Friday, 16 December 2011

Ninh Binh, retrospective

I just realized I completely skipped Ninh Binh in my blog, one of our brief excursions out of Hanoi. I will keep this brief.

Ninh Binh has been blessed with impressive scenery and some cool caves. It is very late and so to speed this up I will go in bullet point form.

- we went early in the morning during low season (high season would be awful)
- we went to the ones north of the city via rubbish scooters
- our hotel was average
- our dinner was awful (goat...)
- the city has no culture or vibe
- Monopoly Cards (yes, there is a card game) with Anna, Tom, Morgan and Craig was awesome
- at restaurants we learnt the word for goat was De
- the ancient pagodas and so on here were new then made to look old
- the supermarket was cranking a pop-techno version of Happy Birthday on repeat

Worth it for the scenery and the supermarket only.

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