Travel Vietnam: Traditional Sights and Scenes

Beautiful scenery, ancient sites, temples and traditions

Museum of Ethnology, Hanoi

Thay Pagoda outside Hanoi

Water Puppet Theater across from Thay Pagoda

Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue

Champa Ruins, My Son

Tomb of Tu Duc, Hue

Sidewalk Shrine

Temple doorway

Imperial City (The Citadel), Hue

Wall, Ho Chi Minh City

Tomb of Tu Duc, Hue

River boats, Hoi An

Beautiful Halong Bay

Travel Vietnam: Lions, Tigers and Dragons, oh my!

Dragons play an important part in Vietnamese mythology - carved and painted dragons were everywhere, from dishes to roof tops. Many temples also had guardian lion dogs (fu dogs) and I even saw a tiger (the Indochinese tiger is native to south east Asia).

Incense- Temple of Literature, Hanoi

Dragon Boat - Hue

Roof Detail - Thay Pagoda (outside Hanoi)

Detail - Tomb of Minh Mang, Hue

Detail - Tomb of Tu Duc, Hue

Detail - Thay Pagoda (outside Hanoi)

Mosaic Dragon - Hoi An

City park in the Cholon District, Ho Chi Minh City

Lion Dog - Jade Emperor Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City

Lion Dog - Jade Emperor Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City

Tiger - Temple of Literature, Hanoi