Our ride today: From Điện Biên Phủ to Sơn La. It was a nice, warm day with lots of clouds but no rain. Lots of green on both sides of the road. Too bad, most of it was agriculture.
Another monument on a hill along the QL 12On the QL 279 in Tinh Lai ChauAnd on the other side of the street – a farmTằng Quái Park – just another Theme Park in the mountainsMountains and a lake from the QL6Small fires everywhere – farming cuts into the mountainsIt does look a bit better on the other side but not really if you look at the mountains in the back!Another small village in the mountains from the QL6Quite some traffic here. Some poor animals on the bike in front of me
Nhà Nghỉ Đại Thắng in Sơn La
Nhà Nghỉ Đại Thắng in Sơn La – Our hotel for the nightNice and clean – a good room once again!The room at the Nhà Nghỉ Đại ThắngThings nobody needs – a TV and a ClosetEverything you need!Fresh Bia hơi from an aluminium bottle to celebrate the last night together
Today’s drive: We drove 159 kilometers in 4 hours, 51 minutes, with gas and food stops.
From Sơn La to Phố Ràng
Mitsos took off to the south to get back to Ninh Binh. I continued the trip up North again.
The fatherland remembers – hmmmmFor the next hour, the DT 106 was only dust. Construction everywhere.A new settlement along the roadIf you look at the mountains in the back you can see lots of mud slides. Guess if you cut to much trees that is what is happening.Must be magic when the fields are green and the sky blueFresh greenThe next big slide and the house is goneBlue sky please :-(Looking down the damNot a lot of water in the river. What are the ppl doing that depended on that water?Looking down the valleyYou can imagine when there will be the next overflow. This is the end of the rainy season!Looks like this road will be wider next timeGuess the farmers are used to the low water. The plant all the way down to the water so they know there will be no high water for a while.ScarsBaby Ducks searching for foodA new settlement with traditional houses. Strange – never saw something like that in VietnamA small street leading to the QL 32Rice eats forrestShould look better when greenAnd in all them fields somebody has to build a resort? OMG!Imagine green rice fieldsWorking on a steep fieldRice and more riceRice everywhereOnly a few more trees leftThis is the green I was talking aboutSunset over the rice fieldsDown the hills for a whileTwo pigs on a motorbikeThis looks like a nice place to chillI call it the Rice Field RoadOf course there is more – corn for example
The Nhà Nghỉ 27-7 in Phố Ràng
It was dark and raining when I got into town. Drove into it from a small side road, and in the night, a lot of those streets in the little town look the same. So I went looking for a room and chose this one. I was tired, and the room was OK for a night. Had a nice hot shower and some fresh cloths. Got some beer and crackers and called it an early night.
The hotel for the night: 27-7Enough space for meAC, TV, fan, and a hot shower. Not the best place in town but OK for a night.Look at the fitting combination. One for the sink and shower – saves a lot of pipes and $$ to mount. And it works!Another one of those bedcovers. What does it mean? No clue :-(Olives with cracker – thanks, Mitsos!
Today’s drive: I drove 267 kilometers in 9 hours, 21 minutes, with gas and food stops.
My mother got me an Eurorail ticket when I was 15, and together with two friends, we adventured into France. This was the beginning of a new addiction. I do like to take pictures, so one thing leads to another. On this site, I want to share some of my pictures and some of my trips with you! Now I am on the road for more than 8 months every year. Visiting old friends and making new friends while exploring this big blue ball.
