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<p>HarrisonDymock7: Created page with &quot;The bridge is designed to make visitors feel like they're taking a stroll on a shimmering thread stretching across the hands of gods&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Nestled in the forested hills of...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>The bridge is designed to make visitors feel like they're taking a stroll on a shimmering thread stretching across the hands of gods&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Nestled in the forested hills of central Vietnam two giant concrete hands emerge from the trees, holding up a glimmering golden bridge crowded with gleeful visitors taking selfies at the country's latest eccentric tourist draw.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Designed to make visitors feel like they're taking a stroll on a shimmering thread stretching across the hands of gods, the &quot;Golden Bridge&quot; has attracted hordes of guests since it opened in the Ba Na Hills near Danang in June.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Images of the bridge have gone viral on social media, much to the surprise of the architect who had no idea it would attract so much attention.&lt;br&gt; Images of the bridge have gone viral on social media&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;We're proud that our product has been shared by people all over the world,&quot; principal designer and founder of TA Landscape Architecture, Vu Viet Anh, told AFP.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;At 150 metres long (490 feet), the bridge snakes through the forest high up in mountains first developed by French colonists as a hill station in 1919.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Today the area is a major tourist attraction, boasting a cable car, replica French medieval village -- including faux castle and cathedral -- manicured gardens and a wax museum featuring statues of Lady Gaga and Michael Jordan.&lt;br&gt; The bridge snakes through the forest high up in mountains first developed by French colonists as a hill station in 1919&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The only remnants of the original French occupants are the crumbling remains of their holiday homes that can still be spotted from the cable car.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;But visitors are mostly interested in the newly built Cau Vang, which means &quot;Golden Bridge&quot; in Vietnamese.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;&quot;The bridge is beautiful with an amazing architectural style, from here we can see Danang City, it's so nice,&quot; Nguyen Trung Phuc told AFP.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Another visitor, Nguyen Hien Trang, said: &quot;I have travelled quite a lot but I've never seen any bridges as beautiful as this one.&quot;&lt;br&gt; The Ba Na Hills project was built by Sun Group, which has divided opinion with audacious projects elsewhere in Vietnam&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The Ba Na Hills project was built by Sun Group, which has divided opinion with audacious projects elsewhere in Vietnam.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;In 2016 it opened a cable car on Vietnam's tallest mountain Fansipan in the tourist hotpot [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/combo-du-lich-sapa-sa-pa-tu-ha-noi-tu-hcm-gia-re-dich-vu-chat-luong.html combo du lịch sapa], prompting complaints from locals who felt it spoiled the landscape and took business away from trekking guides.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Vietnam is no stranger to off-the-wall attractions.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;A &quot;crystal cloud&quot; installation of 58,000 shimmering Swarovski beads in the rice-terraced hills of northern Vietnam opened earlier this year, while the surreal &quot;Crazy House&quot; hotel in central Da Lat, designed to look a trippy treehouse, has long attracted legions of curious visitors.&lt;br&gt; A &quot;crystal cloud&quot; installation of 58,000 shimmering Swarovski beads in the rice-terraced hills of [http://search.about.com/?q=northern northern] Vietnam opened earlier this year&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;The communist country has long sought to boost visitor numbers and [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/combo-du-lich-sapa-sa-pa-tu-ha-noi-tu-hcm-gia-re-dich-vu-chat-luong.html combo sapa] position itself as a must-see destination in Southeast Asia.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;It clocked 13 million foreign visitors last year, mostly from China -- a far cry from the 35 million international visitors to Thailand in 2017.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;Golden Bridge designer Anh said he already has another project in the works: a silver bridge made to look like a god's strand of hair that will connect to his existing structure in the Ba Na Hills.&lt;br&gt;</div>

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<p>HarrisonDymock7: Created page with &quot;I am Harrison from Stoke Charity. I am learning to play the Piano. Other hobbies are Shortwave listening.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also visit my web page - [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours...&quot;</p> <hr /> <div>I am Harrison from Stoke Charity. I am learning to play the Piano. Other hobbies are Shortwave listening.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Also visit my web page - [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/combo-du-lich-sapa-sa-pa-tu-ha-noi-tu-hcm-gia-re-dich-vu-chat-luong.html combo du lịch sapa]</div>

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