Showing posts with label Da Nang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Da Nang. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2008

Mountains of Marble

South of Da Nang towards the coast, stand five large hills called Ngu Hanh Son - Marble Mountains.

The mountains are a valuable source of red, white and blue-green marble, and at the foot of the marble skilled carvers chisel out a huge number of objects for the house and garden. Marble from here was used to build Ho Chi Min's Mausoleum in Hanoi, see my previous post.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

China Beach

This photo of my daughters was taken on China Beach, Da Nang, Central Vietnam is one of my favourite Vietnam photos.


Tomorrow I fly out for the big smoke Port Moresby, the capital of PNG and I won’t be able to post, so will see you on Sunday with my Vietnam bridge photos.