bones are dug up and cremated, put into a bone jar and laid to rest for eternity in their proper burial spot in the fields.  So these people are re-bury the bones (ashes) into its final resting spot.
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« Reply #2046 on: May 04, 2012, 05:41:25 AM »
And here are some of those final resting tombs in the rice fields as we traveled outside the city.
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« Reply #2047 on: May 04, 2012, 05:50:17 AM »
The rest of the pictures are from a place called Tam Coc town, also known as Halong on Land (referring to Halong Bay, a UNESCO heritage spot).  Tam Coc is inland while Halong Bay is on the coast.  The day we went it was overcast but the place was still very picturesque.  Our itinerary said we would do this boat ride after lunch but our guide said we would do it at lunchtime.  Once we got back we understood why.  When we went there was no one, or very few, other people out on the river.  When we came back the place was teeming with all the people who were eating lunch while we were on the water and those people had lots and lots of other boats on the water all at the same time.  Our boat ride was so nice and quiet and peaceful.  We were so glad our guide made us switch our time!

These are all the boats waiting for customers.  
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« Reply #2048 on: May 04, 2012, 05:50:57 AM »
These are all the women rowers waiting for customers.
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« Reply #2049 on: May 04, 2012, 05:53:06 AM »
What makes the place scenic is the limestone peaks.  Our guide said they quarry so much limestone here that some of these limestone mountains are literally ground down to nothing and disappear.  It made for a lot of air pollution until recently they started putting in place some regulations.
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« Reply #2050 on: May 04, 2012, 05:53:45 AM »
The ducks liked it there.
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« Reply #2051 on: May 04, 2012, 05:54:31 AM »
I had not seen this before - they row with their feet!
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« Reply #2052 on: May 04, 2012, 05:55:21 AM »
I suppose it leaves their hands free for other tasks.  LOL   Now that is talent!!
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« Reply #2053 on: May 04, 2012, 05:56:24 AM »
And it is never too early to start learning!
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« Reply #2054 on: May 04, 2012, 05:57:10 AM »
A tombstone on the river.
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