European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Vietnam i a German american a Young boy of the hmong tribe rides on a water Buffalo in the Hoa Binh province. One experience that probably cannot be avoided a drive past the infamous Hanoi Hilton the prison where american pos were held during the War. The building will soon make Way for a real hotel for real adventure though you have to get out of the City. We found it just a few hours from Hanoi in the spectacularly Beautiful Northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh Home to a number of distinct Hill tribes. After a Steep climb up some frightening Mountain roads we abandoned our now too cumbersome minibus for a three Day trek through tribal villages. As we wandered into the Hills we were greeted by peals of excited laughter from children who darted out of thatch roofed huts to catch a glimpse a the strange invaders then scurried away when we came too close. Down the Hills and out to the coast a totally different world awaited us at along Bay literally where the dragon descends into the sea a hich promises to be a major resort area in Short order. About 3,000 Small islands jut out from the Waters of the Gulf of Tonkin in this mystical looking Bay. The old Imperial capital of Hue in Central Vietnam is also famous for something More recent the worst fighting of the 1968 tet offensive. Miraculously the elegant tombs of the Nguyen emperors survived the War without major damage. Driving South from Hue we crossed the Steep Hai Van pass pass of the Clouds affording a breathtaking View of the South China seacoast. We climbed the North approach and then descended into Danang where . Troops arrived during the War to begin their Tours of duty fresh and frightened. We spent a night on China Beach that stretch of Sand where Cis went for or that was forever immortalized in the to series. On a sweltering afternoon in Danang we boarded the reunification express the postwar incarnation of the old Hanoi Saigon rail link. Looking out the window on our 12 hour ride to the coastal City of Nha Trang was like watching a cinematic ode to Rural life. The main characters peasants almost All in conical hats shielding them from the relentless Sun As they tended to their Rice crops. The supporting players water buffaloes pulling plows carrying bundles or sometimes taking a Bath. Just Northwest of to Chi Minh City near the cambodian Border we stopped atty Ninh. This provincial capital was often caught in the War but luckily a unique Structure managed to survive the holy see of the Cao Dai sect. This Disney esque Temple is the Headquarters of a vietnamese religion that now claims an estimated 2 million followers. Founded in the 1920s with the aim of fusing the Best of Eastern and Western philosophies its deities include Jesus Joan of arc Shakespeare and Victor Hugo. 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