{"id":847,"date":"2019-10-24T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/?p=847"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:19:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:19:04","slug":"to-chau-doc-sam-mountain-and-tra-su-bird-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/to-chau-doc-sam-mountain-and-tra-su-bird-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"To Ch\u00e2u \u0110\u1ed1c, Sam Mountain and Tra Su Bird Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We left our lovely guest house in C\u1ea7n Th\u01a1 on the 17th October and took a 3 hour bus journey to our next destination – Ch\u00e2u \u0110\u1ed1c which is near the border with Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We stayed in Ch\u00e2u \u0110\u1ed1c for a week to recharge and catch up on some school work. We didn’t venture far during our time there – we just mooched around town visiting the local market, cafes and restaurants, and the riverside where there were exercise machines for the kids to play on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We made friends with some ladies from a local tour agency who wanted to improve their English so we chatted with them and let them photocopy Martha’s English textbooks! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They organised our visit to Sam Mountain to visit the Hang Pagoda and the Tra Su Bird Sanctuary for a day which we all enjoyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Mountain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hang Pagoda (or Ch\u00f9a Hang, or Cave Pagoda) on Sam Mountain is a Buddhist temple and is reached by climbing a few hundred steps up. There were some great views of the surrounding countryside of the Mekong Delta when we got to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were several levels to explore, as well as a network of tunnels deep within the mountain with various rooms and places to worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n