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](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/437.jpg)
![Small village over the rice fields](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/438.jpg)
![This must be super lovely with blue sky](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_579/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/439.jpg)
![Great landscape to cross](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/440.jpg)
![Lots of green mountains left - view from the 34 a bit before Nguyen Binh](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/441.jpg)
![Corn fields](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/442.jpg)
![Dreamland with some smoke](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/443.jpg)
The locals call this Dragon Back Panorama. It is part of the Non Nuoc Cao Bang Geopark.
![Rice terraces before Xa Quang Thanh](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/444.jpg)
![An old french villa](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_643/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/445.jpg)
![The rice fields eating slowly into the forest](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_688/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/446.jpg)
![Interesting mix of vegetation](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_512/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/447.jpg)
![Rice terraces](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_591/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/448.jpg)
![Blue sky!!](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/449.jpg)
![Looking down the hill next to Mr. Buffalo](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/451.jpg)
![Nice view for Mr. Buffalo if the sky is blue. But no shadow nowhere.](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/452.jpg)
![On the DT 253 looking down into the valley](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/453.jpg)
![The road winds down into the valley. You can see the rice in the back is waiting to get planted in the new field](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_632/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/454.jpg)
![Almost at the bottom of the valley - back to rice farming country](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/455.jpg)
![Looking back up the mountain](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/456.jpg)
![Rice planting a bit before Ban Luoc](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_664/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/457.jpg)
![You can see how nice it is planted - all by hand](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_645/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/458.jpg)
![All fresh - I like the green](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/459.jpg)
![Rural road in Vietnam](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/460.jpg)
![More planting action after Ban Hon](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_677/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/461.jpg)
![Rice field](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_539/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/462.jpg)
![Checking out the progress](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_677/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/463.jpg)
![And taking over to finish the field](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_626/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/464.jpg)
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](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/465.jpg)
![Just in time for the sunset](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/466.jpg)
![A fisherman doing his fisherman stuff](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/468.jpg)
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](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_638/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/d2.jpg)
![Evening view from my room](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_555/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/d.jpg)
![The view towards the right](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_638/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/d1.jpg)
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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