Home away from home.
La Residencia
The five ‘mountains’ are named after the five elements; Kim (metal), Thuy (water), Moc (wood), Hoa (fire) and Tho (earth). In the mountains are several Buddhist and Hindu sanctuaries inside caves and tunnels featuring statuary and relief depictions of religious scenes carved out of the marble.
In Danang on the Son Tra Peninsula you find the marble statue of Bodhisattva of Mercy, also known as Lady Buddha.
The former Emperial City of Hué (pronounced Huway) was the capital of Vietnam from 1802-1945. In the centre of Hué lies the Forbidden Purple City – a UNESCO World Heritage protected sight.

On our way down south. Tonight staying at the Airport View Hotel, since we fly out early tomorrow morning. A drastic contrast to what we came from this morning. However, such a lovely family that owns the hotel and everything works and is nice and clean. 400km behind us ✔️. 700 km more to go before reaching Huè. Let’s go!
We have gone further into the mountains to Hoang Lien National Park .
The face of the youngest person (date 17th of May 2016) to visit to top of the Fansipan mountain.