This pagoda is one of the most beautiful of the hundreds of pagodas in Hanoi. It is located by the West Lake (Ho Tay in Vietnamese). If you drive to the direction of the airport from Hoan Kiem area through the old quarter, you will see this magnificent pagoda to your left. By the entrance are peddlers of souvenir items and foodstuff. A little south of it is also a strip of green that serves as a park, frequented by lovers who sit on the benches in pairs and watch the sun paint the sky orange and red as it dips into the watery horizon.
Inside the pagoda compund are prayer altars, so expect to see prayerful visitors mumbling their wishes to the gods. You would find a couple of professional photographers who offer to take a picture (and give you a developed copy in 15 minutes) of your fmaily with the tall pagoda at the background. Their wide angled lenses are key to their trade.
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