Ninh Binh
Trang An, Tam Coc and the karsts two hours from Hanoi.
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Ha Long Bay, drained and planted with rice. That is the lazy description of Ninh Binh and it is also exactly right – the same limestone towers, the same green water, except you are rowed between them through flooded fields rather than out at sea, and almost nobody is there.
It is two hours south of Hanoi and it is the single most underbooked stop in northern Vietnam. Two nights. Here is what to do with them.
You’ve reached the quiet door.
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