Spending too much time in cities makes us restless, so a few weeks back we hired a car and guide to take us to Bạch Mã National Park, located between Da Nang and Huế.

We hiked to the top of Dô Quyên waterfall (below).

Then walked down 700 steps to get to the bottom of the falls, almost 1000 feet below.

Then we climbed back up.

After lunch, we headed up to the peak as the clouds started to roll in. There was an area that was used as a helicopter base by the U.S. Military during the Vietnam War (or The War Against America as we are told it is called here).

Ethan was happy to get to stand on the roof of a building.

And to pretend to be a giant.

As we headed back down, we came across another monkey eating junk food. He finally finished it but was not in a hurry to leave the path.

Our guide then took us to a tunnel system in the mountain that had been used by the North Vietnamese during the war. The tunnel led to storage or living areas periodically. The guide kept telling us about all the spiders, bats and deadly centipedes that lived inside the tunnels. We only saw bats, which was good because he said if a centipede bit you, you would have two hours to get to the hospital or you would die.