Ninh Binh’s natural splendor and history

Trang An Boat TourAfter breakfast this morning, I took a taxi to one of the biggest tourist destinations in the Ninh Binh province: the Trang An Boat Tour. This is a three-hour ecotourism boat ride that takes you down rivers, past steep limestone mountains, to various temples, and through a number of caves. There are …

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Getting to Ninh Binh

One of the stops I've been most excited to get to is Ninh Binh, where I had read about stunning landscapes and access to rural Vietnam. This morning, I hopped on a train that carried me from Hanoi to Ninh Binh, and then I took a taxi to the town of Tam Coc within the …

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