Another one of those Gray days. You can not see where the sun is the whole day because the Gray soup is so thick. And it looks as if it would start to rain every second. Had my breakfast at the Mountain View Hotel. Since I do not like to eat eggs, I had my Baguette with Tomatoes instead. That did confuse the boss woman for a few days, but now she is used to it. And since I stayed here a few times, she gives me an extra Vietnamese slow drip coffee every morning as well. Nice!
“Pack the Bag” game and everything on the bike. Drove down to the Lemon Tree Spa to say Adios to Trang.

M35 Truck – still doing the heavy lifting in the forest

The main drag of Phong Nha towards the right of The Lemon Tree Spa

And towards the left

Phong Nha Hollywood Style – at the mountain where you take a left into the city if you come from the ocean.

Open road into the mountains after Phong Nha

Rainforest somewhere between Phong Nha and Phố Châu, close to Xã Hướng Lập

The rain stopped for the rest of the trip, and that made for a great show above the rainforest

Nhà thờ Giáo họ Tân Phương

Another church in the middle of nowhere

Phố Châu

Went to the same hotel as the last few times. The Ly Ha Hotel (Backpackers Hotel) in Phố Châu. I got another room on the second floor again. Now I have 3 different rooms in this hotel. They are on booking.com as well.

My room at the Ly Ha Hotel (Backpackers Hotel) in Phố Châu. 8€ with AC, fan, closet, table, chairs, kettle and private bathroom with hot shower. The room is not too big, but for a few nights it is perfect.

The bathroom. Small, but everything I need.

Mr. Trần, the manager of the hotel, took me again for a coffee at his favorite place. Of course, we talked about Photography for most of the time.

The heart of the Café

From the “room” before the heart

Part of the courtyard with the stairs up

View from the “room” under the balcony into the courtyard

A little raised table on the right

There are 2 more seating areas upstairs

Who would think to find such a place in the middle of nowhere??

Later, Trần took me to see some friends, and we ended up in the Karaoke place

Private Karaoke room – everybody was happy, and there was cold beer, so I was happy too!

This is how a room looks when you have Vietnamese customers – poor cleaning woman :-(

Todays Drive

191 km in 7 hours and 34 minutes, including lunch, photo stops, raincoat shopping, and shelter seeking as well as a Gas stop. Since I drove the same road as last time, I have the same map again – I hope you do not mind!