A Day Trip to the Perfume Pagoda

After spending too much time in Hanoi, I decided to go for a one day trip to the Perfume Pagoda - supposedly a nice place to spent a day. Abbey was not in the mood and so I found myself spending the day with a young American-Vietnamese guy named Jimi and a mid-seventies Jewish couple from Canada. Quite an interesting group we were, with a vast majority for the Jewish faith

Well.. the rumors were true - it is a nice place. The only problem was the fact that the sun was out and I got hot. Really hot. Other than that, pagodas tend to be what you would think they are - yes, that's right - pagodas. And silly me, I thought seeing another one will make a difference. I was wrong. It was just another pagoda. The moral my friends - always listen to Abbey when she says "Oded... why do you want to go? It is gonna be another pagoda." She was right.

OK. I should stop complaining and tell you that we had a nice boat ride on the perfume river and then took a cable car to the temple at the peak of the mountain and enjoyed the views and the cave etc etc.