Towards Hue and avoiding the rain...
May 17 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
I'm on a winning streak! Take that Melanie!
Cool streach of road before Hue
May 17 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
The sunset was amazing!
Hue Imperial Citadel
May 18 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
The emperor used to live here with 100+ wives (the fifth emperor had 507)
Nowadays there are only tourist that play rock paper scissors between the few remaining buildings after the American War (80%Read more
Hue Lunch, Market and sunset
May 18 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Locals going about their day on the road
May 19 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Locals on the road pt. 2 + animals
May 19 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Cute doggo
Beach stop in the DMZ
May 19 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
First picture is cool but the reality is that I was stuck in the sand...
Vinh Moc tunnels
May 19 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
1700 meters of tunnels (only in Vinh Moc village) and more than 2000 km of trenches in the DMZ.
It is estimated that the americans dropped 10.7 tonnes of bombs for every person living in the area in aRead more
Locals on the road pt. 3
May 19 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Pigs, rice fields, bicycles in the middle of the highway and mis-clicked selfies.
And let's not forget my old man stance disapproving our motorbike that feels more wobbly than the previous one...
Locals on the road pt.4, drying rice and HCMT
May 20 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Today we woke up early for a long day on a twisty road: the famous Ho Chi Minh Trails, before that we had to overtake some farmers drying their rice on the road after the night storm.
Ho Chi Minh Trails and cool Landscapes
May 20 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Few people on the road and some kids always happy to say hi!
Lost again at RPS and apparently I was unhappy about it even while driving...
Almost in Phong Nha and stop at the river
May 20 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
This time I won at least, but probably I still had something stuck between my teeth...
Also my old-man stance looking at the panorama is remarkable.
At the river some Taiwanese guys invited us forRead more
Chilling at the O O Lake
May 21 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Everything was too expensive, so if you want to see cool pictures of the Paradise Cave, Dark Cave or the Biggest Cave in the World just go and Google them.
On the other hand the lake was free and evenRead more
Arrival in Hanoi and Train Street
May 22 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Little lake in the old quarter and cool man screaming at tourist on the rails while the train goes by.
I won so many times at Rock Paper Scissors that Melanie decided to play dead in order to ignoreRead more
Hanoi at noon and sunset
May 22 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
We had a walk in the city, quite chaotic and full of traffic but at the same time with many green areas and people exercising.
The sunset on the west lake was very nice and the couple dancing in aRead more
Hanoi Prison
May 23 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
In a less fun note we visited the Hanoi prison that was built by the French and was used to detain Vietnamese opposition leaders that wanted independence.
After and during the American War (in VietnamRead more
Cool sunrise in Cat Ba island
May 24 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌬 30 °C
We woke up quite early for this sunrise and it was well worth it.
The view on the bay was fantastic!
Full day boat tour in the Ha Long Bay
May 24 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌬 32 °C
Swimming, cool sightseeing and finally a piñacolada that tastes a bit more normal.
Then we went for a kayaking trip which destroyed my already crippled shoulder.
The fact that I lost at rock paperRead more
Fish Breeding Farm, Monkey island and village
May 24 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌬 32 °C
After a stop at the government fish farm we went to Monkey Island for a rocky climb to a viewpoint (my duct taped flip flops held on great!)
Then we went through the floating village before returningRead more
Morning Hike in Cat Ba and cave
May 25 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
I'm not happy to lose again...
Cave with creepy hole and someone stuck inside it and then the last picture is self-referencing, since it is me completing find penguins for today on the bus to Ha Giang
Bus to Ha Giang
May 25 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
A bad start for my rock paper scissor records...
First day in Hà Giang and start of the Loop
May 27 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Yesterday we managed to find a bike quite quickly, and despite our friends reasonable suggestion not to do the Ha Giang Loop by ourselves, we decided to go for it, pay the bribe to the bike shop toRead more
Still first Loop Day, cool roads and waterfall
May 27 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We encountered a waterfall in the morning, nobody there, took a nice refreshing swim and lost again in RPS...
Some locals along the road but mostly cafes and viewpoints that are built as stops forRead more
Day 1: detour through corn fields
May 27 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Took a little detour off the main road and we climbed up to a remote village and pass, also clicked the wrong button and now we have a strangely serious selfie
TravelerWell, you don’t post the pictures where you lost! 😂