Started by World Vision and now funded by a Swiss group, the orphanage has a new garage paid for by Mount Olivet United Methodist Church in Northern Virginia.
Tom Greving from Mount Olivet and I pose by the new sign.
We visited Marble Mountain, site of many pagodas. At the entrance to one are a series of important thoughts.
Mr. Song, our guide, and Ed Tick, pose by another important thought.
One of the Buddha statues is a stunning white. Tom Greving sits beneath it.
From the top of Marble Mountain you could see a beautiful beach.
Wei Chi and I climbed to the top through a narrow passage leading off from a grotto with a statue of the goddess Kwan Yin. During the war, the Viet Cong maintained a secret hospital here.
We left Danang and drove north toward Hue. Just north of Danang we stopped at the beach where U. S. Marines first landed at the beginning of the American war buildup.
Between Danang and Hue, a mountain range goes right to the sea; passage from one side to the other is thorugh the Hai Van Pass. At the top is a fort from French days.
The Hai Van Pass has a place for busses to stop. The vendors are very aggressive. Vietnam is currently building a tunnel that will bypass the mountain road to speed traffic.
Descending the north side of the Hai Van Pass, the sun sets.
