Had a good night at the Cao Nguyen Guesthouse in Yen Minh. Took some time till Mitsos was happy with his breakfast, but after that, we continued our drive towards the West of Vietnam. But today we only drove South.
Looks like it will be a nice dayAgriculture eats its way up the mountainsThey use all the land up to the mountaintopsMountains and more MountainsGuess next time the fields go up all the way to the topIf burning down the last bits of forrest left is the envirommental service – they do a good job!Forrest protectionKarst MountainsLaundry DayA small stream creates its own surroundings with nice bamboo treesLone SurvivorsChinese graves in front of a perfect chocolate hillThe Vietnamese Chocolate HillsAgain a day with almost no traffic up here in the Vietnamese mountainsMore of those Northern Vietnam hillsWeeeee – I need this with blue sky :-(The windy road into the next valleyA dream? I want my house here!More Karst MountainsMountain rice fieldsThis looks like a lot of workThe road winds itself further into the valleyLast big tree left. Must be a important oneIf you stop working on this kind of fields the rain will kill them in no timeEarth house – must be a poor farmerA small village on the other sideYou can see the poor farmer on the right has only a plastic house. The middle class on the left has a wooden house, and the new rich have proper, big traditional wood houses. Building this is quite expensive now since there are not a lot of big trees left.Another traditional houseAnd another new one with two floorsThe concrete one was there first. The wood one is new and not finished.Uncle Ho with local farmersHarvesting tea leaves
Tân Quang
Our room at the Nhà nghỉ Huyện TuầnComes with a fridge and a few windowsAs well as a bathroomFood next door was really goodAs you can see: If the Greek is happy with the food he looks like thisThe lobby of our hotelLooks more like a parking lot – not like a hotel lobby
Today’s drive: We drove 148 kilometers in 4 hours, 50 minutes, with gas and food stops.
My mother got me an Eurorail ticket when I was 15, and together with two friends, we adventured into France. This was the beginning of a new addiction. I do like to take pictures, so one thing leads to another. On this site, I want to share some of my pictures and some of my trips with you! Now I am on the road for more than 8 months every year. Visiting old friends and making new friends while exploring this big blue ball.
