There is a lot of stuff on Yen Tu Mountain, but the portion we visited was associated with a monument to the King “Tran Hhan Tong.” This King reigned from 1258 to 1308. He is famous for defeating 2 invasions from Mongol armies when he was only 35. After his victories he gave up his kingdom to become a full time Buddhist Monk. Not many Kings do that….
The thing I liked best about visiting his temple is we take a Gondola to the temple – GREAT!! Except it doesn’t go all the way to the temple. To get to the temple you gotta go up more steps; a lot more steps, as in more and more and more…So many that only me and a couple of others made it. The view from the temple complex was fantastic. So after a very long day we arrive in Hanoi for dinner, and the restaurant is on the second floor, reachable by a long flight of steps. So after that we go to our hotel and to reach the first floor there is – a long flight of steps……
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