These are the tourist dragon boats. We
took an eight hour tour which brought us to about 5 significant sites.
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I'm not sure I can match up all the names
with the photos, so I'll just list the sites that we visit here:
Thien Mu Pagoda, Tu Duc Tomb, Minh Mang Tomb, Hon Chen Temple, and
Khai Dinh Tomb.
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I was stunned by all the photo ops on this
tour. I felt completely in the zone and was overjoyed after each
photo I took. When I reviewed them later, I wasn't quite as
excited, but there were still some of my best shots.
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The sites we visited were blissfully free of
merchants (except for the odd few that weren't chased out by the temple
police). It was lovely to just wander the landscaped grounds and
soak in the beauty.
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Again, we didn't have a guide to explain
things to us, so we pretty much wandered around in a daze.
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This temple had some working monks in it.
It also had an exhibit consisting of the car that was used by a
Buddhist leader to drive to central Saigon then sit down and burn
himself to death in the street to protest persecution of Buddhists.
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There was a scary moto ride from the boat to
this temple.
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This was by far the most amazing room we had
seen so far. The ceiling here is fantastic.
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The gardens and outdoor spaces are my
favorite despite the incredible architecture.
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And here is my favorite photo so far.
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