Hey Buddah, can you spare a dime?


Went to Bai Dinh today, a sprawling complex of pagodas and temples in Nihn Bihn province, and other than walking up a thousand steps and it being 100° outside, it was spectacular.Vietnam remains a really poor country, but they spare no expense on their Buddahs.
Then we went on a luxury boat tour of the jungle and went through some very cool (and very low clearance) caves.
Next we went to the place where they filmed Kong Skull Island, and we had lunch with a King.
Got back to our room after a quick swim, and fell asleep about 5 p.m. Steph was, as usual, exhausted from the day's tour, although she did enjoy serving the King.

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