The Marble Mountains

... car up Tampa mountain and from there enjoy a beautiful view over the town below and the surrounding plains with their intermittent mountains. Another surprisingly nice place. For dinner under umbrellas on the main square I enjoy a rich meal with local ...

... huge. Eight lanes across (when everyone rides a bike!) at some points and the traffic isn't too bad. We cruise towards the Marble Mountains at a steady pace, weaving around scores of bicycles and mopeds and staying close to the edge of the road whenever a ...

... bit like a tiny Angkor Wat in Cambodia. We thought it was just ok (and J managed to get bitten by lots of bugs). Marble Mountains are 5 striking limestone hills just south of Da Nang. There are walks within the hills to see Buddhist temples and caves with ...

... we had a wonderful view on the sea. In Da Nang we had a short view on the Cao Dai temple, but went on to the marble mountains, since it was closed. On the marble mountains we visited some of the caves, which was really hard work: imagine to climb 100 ...

... dodicenni barbari, poi discesa con caduta d'orso e gruppo di giapponesi tutti preoccupati che la sostenevano moralmente. Dopo 2 ore di marble mountains (ma il marmo nelle montagne chi l'ha visto? chissą da dove arriva quello dei vari scultori/venditori ...

... ! 14/03/2009 Fully refreshed we got up, walked along the river and sorted a car to take us to the Marble Mountains. These consist of five marble outcrops that were once islands. Buddhist sanctuaries and temples are sheltered in natural caves. There ...

... some enchantment. As we had time to spare before our train’s departure, our driver offered to take us to the Marble Mountains, south of Danang and just off the China Beach coastal road. They consist of five craggy marble outcrops each topped with ...

... stalo skutecnosti, skutecne jsme se i pres rozdilne plany nasich cest potkali v jednom meste a nakonec v jednom aute... Prvni cil: Marble Mountains Mramorove hory jsou castym cilem turistu a rada CK do nich organizuje zajezdy busem. Necekali jsme mnoho. ...

... Beach). Interestingly, the Vietnamese have begun importing all their marble from China, in an effort to preserve what's left of the mountains. We rented some decent hybrid bikes (30,000 a piece, about $2) and biked the estimated 28 kms out there. The ...

... usual we are amazed at the beautiful countryside and comment all the time it's nothing like we expected.  Rugged ranges, stoney mountains and then suddently mesa hills where you expect cowboys and indians to appear any time.  After more loads of ...

Today Mat offered to take me out west to the Blue Mountains for some mountain biking. It had been a few months since I had been cycling and I was keen to do get some riding in, even though I had never before attempted to ride off road down mountainous ...

... our time in the tour inside the mountain, we were then chauffeured slightly down the mountain to a little shop which sold food and marble products. We were given some traditional food of the area, called lardo, which simply is pig lard. It is spiced and ...

... our frustration the driver tooted his abrassively loud horn the entire way.  By the end we could only laugh!  The mountains were alright but more impressive were the caves they housed and the views of China Beach from their peaks.  We had ...

... jatkaa matkaa kohti Hoi Ania. Oli erittäin miellyttävää ajella rannikkoa pitkin, merituulen työntäessä vauhtia selästä. Marble Mountainssille saavuttiin reilun puolen tunnin päästä. More like Marble Hills. Nämä jossain määrin hypetetyt ...

... . It was made famous by the television series of the same name. It lies against a back drop of the visually inspiring Marble Mountains. The five peaks which are actually limestone with marble and are said to represent the five elements: Fire, Water, ...

... took a short flight to Da Nang. We were met at the airport by our hotel driver, who was to take us for a tour of the Marble Mountains on our way to Hoi An. In Da Nang, which is the third largest city in Vietnam, we passed by 20 wedding parties!! Couples ...

... much of a tourist friendly city to begin with. That being said, our only real intention for stopping here was to visit the Marble Mountains, which were well worth the trip. The first afternoon we spent in Da Nang was highlighted by Mike slipping off a ...