The path to enlightenment, they say, is steep. In Vietnam, this is literally true. The most sacred pagodas perch on mountain peaks, requiring pilgrimages that test both body and spirit.
Incense smoke rises from bronze urns. Bells toll in rhythms older than memory. Monks in saffron robes move with a silence that seems to absorb sound itself. These are places where the world quiets, where each step becomes a meditation.