Winter 17/18 – From Phía Tháp to Thái Nguyên
Time to move down South again. Packed the bike and said Adios to the Kim family. I had a super time here in the North and the dinner was excellent – every time! Thank you!!
Today I wanted to see the Mountain with the Hole that is not too far from Kim’s Homestay. When I was close, I could not find it and gave up – and I was so close. Stupid me but I also had many kilometers to go.
I detoured a second time to go to Tân Lập since I was almost out of petrol and there was no gas station the last few hours. It is always a lot of fun – you see that you are getting really low – in this case, the needle was in the red for a few minutes already. I stopped and consulted the map. There is a small hamlet up the hill that looks big enough for a gas station. And sure enough, they had one. So I had a beer and some snacks as well. Anyhow, got into Thái Nguyên late and was happy to take a hot shower.
![Vietnamese Graveyard](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_472/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1298.jpg)
![Fields and Karst Mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1299.jpg)
![Corn Field and Karst Mountain](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1300.jpg)
![Green Karst Mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1301.jpg)
![Farm house in the mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_866/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1302.jpg)
![Green mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1303.jpg)
![Fields and Mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1304.jpg)
![Mountains and Farm Land](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1305.jpg)
![Farm in 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/2019/08/1306.jpg)
![Fresh planted fruit trees](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1307.jpg)
![Mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1308.jpg)
![Burnt Land](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1309.jpg)
![Clear cut forrest](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1310.jpg)
![Mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1311.jpg)
![Local House](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1312.jpg)
![Small village in a valley](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1313.jpg)
![Mountains at sunset](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1314.jpg)
![Small road](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1315.jpg)
![Sunset in the mountains](https://sp-ao.shortpixel.ai/client/to_auto,q_glossy,ret_img,w_850,h_567/https://hastenteufel.name/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1316.jpg)
Today’s drive:
I drove 275 kilometers in 9 hours and 4 minutes with gas and food stops.
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