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    • PodróżnikSouth East Asia
      1
      Dzień 75

      Day 75

      20 kwietnia, Wietnam ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

      Cao Bang Loop Day 3

      Righto let's try and knock this one out fast as I'm still many days behind.

      Breakfast? Check. Another cuddle with cute little Sam and a very heartbreaking goodbye? Check. The coolest parrot in the world that waddled up to me and wanted me to stroke it? Check (yeah I know right this place was awesome and I didn't want to leave). There was really only 1 stop today so I wasn't in a very big rush, so I waited for the rain in the morning to pass before heading out as I couldn't be assed to get wet.

      I made my way back along the sketchy track but now it was filled with mud and puddles of water - which just required even more of my unmatched skill to maneuvere (I say riding an automatic 110cc).
      Honestly for the first leg of the journey, this was the best quality driving I had done so far. It was absolutely stunning and I had to keep stopping to get a picture of the luscious green landscapes.

      I arrived at Pac Bo cave which is famous for where Ho Chi Minh returned to Vietnam from China for the first time in 30 years in 1941 and stayed for a few weeks. And, it is at one end of the "Ho Chi Minh Road" that stretches almost the whole length of the country. It's a popular spot that Vietnamese people will take the time to visit atleast once in their lives. When I arrived it was fairly quiet and I hopped on an electric buggy from the car park to the area.

      Not really knowing where I was going, I followed the path along the stunning turquoise water known as "Lenin Creek" and up along the first pathway off the main loop. None of the signs were in English so I did my best to translate them but it meant I didn't super know what was going on. I reached a little hut which I thought was where Ho Chi Minh lived but apparently he lived in the cave so I'm not super sure who's hut it was. Behind the hut, the path continued and having not learnt from yesterday I decided to keep going as I wanted to see where it went. Another sweaty climb uphill resulted in a dwindling path so I cut my losses early and headed back the way I came.

      It seems whilst I was off gallivanting in the forest, everyone in Vietnam had arrived to this 1 place. It was a Saturday but it seemed that every school also decided to make their school trip here aswell. It was safe to say I may have been the only white dude in hundreds of Vietnamese people - so I definitely got a good few curious looks and a lot of enthusiastic hellos. I had a gander at the famous cave, with his bed / workstation and a cooking pot. Down by the creek, there was a spot where he would fish as well as a rock that he would use as a table. Becoming super exhausted I grabbed a cold drink of sugarcane juice by the exit and left to find some lunch.

      I drove down the road for a bit before stopping in the first place I could find with food. It was completely empty and the food was sitting there so I decided to go vegetarian for the meal, not wanting to risk any food poisoning. The rest of the ride back wasn't very scenic and mainly took me through towns until I arrived back into Cao Bang.

      I had oficially survived my 3 day adventure and hopped in the shower before going for dinner. I loved my dinner so much my first night here I decided to go back and order the exact same thing (and finish watching Castaway) before heading to bed.       Czytaj więcej

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    • Clément CaillardVers l infini et l au dela
      Dzień 246

      Province de Cao Bang

      16 maja 2023, Wietnam ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      5 jours en moto dans une province mi-montagneuse du Nord
      Paysages splendides, maisons d'hôtes isolées, rivières bleux, beaucoup de maïs peu de riz, une chute pour mes collègues
      C'était incroyable, je vous laisse découvrir en images! Czytaj więcej

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    • Vietnam 2023
      Dzień 5

      Angekommen in Cao Bang

      1 czerwca 2023, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 37 °C

      6 Uhr morgens los und mit dem einzigen Formel 1 Fahrer Vietnams im Sammeltaxi durch die Berge … angekommen, das Wetter passt, und die Zikaden machen einen Höllenlärm … immer noch 36 Grad aber etwas weniger Luftfeuchtigkeit Czytaj więcej

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    • PodróżnikStieflische Flitterwochen
      1
      Dzień 21–23

      Stopp 9 - Cao Bang (Vietnam)

      26 listopada 2023, Wietnam ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      Abfahrt um 6 Uhr morgens in Richtung Cao Bang und das viele Reisen der letzten 3 Wochen hat uns ein wenig geschlaucht🥱. Und so haben wir Tag 1 schön mit Mittagsschlaf und ner Runde Skipbo im Bett 🛌 verbracht.
      Anschließend haben wir die Stadt ein wenig erkundet. Nicht wirklich sehenswert und essenstechnisch sehr schwierig. Fast in jedem Gericht ist hier Fleisch mit Knochen🦴 .
      Heute haben wir uns einen Roller gemietet und haben die Höhle von Ho Chi Minh erkundet (Pac Bo Cave). Eine sehr schöne Landschaft mit vielen Mais- und Reisfeldern, sowie kleinen spitzen Hügeln war entlang des Weges. UND: Wir haben einen Fuß auf chinesisches Staatsgebiet gesetzt🇨🇳, nachdem die Höhle so nah an der Grenze war.

      Ab morgen geht es mit dem Roller 🛵 für die nächsten 3 Tage nach Norden. Wasserfälle, Flüsse, Höhlen und Berge warten auf uns.😍       Czytaj więcej

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    • PodróżnikWorld tour
      1
      Dzień 94

      Cao Bâng (bike trip🏍️)

      25 maja 2022, Wietnam ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

      Gabi and I drove towards China on our own. We found a beautiful place to crash and did some yoga. And... Sun came back!!! Still we are the only tourists (at least foreigners) everywhere, what a blast. But the end of this biking trip is getting closer, and I would keep on riding with Gabi for sooo much longer still.

      🏠 Accomodation: Luong Son Homestay (only con is that they don't serve breakfast)       Czytaj więcej

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    • PodróżnikWorld tour
      111
      Dzień 95

      Almost in China! Ban Gioc (bike trip🏍️)

      26 maja 2022, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

      Drove towards Ban Gioc waterfall, visited different ethnic villages on the way specialised on different works (incense village, paper village, metal and stone), which were truly beautiful, but so poor and basic at the same time. You could see the big gap with the more modern areas. After that we went to the very expected waterfall, which wasn't so beautiful because of the rainy season and the water looked brown and choppy, but still you could feel its power and strength. After that enjoyed an astonishing vieepoint hidden behind a pagoda, had a quick nap, and visited a cave. This town was super interesting, but surrounded of national tourists. So even though we were the only foreigners, the feeling of being lost wasn't so strong.

      📍Essentials: viewpoint of China and waterfall, traditional villages, Ngoc cave
      🏠 Accomodation: Lan Homestay (food was expensive but amazing)       Czytaj więcej

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    • Let's go South East Asia
      11
      Dzień 61

      Peaceful lake day

      31 maja 2022, Wietnam ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

      Northern Vietnam consists mainly of mountains. Cute looking karst mountains covered in trees and other greens. They kinda look fluffy. Between the mountains there are valleys. Even more fluffy. Green and lush valleys where people grow rice, corn, bananas, indian shot, and some kind of reed or grass we didn't know but we think it's used for feeding animals.

      Driving through northern Vietnam feels like this: up the mountain (use lower gear, steep curvy road) - down the mountain (use brakes, steep curvy road) - through the valley and the village (drive slowly, there's so much to see, sometimes animals are blocking the road) - and up the mountain again. ☺️

      We spent a chill day at Thang Hen lake and went to Angel Eye Mountain, where we saw two buffalos wallow in the mud. It's super peaceful in those little villages. Fun fact: strawberries grow here! Real forest strawberries, just like back home! 😃       Czytaj więcej

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    • PodróżnikTour du monde 2024
      Dzień 24

      Khuoi Ky Stone Village (Cao Bang)

      19 stycznia, Wietnam ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

      Coucou,

      Levée aux aurores pour prendre un bus pour Cao Bang. Je rentre à 7h dans le bus, heure d'arrivée prévue : 13h45. Cool, il fait beau, j'aurais le temps de voir la cascade en arrivant.
      On m'avait dit que le voyage allait m'apprendre la patience, mais la c'est la 💫PATIENCE💫. On est arrivés à 20 HEURES ! (Me demandez pas par quelle diablerie c'est possible j'en sais rien)
      AH ELLE A INTERÊT À ÊTRE TRÈS BELLE LA CASCADE ! La journée dans un "chicken bus" avec plus de gens qu'il ne peut contenir, en SPM, les écouteurs HS, personne ne parlant anglais, sans internet et avec un gosse qui braille (et qui me frappe au passage 🥲) j'étais prête à démarrer une guerre là 🙃
      Bref, je (re)paye le taxi et me voilà au homestay 🎉 Vous la sentez venir la douille ? C'ÉTAIT PAS LE BON FUCKING HOSTEL ! Bref, j'le sentais venir, je demande à appeler mes hôtes (pcq j'ai plus internet ne l'oublions pas 🤡) et enfiiiiin quelqu'un viens me chercher.
      Je crois que je suis la seule de l'hostel encore, je suis chez une famille adorable, la mamie est trop mignonne ! C'est un peu roots mais ça fait l'affaire.
      La mère a vu mon désespoir et elle m'a concocté un petit plat juste 🤌
      Au final, tout est bien qui finit bien, j'ai ma chambre chez une petite famille trop mignonne et demain je vais pouvoir attaquer une grasse mat' et les cascades (à moins d'une heure de marche).
      Bon le village est paumé donc pour passer au Laos ou rejoindre Hanoï ça va encore être sportif mais on verra ça dans 2 jours. En attendant, on va appeler quelques copaings histoire de recharger les batteries ! C'est tout pour aujourd'huiiii

      Allez des bisouuuus       Czytaj więcej

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    • PodróżnikSouth East Asia
      1
      Dzień 72

      Day 72

      17 kwietnia, Wietnam ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Hanoi > Cao Bang

      So it turns out that this hostel (that I had stayed at for a few nights before) provides FREE BREAKFAST. And I didn't know this until today as Megan let me know last night. I'm not sure if I'm fuming because I missed out on breakfast or glad that I atleast got one free one.

      I then walked over to the bus office and checked in, before grabbing a quick Banh Mi as I didn't want to get on the bus and get hungry. The bus was pretty long - it left at 11 and didn't arrive till half 5 and oh my God my ass was sore. I'm not sure if it was the seats or what but I was so uncomfortable that I ended up putting my blanket under me for a last resort of padding. Depsite the discomfort I powered on and decided to be responsible and finally book my flight home. It's a little worrying knowing that I'm not even in the same county as my flight but I can officially confirm I'll be home at 6.40pm on the 17th May - exactly 1 month away (if I make the flight). I also enquired to 2 hostels about booking the Ha Giang Loop. It's safe to say I felt pretty prepared for once which is a new feeling for me.

      I ended up booking the same hostel as the other 2 people on my bus as they also wanted to do the Cao Bang Loop and said that they that this one rented bikes so I didn't bother checking anywhere else. The hostel was actually really nice and I ended up meeting a few people and heading to dinner with them in town. We chose a random place and the waitress said that one of the plates was her special so I just ordered it without even looking. What came was a whole plate of meat in a broth with 2 pieces of bread. It was absolutely delicious and I am so glad I went with what she suggested. I had to dip from the meal early and head back to the hostel as my uni was hosting a teams call about module choices for my final year. I didn't want to leave anything too late and miss out on the modules I wanted so a long 2 and a half hours later I ended up calling my friend Mann and talking about the choices before I made my final decision and submitted.

      Whilst I was sitting on the balcony on the phone, out of nowhere a huge thunder storm came our of nowhere and the rain poured as heavy as the wind blew, and there were bursts of lighting every few seconds for over an hour. I tried capturing some of the lighting but my phone is nowhere near good enough but I don't think I'll ever get bored of seeing the electricity dance across the sky. With that, it ended up being quite a real life back at home productive day and I was excited to start the 3 day loop tomorrow.       Czytaj więcej

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    • PodróżnikThe "little" break
      Dzień 13

      Cao Bang

      14 kwietnia, Wietnam ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

      Finally I got some time for writing. From northest part of the Vietnam I drove the motorbike to Cao Bang and explore a bit the close surronding.

      It wasn't so much to tell. The nature here was still very nice. The intresting part was the biggest waterfall in Vietnam, exactly on the border with china (there was a river, which split the two countries into, and between the waterfall). Well, the histrory about the chinese-vietnam war in 1979 was intresting. I didn't know about it. Two comunist's countries fought against each other. Funny! And actually the relationships are still not very good.

      Another intresting thing in Vietnam are some small villages which are/were specialized for specific wares. Normally, if you don't have a motorbike it's almost impossible to visit them, but luckily I have. So I visited a village which almost in every house produce the cinnamon, marble sculptures, incenses (vonné tyčinky), rice nuddles, knives, paper, wood curving and iron castings. All of them of course just handwork not a lot of machines. Man can't see something like this in europe anymore. Also the work protection was funny. Especially in iron casting village.

      Well, than the next stop will be the famous Halong Bay, which is one of the seventh new wonders of the world and many films ware filmed there (King Kong, James Bond ...). I hope, that I will get there a bit of relax, because I am already a bit tired after the 2 hard weeks of an exploration. So I am going to book a two days cruise there. The weather is still perfect!       Czytaj więcej

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