Chùa Hương (the Perfume Pagoda)

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March 30th 2008

Published: April 1st 2008

Last weekend, a girl at my office asked me whether I wanted to join a one-day trip with her family to the Perfume Pagoda or not. I replied to her at once "Sure, I'll go." That's a wonderful advantage of being free and single. I can go anywhere anytime I want. The Perfume Pagoda is located in Hương Sơn commune, Mỹ Đức district, Hà Tây province, 60km away from Hanoi. Every year, th... Read Full Entry

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I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Thiên Trù pagoda

Flower on the lion's head and a piece of paper on its mouth.

Thiên Trù pagoda

A boat on the Yến stream

Thiên Trù pagoda

Outside Thiên Trù pagoda

Plum sold on the way to Hương Tích cave

On the way to Hương Tích cave

"Củ mã thầy" sold on the way to the cave. Tourists can buy them as a local specialty and bring them home.

Apricot

Apricot sold on the way to the cave. Tourists can buy them as a local specialty and bring them home. After mixing apricot with salt or sugar and puting them inside a bottle for a while, this can be a good drink during the summer time.

On the way to Hương Tích cave

"Củ mài" sold on the way to the cave. Tourists can buy them as a local specialty and bring them home.

Tortoises

These tortoises are sold to tourists on the way to Hương Tích cave.

On the way to Hương Tích cave

Many things are sold on the way to the cave.

On the way down to Hương Tích cave

The offerings

The offerings sold outside Hương Tích cave.

Inside Hương Tích cave

The offerings

Inside Hương Tích cave

Can't count how many people actually there inside the cave, but this is just an image of the front side of the cave. At the rear of the cave, there were even more people, as there is a Buddha statue. It was so crowded and dark, plus slope and wet pathway inside the cave, I couldn't get close to the Buddha statue. So many people go the Perfume Pagoda during its festive season.

Mountain view from the cable car

1st April 2008

dog gone
m j a

Once again...
Interesting blog, great pictures! Thanks, m j a

3rd March 2009

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

Amazing place - we found it incredible when we visited and well worth the time to take a look

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