Vietnam Historical Trip, Day 6: Da Nang

Feeling tired from yesterday tripped out of the city to Hue, so we only had half-day tour for today. I also presented my paper for ICUFN conference later in the evening, at the hotel. So, this going to be a short post.

VietnamDrive had arranged to visit the Marble Mountain, about 10 km from the hotel. There was a stairway of about 150 steps or more leading to the top. But we would rather to take the lift to reach to the summit. Several Buddhist grottoes existed became the main attractions that tourist flocked. It also offered a magnificent views surrounding the area.

After spent about an hour at the mountain, we proceeded to the Museum of Cham Sculpture. It was a site known as "the garden of sculpture" before the museum was erected in early of 19th century. The museum displays the Cham sculpture found in Danand as well as nearby districts. One of it was My Son, an architectural district that we will visit tomorrow.

Nearby shops were mostly selling marble products

Naik lif je...

Marble mountains consists of five marble and limestone hills

Got into one of the grotto

I bet this will be an eerie view at night

Viewing the Southeast China Sea

About 10km from the hill, we stopped at the Museum of Cham Sculpture. These are the pictures some of the artifacts.

Those staffs wearing the traditional Vietnamese gowns

Housing the largest exhibition of Cham sculpture in the world

Pedestal and statue for the Cham King

The sculptures were displayed in showrooms named after the localities its found

We had lunch at Han Market, near to the Museum. It was a typical market but one caught my attention was the one-day tailoring services offered by several shops. I had booked mine and the received my full suit the next day, delivered to our hotel's room... :D

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