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around ninh binh
ninh binh itself doesn't offer much, but the nearby attractions like the parfume pagoda, the stunning scenery of tam coc and the ancient capital of hoa lu are more then enough reason to stay.

 on the way to the parfume pagoda  on the way to the parfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  inside the cave of the perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  thinking hard...  eh?  the big bang, perfume pagoda  inside perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  perfume pagoda  homebrewed liquor for the special taste  on the way to perfume pagoda  fossi with juana from australia  around ninh binh  people in kenh ga row boats with their feet - and so having their hands free to work with  around kenh ga village, ninh binh  a boat nearly sinking cause of it's heavy load, hoang long river  area around hoang long river  friendly welcome in one of the fisher-villages on hoang long river  joking around with the kids, steffen from germany in the background   the whole fisher village watching us leaving  river taxi, kenh ga village  happy fossi, our local guide in the back  hoang long river  the ancient citadel of hoa lu, which was the capital of vietnam during the dinh dynasty (960-1000 ad)  worshiping the ancestors  a 30 year old lada was our car around ninh binh  tam coc  rock formations on tam coc  fisherman on ngo dong river, tam coc  tam coc which translates as 'three caves'  stunning tam coc scenery  our rowboat on ngo dong river  floating through one of the tam coc caves  sui trying to teach us some vietnamese (without big success though...)