Hailey's mom treated us to a four day beach vacation last weekend in Mui Ne, a coastal resort town located in an arm of the South China Sea. Considering that we are in the middle of monsoon season, we lucked out with beautiful weather, and I am sporting a beautiful tan (finally!). Mui Ne's strong breezes make it a popular destination for kite surfing and wind surfing.
Above: A picture of a kite surfer (the guy on the top--his parachute is out of the frame) and a wind surfer. The kite surfers would get so much air!!
Below: Our resort, The Sailing Club. We stayed in thatched roofed bungalow's and our bathroom was outside, so we got to shower under the palm trees. Absolutely beautiful.
These are squid boats. There are so many lights from the boats out at night that it looks like a never ending bridge stretching across the horizon.
We took a tour through a beautiful tropical rain forest an hour out of Mui Ne and rode a gondola to the top of Takou Mountain. In 1879, a pagoda was built at the top of the mountain. A statue of a reclining Buddha lies at the highest position on Takou Mountain. The statue is about 160 feet long, and is the largest reclining buddha in Vietnam. Although tourists are no longer able to climb in the statue (access was through the Buddha's ear), we were able to climb on top. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries once we reached the pagoda at the top, so the three pictures of the Buddha shown are taken from the internet to give you an idea of its massive size.
Above: the gondolas we rode to the top
Above: Hiking up to the reclining Buddha
We took a tour through a beautiful tropical rain forest an hour out of Mui Ne and rode a gondola to the top of Takou Mountain. In 1879, a pagoda was built at the top of the mountain. A statue of a reclining Buddha lies at the highest position on Takou Mountain. The statue is about 160 feet long, and is the largest reclining buddha in Vietnam. Although tourists are no longer able to climb in the statue (access was through the Buddha's ear), we were able to climb on top. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of batteries once we reached the pagoda at the top, so the three pictures of the Buddha shown are taken from the internet to give you an idea of its massive size.
Above: the gondolas we rode to the top
Above: Hiking up to the reclining Buddha
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