The
quintessential image of
Vietnam. Tam Coc district. |
Village life under a spreading
tree. Van Lam, Tam
Coc
district; ('Tam Coc" means
'three caves") |
Van Lam
villagers now make
an agressive living hustling
tourists. |
These coracles can be hired
with an oarsman at Tam Coc
for a
few dollars |
|
The Ngo Dong river winds
through
paddies before
cutting into the mountains |
The kings of Dinh saw these
moutains as a natural
defense |
For the modern villagers of
Tam Coc, their idyll has
become
a gold mine |
Limstone pillars stand sentinel
to another hidden
valley |
