Day Trip to Ninh Binh and Bai Dinh Pagoda

If you are looking to see the country side outside of the city of Hanoi there are several trips that you can take.  We chose to go to see the largest Bronze Budda statue in Vietnam a Bai Dinh Pagoda.  The statue is 10 meters tall and 100 tones.  To get the Budda to the top of the hill they used a helicopter.

Bai Dihn Pagoda is the biggest pagoda in Vietnam with 500 La Han statues and has a conference centre.  We went to the top of the hill and then walked down through a variety of buildings.

This is a statue of a female Budda which is influenced by the Hindu religion.











Then off to see Ninh Binh which is the Ha Long on land.

Local farmers row the boats down the river and you are able to travel through several caves depending on the water level.  There are two tours either to see 3 caves or 7 caves depending on the tour you are taking.








 This tour is a long day.  We were picked up at our hotel at 8:30 and did not arrive back until 18:30 hours.