{"id":4163,"date":"2016-04-20T11:17:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T10:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=4163"},"modified":"2019-02-14T12:01:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:01:24","slug":"from-phong-nha-to-tinh-ha-tinh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/from-phong-nha-to-tinh-ha-tinh\/","title":{"rendered":"From Phong Nha to Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I got up at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/vn\/thien-phu-hostel.html?aid=959368\" target=\"dd\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Thien Phu Hostel<\/span><\/a> it did still drip a bit outside but the clouds where light and more white than Gray.<br \/>\nWent down for the free breakfast and then the same old same same: pack the bag and strap it on the bike. Adios Phong Nha!<br \/>\nThe clock: 61390 kilometres<br \/>\nThe sky: Gray but no rain<br \/>\nThe road: wet<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/505.jpg\" alt=\"Off to the mountains again\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><br \/>\nOff to the mountains again<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/506.jpg\" alt=\"Green green and more green - if only there would be a blue sky with that green\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><br \/>\nGreen green and more green &#8211; if only there would be a blue sky with that green<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/507.jpg\" alt=\"Almost no traffic again as the road curves through the valley\" width=\"650\" height=\"417\"\/><br \/>\nAlmost no traffic again as the road curves through the valley<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/508.jpg\" alt=\"All those nice little hills\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><br \/>\nAll those nice little hills<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/509.jpg\" alt=\"The rain travels before me in the same direction. A whole day without dust!\" width=\"650\" height=\"437\"\/><br \/>\nThe rain travels before me in the same direction. A whole day without dust!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/510.jpg\" alt=\"In the next valley the houses did change. I never saw houses like that\" width=\"650\" height=\"397\"\/><br \/>\nIn the next valley the houses did change. I never saw houses like that. They have no walls inside &#8211; only one big room inside.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/524.jpg\" alt=\"Different house\" width=\"650\" height=\"331\"\/><br \/>\nWood is expensive now so it is constructed from metal. Can you imagine how hot it gets when the sun blasts on it?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/511.jpg\" alt=\"Older ones\" width=\"650\" height=\"466\"\/><br \/>\nThese two are a bit older and still made from wood<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/522.jpg\" alt=\"Different house\" width=\"650\" height=\"335\"\/><br \/>\nThis one has only one room &#8211; like the green one.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/523.jpg\" alt=\"Different house\" width=\"650\" height=\"355\"\/><br \/>\nI saw that many times. Instead of walls they use curtains in the house to separate living and sleeping room. Sometimes they only have the &#8220;sleeping room&#8221; fitted with curtains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/512.jpg\" alt=\"And new ones still under construction\" width=\"650\" height=\"457\"\/><br \/>\nAnd new ones still under construction<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/513.jpg\" alt=\"Where the rivers meet\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><br \/>\nWhere the rivers meet<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/514.jpg\" alt=\"Since there is not a lot of traffic the cows took over the road and hang out here\" width=\"650\" height=\"467\"\/><br \/>\nSince there is not a lot of traffic the cows took over the road and hang out here<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/515.jpg\" alt=\"In the afternoon the street leads into tea fields again.  A few kilometres later a mix of tea fields and some rubber tree plantations\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\"\/><br \/>\nIn the afternoon the street leads into tea fields again.  A few kilometres later a mix of tea fields and some rubber tree plantation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/516.jpg\" alt=\"There are not many of those left but from time to time you still see them roaming the streets\" width=\"650\" height=\"473\"\/><br \/>\nThere are not many of those left but from time to time you still see them roaming the streets<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/517.jpg\" alt=\"Another monument. They all involve stairs up a mountain somehow\" width=\"650\" height=\"462\"\/><br \/>\nAnother monument. They all involve stairs up a mountain somehow<\/p>\n<h2>The Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/518.jpg\" alt=\"My room at the Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\"\/><br \/>\nMy room at the Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u. 8\u20ac with fridge, AC, fan, closet, table, chairs, kettle and private bathroom with hot shower. The room is not to big but for one night perfect.<br \/>\nThey are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/hotel\/vn\/lyha.en.html?aid=959368&amp;no_rooms=1&amp;group_adults=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booking.com<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hastenteufel.name\/pix\/2016\/vietnam\/519.jpg\" alt=\"The bathroom at the Ly Ha Hotel in Ph\u1ed1 Ch\u00e2u\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\"\/><br \/>\nThe bathroom. Small but everything I need<\/p>\n<p>The clock: 61572 kilometres: 182 kilometres today. 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Went down for the free breakfast and then the same old same same: pack the bag and strap it on the bike. Adios Phong Nha! 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