Tuesday, 14 May 2013

DA NANG, VIETNAM

BETTER PLANNED AND DEVELOPED THAN MOST VIETNAMESE CITIES.
FISHING BOATS ON THE HAN RIVER WITH THE 2 NEW BRIDGES IN THE BACKGROUND.


FLOWERING TREES AT THE HAN RIVER PROMENADE.

THE DRAGON'S TAIL.

HAPPY CHESS PLAYER.

BOAT COMING IN TO DOCK AT THE WALL OF THE PROMENADE.

SORTING THE CATCH BEFORE TAKING IT TO THE HAN LOCAL MARKET.


BOUNTY FROM THE HAN RIVER.

BIKING ON THE HAN PROMENADE.

SCENE OF OTHER BANK OF THE HAN RIVER.

STREET WHERE THE HAN LOCAL MARKET IS SITUATED.

RELAXING AT THE HAN PROMENADE.

HAN RIVER BRIDGE.

BOY WITH INTERESTING BIKE.

UNUSUAL FISH AT HAN LOCAL MARKET.

THE MEAT SECTION OF THE MARKET.

BITTER GOURD, MANGO, FIG ETC..

DON'T KNOW THE ORANGE FRUIT OR VEGETABLE.


CIRCULAR FISHING VESSELS AT DANANG.

BRINGING IN THE CATCH.

DIGGING DEEP.

THE PRIZE CATCH.

CIRCULAR VESSELS GOING OUT TO SEA, KUAN YIN OVERLOOKING THEM.

BOATS WITH THE NEWLY COMPLETED DRAGON BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND.

MARBLE CARVINGS AT HAN PROMENADE.

NICE FINISH..


OFF TO BRING IN THE CATCH.


THE DRAGON AND THE TRAN THI BRIDGES.

HAN RIVER AND PART OF THE PROMENADE.

TEMPLE AT MARBLE MOUNTAIN.

DEITY CARVED OUT AT THE CAVE ENTRANCE.

THE MAIN CAVE OF THE MARBLE MOUNTAINS.

BUDDHA CARVING ON THE CAVE WALL.

EXIT/ENTRANCE STAIRS TO THE CAVE.


THE TAM THAI PAGODA DATES BACK TO 1630.

STATUE OF GUAN YIN AT THE SON TRA PENINSULAR.


VIEW OF DANANG FROM THE SON TRA PENINSULAR.

CHAMPA SCULPTURE ART MUSEUM. DANANG


THE TRA KIEU PEDESTAL SUPPORTS A MASSIVE LINGAM AND ABLUTIONARY CISTERN.

LION.

MONSTER.

GANESH.


PEDESTAL OF STATUE.

PEDESTAL OF UROJA.