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The largest caves in the world
... clouds and about the country's hatred for China which is 'stealing Vietnamese land'. About an hour away from the hostel we hit a traffic jam which I assumed (due to their crazy driving) was due to an accident. According to our 'knowledgeable' guide though this was not due to an accident but to the 'requiems', a group of people that prey for the martyrs (he didn't explain for what). Apparently, requiems prey on this particular stretch ...
Paradise By The Vespa Light
... sell us some treats, as well as trying to marry off some of their daughters. They spoke almost no English, and we joked around with them for a while. The pretty 25 year old was promised to me, and the not so pretty 50 year old was Dmitry's. The bluntness of Asian culture was shining here, as they looked at us and said "You two, very handsome!". "Vietnamese man, not handsome!". All while pointing at some poor dude chilling in a hammock. ...
Cave Explorations
... that lead us over mountains and through frontier points. This choice had us zooming passed police checkpoints, driving and ducking under restricted white and red gates, and wondering what those guys with the machetes coming out the fields just might do. We luckily arrived back to town unscathed, and since most folk venture to these parts with a tour that provides food and such outside of that grub is scare. So, post coffee indulgence, we ended up in a ...
Caves and swimming
... faith and how to make an offering with incense. Ticked that one off, won't be doing many more (am I cultural heathen?). Then visited Paradise Cave which is a 32 kilometre cave of which, the first kilometre of which is open to the public. Again some spectacular sights and some bloody steep steps to get in and out. Almost like a mini workout in itself (I'm all caved out now). We then went for a hike through the forest across bamboo bridges to a swimming hole. Followed up ...
A whole World of Ouch
Day 8 - 610 km down, in Dong Hoi
Perhaps more painful than cycling 150km in a day is getting chili in your eye. Trapped in my new world of self-imposed suffering, I had forgotten how much that hurts. I'm pretty sure I just convinced a cafe full of people I was having a mental breakdown, after rubbing my itchy eyeball with an innocent-looking finger.
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