Nam Dinh at Night
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We got to nam dinh around 10 or 11 at night, we were hoping to catch a bus or train much further south but the next one was at 9pm the next day. So we had to spend the night in Nam Định, served usWeiterlesen
We got to nam dinh around 10 or 11 at night, we were hoping to catch a bus or train much further south but the next one was at 9pm the next day. So we had to spend the night in Nam Định, served usWeiterlesen
Our hotel was around here somewhere.
It was a quaint little town not much to it, bigger than a village though and seemed like it wanted to develop but had stopped half way. Some of buildingsWeiterlesen
I had noticed this temple on the way in last night. The temple to the north of the town with a big central Buddha, was not the biggest I've seen (bangkok buddha's are hard to beat) but stillWeiterlesen
The ride to the tầm coc start was about 20 minutes south / south west. We wanted to just take a boat out by ourselves, ideally a kayake but they had local things that looked good enough. Me and JackWeiterlesen
For some reason night buses always seem to like stopping for food at 11pm or later, just as everyone's finally getting some sleep.
Bike problems came as standard after every bus we put them on.
We were dropped off of the night bus from Nim Binh to dong hoi at 5am, still dark, and wanting coffee. There were wierd people aroundWeiterlesen
Finding the cave was a bit of a nightmare, we spent most of the day dicking around, trying to find the entrance but the biggest cave, Soon Dong, is off limits to foreigners without a guide, that youWeiterlesen
set off for the son Doong Cave. The ride there was North West of dong hoi towards the mountains. Dicked around once we got there looking for signs and an entrance but no luck, think they keep theWeiterlesen
Woke up in dong hoi again, great little hostel by the train station, buffalo hostel sign outside. Jack read on the menu lady living there had looked after someone after they had a bike accident, andWeiterlesen
Drove from dong hoi North West again towards the ho chi minh tay at midday and got into it by 1 I think. The road was beyond words. Not a soul in sight for kilometres, just the open slab roads withWeiterlesen