{"id":11833,"date":"2019-08-16T15:11:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=11833"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:34:12","slug":"winter-17-18-from-phia-thap-to-thai-nguyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/winter-17-18-from-phia-thap-to-thai-nguyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 17\/18 – From Ph\u00eda Th\u00e1p to Th\u00e1i Nguy\u00ean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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<\/em> 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 T\u00e2n L\u1eadp 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 Th\u00e1i Nguy\u00ean late and was happy to take a hot shower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Vietnamese <\/picture>
Still some festivities at the graveyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fields <\/picture>
Fields and Karst mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Corn <\/picture>
Corn fields<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Green <\/picture>
These Karst mountains might stay green since you can not farm there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Farm <\/picture>
What a nice spot for a farm house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Green <\/picture>
Still some green mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fields <\/picture>
But you can see how agriculture takes over more and more. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mountains <\/picture>
More cuts in the mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Farm <\/picture>
Some farmers houses in the valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fresh <\/picture>
Coming round the next bend and you see this for an hour or so. Makes you really sad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mountains\" <\/picture>
The only good thing about it is that they will be green in the future if you look at this hills <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Burnt <\/picture>
More forrest gone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Clear <\/picture>
And more and more and more…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mountains\" <\/picture>
Mountains and more mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Local <\/picture>
Another old school local house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small <\/picture>
A small village in a valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Mountains <\/picture>
The gate to paradiese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small <\/picture>
Small road in the valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sunset <\/picture>
Sunset in the mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s drive:<\/strong>
I drove 275 kilometers in 9 hours and 4 minutes with gas and food stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n