Hon Chong Promontory 5 .5.59 -.
The narrow, granite promontory of Hon Chong just into the turquoise water of the South China Sea. The views of the mountainous coastline north of Nha Trang and the nearby islands are fine, and the beach here offers amore local flavor than the main beach in the town centre.
There’s a gargantuan handprint on the massive boulder balanced at the tip of the promontory. According to local legend, a drunk giant male fairy made it when he fell while spying a female fairy bathing nude at Bai Tien (Fairy Beach), the point of land closest to Hon Rua. They fell in love and began a life together, but the gods intervened, punishing the male fairy by sending him away.
The love sick female fairy waited patiently for her husband to come back, but after a very long time, despairing that he might never return, she lay down in sorrow and turned into Nui Co Tien (Fairy Mountain). Looking to the northeast from Hon Chong. Promontory, the peak on the right is supposed to be her face, gazing up towards the sky; the middle peak is her breasts; and the summit on the left (the highest) forms her crossed legs. To the northeast in Hon Rua (Tortoise Island), which really does resemble a tortoise. The two island of Hon Yen are off in the distance to the east.
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