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On to Ba Be National Park
I like onions, really. I even make a to-die-for Alsatian onion tart. But riding four hours in a mini-bus with little ventilation and 200 pounds of onion sets in the aisle is a bit of overkill. It took a while to get that scent out of our nasal membranes! Actually, the buses have not been as odoriferous as I had imagined. You would think that so many people crammed into so small a space in 90 degree heat would be awful, but I've only been blown away by body odor twice ...
Ba Be Lakes National Park
We planned to leave Cao Bang at 12 noon which is the time we were told the bus left. We got there at 11.50am to find the bus had left and Paul and Johanna were nowhere to be seen which worried us. We thought we would have to stay another night and eat some more horrendous food, until a nice local guy called the driver who came back to pick us up especially. When we got on the bus we saw Paul and Johanna, a sight for sore eyes, we were so happy to see ...
And A Rice Terrace Runs Through It
I slowly "come to" thanks to my Timex Ironman beeping, signaling the start of another day of adventure. I slowly open my eyes and lay there for a few minutes attempting to assess the state of my health but mainly just relieved to awaken. My shirt is drenched in sweat from the night's fevers or perhaps the herbs purging of the toxins through my pores, but oddly enough I feel fine. In my present state I feel no residual affects of ...
Rolling through the Rice Paddies
This is a top pick!
... chat and left him wishing him well on his journey.
We stopped just out of town to have breakfast, apple and coconut bread which we had brought from Sapa. So far, Vietnam in like India in many ways. It was very hard to find anywhere to stop and sit because the roadsides are so populated. When we did sit we were immediately joined by some locals who photographed us on their mobiles and then used their full armoury of English. ...
Mai Chau
... Overtaking a group of bikes going up hill. mmmm
Arriving at Mai Chau mid afternoon, I decided to have a beer and catch my breath. Unfortunately I'd also picked up this beer fly. He was real keen for me to stay at some house 6Km from the village. A real pain in the **** but I said OK anyway. Sadly he still didn't leave.
I order some peanuts, they eat them chilled and green. You ...
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