{"id":10722,"date":"2019-02-08T04:22:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T03:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2025-12-05T05:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:35:01","slug":"winter-17-18-from-phong-nha-to-ninh-binh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/winter-17-18-from-phong-nha-to-ninh-binh\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 17\/18 \u2013 From Phong Nha to Ninh Binh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On this trip<\/g>, I wanted some blue sky in the North. So I pushed it as far back in the year as I could. But Dimitry had other plans. He wanted to go to the water festival in Thailand. I told him not to come before April, but he does not care, of course. So I had to drive up North after a few days in Phong Nha to meet him in Ninh Binh.
Checked out of the Elegant Hostel, which had another name at the time. They are now on booking.com, <\/a>and I would go there again!

I have a few pictures of my room at the Elegant Hostel, all the way down at my last blog post: Winter 16\/17: From A Loui to Phong Nha<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Adios <\/picture>
Adios Phong Nha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have this picture so many times now. I do like this one since I have no clouds on it. Last time it started to rain, and I had to get one of those capes that are really too small for me. And after a few hours in the rain, it got quite cold. Much better today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mountains <\/picture>
Mountains close to Cha Noi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Local <\/picture>
This kind of house I only saw in this region<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Houses <\/picture>
Very different from the other ones in Vietnam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"House <\/picture>
The modern style with a metal house next to the original wood house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Old <\/picture>
In the good old times the roof was still done with roof tiles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Modern <\/picture>
This one is the latest fashion – metal with a big roof in front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have some more pictures of the houses<\/a> from the last trip from Phong Nha to Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few nights in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Pho <\/picture>
The roundabout in Pho Chau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stopped in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u for a few days to see Tr\u1ea7n again. He is the manager of my hotel, and the Ly Ha Hotel is now on booking.com. Most of his free time he spends helping kids learn English. And so we went to teach them some English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Room <\/picture>
Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bed <\/picture>
The bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Girl <\/picture>
A young girl bringing some water from the sea. Strange art here in the mountians. Took of her nipple – sorry! But you know facebook :-(<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bathroom <\/picture>
Bathroom at the Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today’s Drive: 181 kilometers in 3 hours and 30 minutes with a few stops<\/p>\n\n\n\n