Three caves (Tam Cốc) - Halong Bay on earth

I usually travel during our Lunar New Year, but over the past few years, I mostly stayed at home, and only travel after New Year celebration. This year my first destination or as it's called in Vietnamese "Du Xuân" (i.e Spring Journey) is Hanoi and then Ninh Binh, I really want to go to Sapa but my flight schedule has been fixed, so I have no choice to delay again my plan to another time.

               Ngô Đồng river leading us to one of the most famous sightseeings in Vietnam.  

Ninh Binh is nearly 100 km away from Hanoi in the south, and this place used to be our capital in the 10th century, in different dynasties from the Đinh, the Lý to the Tây Sơn dynasty. There is many historical places that we learned from our history hours in school, but we've never been there, so it's time to go!

Ninh Binh is famous for one of the most important tourism destinations in Vietnam - "Tam Cốc" or literally means "Three caves". It have been considered as "The Halong Bay on earth" due to its majestic views of mountain and river scenery.    

                     The dock where our journey by boat to Three Caves begins... 

Street snack - new and old - Part Five

I don't know since when we have this strange snack ! Scorched rice!

Vietnam is a rice culture country. In the old days, when we cooked rice not with hi-tech rice cooker, but on charcoal stove. We always got a crispy, dark yellow burned rice layer at the bottom. That was the best from our family kitchen!

Scorched rice with pork floss (cơm cháy chà bông)

My first scorched rice as snack could come from my old Malaysian colleague. He got that after his holidays in his home country.But. I don't like the taste: sweet, not sweet, savory, not savory!

Even nothing in between! And sweet but spicy! Strange to me!