Sun! What a difference a day makes! Here he comes The speciality of Ninh Binh – Goats A visit to Chez Beo Homestay for a beer See more from this place here: http://hastenteufel.name/blog/last-morning-chez-beo-homestay/ Happy Birthday to me! That cake is on fire! Another goat – full of flies – ready for the kitchen. I am…
Ashley and Me in front of the Ly Ha Hotel After a few days, it was time to ride on. Had a great time again at the Ly Ha Hotel. The weather report looked not to bad so up North it was. Ashley – ready to take off to the South towards Phong Nha Meat…
A Gray morning after a good nights sleep at the Mountain View Hotel in Phong Nha. Today I wanted to drive further up North to Phố Châu. Switched on the boiler and flipped open the MacBook. Catching up with the world events and emails from last night. After a few emails the water was hot…
Misha was in town so we had breakfast together and took a trip with the motorbike. First stop was the city dump. They dig big holes – fill it with trash and that is it.After that we drove towards the caves and the Ho Chi Minh Highway. On the way we passed a gate. The…
A beautiful blue morning sky over the city – the roads are dry and it was a pleasant 22 degrees. What a nice day to ride to Phong Nha on the best part of the Ho Chi Minh Highway. Monument in Khe Sanh – the first time I see it with blue sky A big…
Had a good breakfast at Vu Homestay at the outskirts of Hue. After that it was time to load the bike and drive to A Lưới to meet a friend for lunch. Close to the Guest-house in Hue one finds the rest of a business idea that didn’t work to good. Thị xã Hương Thủy…
Ready to roll! The rain was gone and I had a new iPhone. Maps loaded and the GPS tracker running. Time to hit the road up to Hue for a one night stop. Adios Su Shi and Mike – see you next time :-) The Marble Mountains close to Da Nang How nice you might…
After a few hours in the rain I arrived finally in Hội An. The rain killed my iPhone so I had to remember where the AirBnB from Mike was. Got really lucky since he walked up to the main street when I was looking for the place – other than that – no way I…
Blue sky and sunshine – a great day for the next leg of the journey. Down to Hội An to meet friends that have rented a big house. Buffalo a bit after Kon Tum next to the road Not a lot of traffic today on the Ho Chi Minh Road War memorial in Đắk Tô…
The next day on the way up north. Off to Đăk Hà a few more kilometres than the last few days. It was hot and dry – OK as long as you are driving. Lots of traffic in Buôn Ma Thuột – no clue where they all go. After a while it was less and…
Further north up to the Ho Chi Minh road – on mostly empty streets till the AH17. I have some landscape for you and some more churches. Take a look! Giáo Xứ Thanh Bình Old school fun for the kids at this church Comes with a dragon slayer as well Nhà thờ Kim Phát Nice…
3 lazy days in Hàm Tiến – go to bed early and wake up early. Time to start the drive up north. Today I want to reach Hiệp Thạnh which is close to Dalat or Da Lat as the Vietnamese call it. Along the way I took some pictures of churches for you and some…