Woke up after a restless night for Michelle (leaks through the ceiling onto her side of the bed and nightmares), thankfully I slept like a baby. We were back on the bike early and headed up the road to Marble Mountain - five huge limestone outcrops of rock that rose sharply from the surrounding plain and entitled after the five Vietnamese elements, earth, wood, steel, fire and water- dunno what happened to air (only remembered this from seeing Mont's new tat). The climb was steep and hot to say the least but rewards were soon found - beating off the insistent tour guides we escorted ourselves to a huge white marble buddha, followed by some pretty impressive caves where there were more shrines carved out of the mountain's marble and a smaller pagoda with a white
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