27th November 2010
Our train reached Lao Chai at around 4.05 am. Our guide, Thanh was there to greet us, he will bring us to our next destination, Hoa Lu, just 100 km southeast of Ha Noi. Hoa Lu is the Ancient Royal Capital under Dinh Dynasty and pre-Le Dynasty, which lasted 41 years (968-1009). We saw some temples where they worship olden days’ kings.
After that, we continued to Tam Coc, which is named after the low caves through which the Ngo Dong River flows. The essential Tam Coc experience is to sit back and be rowed through the caves. The kids enjoyed rowing the boat. The scenery throughout our boat ride was really breathtaking.
And the classic one,... watch the boatman rowing the boat with his legs when he is exhausted. We were told they earn 60,000 dong (about RM9 or USD3) for the 2 hours of boat rowing, and they are allocated one trip a day!
We stayed at The Long Hotel, which is quite big, facilities eg. toilet is quite old, restaurant food is not fantastic, but the tv satellite has so many channels the kids enjoyed clicking away.
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