Perfume Pagoda

... was a sign, something warning us about the day ahead. Unfortunately ignoring that we climbed on board and the Perfume Pagoda was our destination. Numerous hotel pickups, an obligatory stop at a tacky roadside craft shop and we were ...

... is the Huong Thich Grotto, a cave where two monks reside. Couples come here to pray for children, lucky marriage, etc. The Perfume Pagoda gets flooded by domestic tourists during Tet so we hit the calm before the storm---very nice and tranquil. ...

... so hard on the cable car over this I think our fellow occupants (the Iranians again) thought we had taken something. The Perfume Pagoda doesn't take its name from the flowers on the mountain side according to our guide but from the large volume of ...

Again through a tourist agency, we made the long and beautiful journey to the Perfume Pagoda. While the pagoda up in a cave in a mountain was cool, it was the journey there that was the most impressive.  We were rowed in ...

12 May - Another early start - how rude! This time we were off to the Perfume Pagoda which is supposed to be a must do in Hanoi. We were collected from our hotel and walked to the bus by a grumpy guide who didn't say a word. Unlike the trip to Halong ...

We decided to go on a day trip from Hanoi and so we headed to the Perfume Pagoda. It is a mountain range in a national park that apparently smells nice because of all the flowers (hence the perfume) and one mountain looks like a pagoda (hence the pagoda). ...

... Binh jsme se vratili do Hanoje a zbyval nam jeste jeden den, nez vyrazime do Sapy, a tak jsme se zapsali na vylet ke chramu Perfume Pagoda. Brzy rano nas vyzvedl minibus a odvezl nas do vesnice My Toc, kde jsme se nalodili na pramici a po mistni rece jsme ...

... this complex is the Perfume Temple, also known as Chua Trong (Inner Temple), located in Huong Tich Cave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume_Pagoda Back at the bottom of the mountain and while we waited for our woman to finish her drink and chat, we ...

... 35C Although my entry pin indicates that I was in Hanoi today I was actually 80km south west of the city visiting the picturesque Perfume Pagoda. It all started last night while on one of my evening wanderings it occured to me that the only time I would ...