Often there is a church steeple in the distance. The French did a great job of converting the Vietnamese to Catholicism.
Sun-Ling with mask. We were over the main pain of the flu/COVID but were coughing like crazy.
Lunch time buckets of soup and rice go down the aisle.
As we moved to the south, hills dominated the landscape in places, and we saw fields of corn.
The Nhat Le River goes into the South China Sea at a 30 degree angle. The city of Dong Hoi is on the land side of the river. There was an old citadel that was started in the 1630s. During the Vietnam War, Dong Hoi as a major staging area for the North Vietnam Army, was severely leveled. Today, Dong Hoi has been rebuilt with scenic river promenade and wide boulevards, and a distinct departure from Hanoi, super chill. Wind was stiff and we were not energetic enough to make it to the beach on the other side of the river.
Arriving in Dong Hoi after dark we beelined to Genkan Vegan Chay Restaurant for a very tasty dinner.
The view from our hote room: Canal (lower left), Nhat Le River (right), and South China Sea (center back)
Walking along the river promenade we should NOT have not been surprised to see so-called Chinese Fishing Nets (traditional shore-operated lift nets), along with fishing boats.
Farther along the promenade are the ruins of Tam Toa Church, a reminder of the leveling of the city by the USAF.
We ate an extremely tasty lunch at Na Hang Chay Vegan Restaurant.
One of the citadel gates also survived the bombing.
Moat - Dong Hoi Citadel
Reconstructed Citadel Gate
In Dong Hoi we saw many VinFast EVs. More later on VinFast.
Two shots of our arrival at Dong Hoi Station.
And some short videos shot from the train. The first is Rolling out of Hanoi which gives you a feel for the city traffic flow. The second is We Pass Another Train. The third is Rolling Out of Vinh Station featuring a train whistle or two, and a quick view of the dapper Station Master.
3 comments:
Loved the videos of the rice fields. Liz
How do you search for vegan restaurants? Do you know the word for vegan in the countries you visit?
We use Happycow.net to find vegan restaurants. Also searching for "vegan" OR "vegetarian" in Google Maps is good because many restos have those words in their name. In Vietnamese vegan is Chay and many restos have Chay as part of their name.
The hard part is to learn to say "I am a vegan" or "I eat vegan" in the local language, and NOT inadvertently say "I am a vegetable".;-)
Although in many countries young people are super sharp and if you just say the one word "vegetarian" they know what you mean and sometimes they respond with "Are you vegan?" OR "are eggs OK?". We are always learning.
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