Ba Be Lake at Sundown
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Winter 17/18 From Lạng Sơn⁩ over ‎⁨Huyện Quảng Uyên⁩ to Ba Bể Lake

Then next day of our tour in Northern Vietnam. It was gray but dry which is better than gray and wet. But does not make for nice pictures. We had coffee in the room and Mitsos had some breakfast. And on the bikes we where.

A cloudy and gray morning
A cloudy and gray morning
Small village over the rice fields
Small village over the rice fields
This must be super lovely with blue sky
This must be super lovely with blue sky
Great landscape to cross
Great landscape with small roads
Lots of green mountains left - view from the 34 a bit before Nguyen Binh
Lots of green mountains left – view from the 34 a bit before Nguyen Binh
Corn fields
Corn fields
Dreamland with some smoke
Dreamland with some smoke

The locals call this Dragon Back Panorama. It is part of the Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark.

Rice terraces before Xa Quang Thanh
Rice terraces before Xa Quang Thanh
An old french villa
An old french villa
The rice fields eating slowly into the forest
The rice fields eating slowly into the forest
Interesting mix of vegetation
Interesting mix of vegetation
Rice terraces
Lets see next time how much the rice terraces go up the mountain
Blue sky!!
Blue sky!!
Looking down the hill next to Mr. Buffalo
Looking down the hill next to Mr. Buffalo
Nice view for Mr. Buffalo if the sky is blue. But no shadow nowhere.
Nice view for Mr. Buffalo if the sky is blue. But no shadow nowhere.
On the DT 253 looking down into the valley
On the DT 253 looking down into the valley
The road winds down into the valley. You can see the rice in the back is waiting to get planted in the new field
The road winds down into the valley. You can see the rice in the back is waiting to get planted in the new field
Almost at the bottom of the valley - back to rice farming country
Almost at the bottom of the valley – back to rice farming country
Looking back up the mountain
Looking back up the mountain
Rice planting a bit before Ban Luoc
Rice planting a bit before Ban Luoc
You can see how nice it is planted - all by hand
You can see how nice it is planted – all by hand
All fresh - I like the green
All fresh – I like the green
Rural road in Vietnam
Shortcut to the DT 279
More planting action after Ban Hon
More planting action after Ban Hon
Rice field
Checking out the progress
Checking out the progress
And taking over to finish the field
And taking over to finish the field

Ba Bể Lake

The second day of riding proved to be much better. Most of the time we even had blue sky! Great landscape again with a few sad parts.

Finally Ba Be Lake
Finally Ba Be Lake
Just in time for the sunset
Just in time for the sunset
A fisherman doing his fisherman stuff
A fisherman doing his fisherman stuff

Day 3 of this Loop: 149 kilometers in 7 hours with gas and food stops

Day 4 of this Loop: 170 kilometers in 6 hours and 20 minutes with gas and food stops

My Hotel at Ba Be Lake: Quỳnh Mai Homestay

The Boss Lady is still cleaning the bathroom
The Boss Lady is still cleaning the bathroom
Evening view from my room
Evening view from my room
The view towards the right
The view towards the right

I like this place! Great view and the food is good. The room is one floor down from the main building and on the other side of the road. This way you do not hear any traffic. Birds and insects only. And I love the view too.

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