perfume pagoda

Perfume Pagoda

---

November 3rd 2010
Nov 1 Day trip to Perfume pagoda, up in the hills outside Hanoi. Started out by bus early in the morning for a two hour ride to the river(which I can't for the life of me remember the name of) At the river we were met by two ladies,who took us in their small boat an hour up the river to the cave where the perfume pagoda is located. After a climb up a gazillion stairs, we reached the chair lift th ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

---

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more