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Phung Hung Old House
Just a few steps down from the Japanese Covered Bridge, this old house has a wide, welcoming entrance hall decorated with exquisite lanterns, wall hangings and embroidery. There’s also an impressive suspended altar.
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Lung Phin Market
Lung Phin market is between Can Cau market and Bac Ha, about 12km from town. It’s less busy than other markets, with a really local feel, and is a good place to move on to once the tour buses arrive in Bac Ha from Sapa.
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My Son Museum
My Sons impressive museum has many statues from the site and information about how the temples were constructed, the carvings and statues and architecture. Cham culture, religion and way of life are also explained.
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Cho Moi
Across the river from Long Xuyen, Cho Moi district is known for its rich groves of fruit such as bananas, durians, guava, jackfruit, longans, mangoes, mangosteens and plums. Take a boat from the passenger ferry terminal.
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Citadel
There’s not a lot left to see of Vinh’s citadel (1831) apart from the sludgy green moat and three gates: Left Gate (Cua Ta; Ð Dao Tan), Right Gate (Cua Huu; Ð Dao Tan) and Front Gate (Cua Tien; Khoi 5 Ð Dang Thai Than).
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Dalat Flower Gardens
These gardens were established in 1966 and include hydrangeas, fuchsias and orchids, the latter in shaded buildings to the left of the entrance. Like any good Vietnamese park, the gardens have been embellished with kitsch topiary.
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Bai Loi Voi
On the north side of Con Son Town, Bai Loi Voi is a broad sand-and-shingle beach with lots of sea shells and casuarinas for shade. Theres a good stretch of sandy beach right in the centre of Con Son, around the Con Dao Resort.
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Nhan Cham Tower
To the south of town, the Nhan Cham Tower is an impressive sight, particularly when illuminated at night. The climb up to the tower takes you through a small botanic garden and youll be rewarded with great views from the hilltop.
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Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Museum
The walk between the Left and Right Gates of the citadel provides a pleasant interlude and passes the little-visited Xo Viet Nghe Tinh Museum, which memorialises local heroes of the nationalist movement against the French in 1930–1.
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Ya Chim
This Jarai village, 17km southwest of Kon Tum, has traditional cemeteries complete with wooden mourning figures. If youre lucky, youll see villagers feeding the dead by putting food down bamboo tubes leading into the graves.
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Ca Mau Market
Traditionally Ca Mau life was lived facing the water, and while the floating market has disappeared in recent years, the main market still sprawls along the streets to the west of Phung Hiep Canal, south of Ð Phan Ngoc Hien.
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Linh Quang Pagoda
Flanked by enormous dragons and with an outdoor tableau featuring the young Buddha atop a lotus flower, this is Dalats oldest and most colourful pagoda. Founded in 1931, it had to be extensively restored after the American War.
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Phu Dien
Around 8km past Beach Bar Hue, the remains of Phu Dien, a small Cham temple, lie in a hollow in the sand just off the beach. Protected by a glass greenhouse-style structure its an unexpected find. Youll find a few seafood shacks here, too.
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My An & Non Nuoc
Much of the central section of China Beach has been parceled off for luxury resort developments. The inland side of the coastal road has a scattering of budget hotels between exclusive golf courses designed by the likes of Greg Norman.
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Museum of Folklore in Hoi An
Located in a 150-year-old Chinese trading house. The exhibits give some idea of local customs and culture, though it’s awfully dusty and decontextualised for a folk-history museum. The view of the river from upstairs is very picturesque.
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Mubarak Mosque
The Mubarak Mosque, where children study the Koran in Arabic script, is also on the river bank opposite Chau Doc. Visitors are permitted, but you should avoid entering during the calls to prayer (five times daily) unless you are a Muslim.
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Mr De’s Foundry
Toiling away at the family métier is 71-year-old Mr De Van Nguyen, who runs a small foundry by the Perfume River southwest of the city. This is where he casts bells, statues and cauldrons, some for temples in Hue and neighbouring provinces.
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Linh Son Pagoda
Built in 1938, the Linh Son Pagoda is a lovely ochre-coloured building that fuses French and Chinese architecture. The giant bell is said to be made of bronze mixed with gold, its great weight making it too heavy for thieves to carry off.
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Waterfalls
There are a number of waterfalls around Dalat, though none are royally spectacular and the focus tends to be on commerce rather than nature. If you’re exploring the countryside, others include Ankroët Falls , Gougah Falls and Pongour Falls .
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Munireangsey Pagoda
This pagoda was originally built in 1946 to serve Can Tho’s Khmer community. The ornamentation is typical of Khmer Theravada Buddhist pagodas, with none of the multiple Bodhisattvas and Taoist spirits common in Vietnamese Mahayana pagodas.
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