Side trip to Da Nang

From Hoi An we took a 20 km day trip out to the Marble Mountains  and Da Nang. 

The marble mountains  are an outcrop of marble mounds, like those of Ha Long Bay, just on  land, not too far from the beach. Like the caves we explored in Göreme, Turkey,  the caves of the marble mountains have been transformed into places of worship.  Here we pose  with a Buddha.

We also got to climb the mountain, up and through some crazy caves

To this pretty excellent view of the mountains and Da Nang

We then visited the museum of Cham sculpture. The Cham  were the peoples of southern Vietnam before occupation by the French. Here, Jim is supporting an elephant's sculpted sack.

As usual, we had fun imitating the sculptures. Here I pose as a lion, although honestly,  the lion,  and the Vietnamese Unicorn (head of a dragon, body of a lion) look pretty much the same to me.

Here's  Jim with the Unicorn