tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120804859378995618.post7304488260361828761..comments2023-11-12T20:31:12.457-08:00Comments on A Book About Cambodia: Crowded Buddhist Shrine - Long Khanh Temple - Quy Nhon, VietnamWalter Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10780247928442366936noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120804859378995618.post-42970725593312328412011-07-21T06:54:25.775-07:002011-07-21T06:54:25.775-07:00I think the reason I have such kinship with Vietna...I think the reason I have such kinship with Vietnam is because of the similarities to my own Latina culture. Replace the Buddha with the Virgen de Guadalupe and this might be something you see in a Mexican or New Mexican home. The colors, the vitality, buzz of life in HCMC is not unlike that of what inexperience in a big city in Latin America.romahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848323008324182966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120804859378995618.post-39033192457450084962010-11-06T03:35:07.219-07:002010-11-06T03:35:07.219-07:00Wonderful! You can still get a bargain at Quy Nhon...Wonderful! You can still get a bargain at Quy Nhon, though they have also opened a resort spa there that I hear is very swish.<br />Many people say it is the real Buddhist heartland of Vietnam, and most monks there claim an ancient lineage.And then, of course, you have all the Cham culture.<br />A fascinating place.Walter Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10780247928442366936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3120804859378995618.post-21470756160668421762010-11-03T00:53:11.859-07:002010-11-03T00:53:11.859-07:00We LOVE Vietnam & loved our few days in Quy Nh...We LOVE Vietnam & loved our few days in Quy Nhon in 2008- then a quiet, lovely, Vietnam Holiday Resort! (I blogged about it extensively w/pix on www.southernwestvirginia.blogspot.com Posts after April 2008). We had an amazing time in the Central Highlands treking to villages with Huyen from http://www.vietnamhighlands.com/ and then took a taxi from Kon Tum to QN; the driver dropped us at the Hong Yang hotel where we got their honeymoon suite for approx $25/night w/a balcony overlooking the sea, a cafe restaurant on the beach, & a fun disco full of university students in their basement at night! We wandered the town & the beach, drank G&Ts, ate great tamarind crab & drank local liquors, saw NO tourists, & had a great, romantic time! :-)Elkhorn Inn & Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364735911576701948noreply@blogger.com