Thac Ba Lake
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One mildly painful day ahead today.
We picked up our bikes from Style around 9am. My bike was fixed after the damage it sustained yesterday, and we set off.
Leaving Hanoi was an interestingEn savoir plus
One mildly painful day ahead today.
We picked up our bikes from Style around 9am. My bike was fixed after the damage it sustained yesterday, and we set off.
Leaving Hanoi was an interestingEn savoir plus
Well, today did not go quite to plan. The road up to Hanoi from Ninh Binh is straight and simple. But Hanoi is awful.
About 15 minutes from Styles base, where we were heading to drop off the bikes,En savoir plus
Up early once more, we had a little baot trip. Tam Coc is an old suburb of Nimh Binh, there long before the city became popular and known for its beautiful lake and river, and the way the localsEn savoir plus
Another long day took us from the lake side back to the modern world. We left pretty early again today as we had to traverse from the west of the country to the east.
It did not so well,En savoir plus
Dad and I departed from the Ho Chi Minh Tay and continued inland and north to somewhere neither of us had heard of. The tea plantation was rather remote but gorgeous. The road down was fairly easy toEn savoir plus
We woke pretty early today. The weather gets super hot at midday, so morning is a nicer time to be out. We also wanted to visit the caves today, which can get very busy. We were on the first boat outEn savoir plus
Dad and I got up pretty early today and headed out for the second half of the Ho Chi Minh Tay. Yesterday, we rode for ages and barely saw another vehicle. Today was just the same.
About an hour inEn savoir plus
So the Ho Chi Minh Tay is part of the Ho Chi Minh trails that criss cross Vietnam and Loas. They were built during the 19th century and named after the president that led the country through theEn savoir plus
Today, we headed inland and twisted through the central mountains towards the west of the country. Our destination for the day was Khe San, a main border city near Laos at the bottom of the Ho ChiEn savoir plus
Day one of our journey to the north took us back to Da Nang and to the Ha Van Pass. The entire landscape was stunning, and the views across the bay and the mountain were phenomenal. The ride held aEn savoir plus
Voyageur Beautiful and good food, winner!!!