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The largest caves in the world
... Needless to say I slept most of the way to the caves, waking up only to visit a church with jesus taps (water coming out of Jesus' fingers) - very random and not the sites of the demilitarised zone I was expecting to see. What I hadn't realised though was how strongly Christian the country is - about 10% of the population - and according to our guide the population is huge (about 250 million). Having just googled this though the World ...
Paradise By The Vespa Light
... of other peoples space!!
The train rolled into town around 8pm and we were off to our hotel, hoping to set up a trip in the morning. Thankfully, our ad-hoc style had prevailed again, and we opted to book scooters and drive to the park on our own in the morning. Another gamble, but the traffic here is light, so our lives were only mildly in danger :).
Putting the previous day's discomfort behind us, we headed out at ...
Cave Explorations
... to something all along. New battery meant the horn was back, the starter worked, and we even had lights, so no more banging on the speedometer which had been the previous way of dealing those problems-- things were looking good.
Then off we went in search of the seriously small town of Son Trach nearby the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park where both the Phong Na and Thien Duong Cave aka "Paradise Cave" can be accessed. The first one we visited was ...
Vinh Moc Tunnels
... the Americans spot the hiding Vietnamese army but sprayed everywhere, it had an awful effect on the local civilian population as well. He showed us through the cave system which had been a home to some 94 families totalling 600 people, where they lived for 10 years during the bombing. The tunnels had also seen 17 babies born along side their artillery for the fight back. We were up to 27 metres underground, cramped, sweaty and even I had to duck. Went to the Ben Hai ...
Phong Nha Farmstay
... chatted to some other guests swapping ideas of areas to visit and hotels to stay in. Another guest (South African I think) player the guitar and took some requests. Did a little Oasis number for us. Arranged to do the cycle tour through the local villages to the Unesco Heritage site. SJW who rides like a giraffe on a unicycle is really looking forward to ...
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