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Last ride in Vietnam today... It hasn"t been a leisurely cruise along some sweeping roads but rather a challenging yet fascinating journey across the north of Vietnam. Now that"s all over we have a sense of nostalgia for the laid back landscape of rice terraces and tea plantations.
Thank you for joining us in this travel... Let"s enjoy our last evening together in Hanoi!
We are slowly leaving the mountains behind us, progressing through a hilly landscape with still a considerable amount of curves. The ride is not too long though, so we can kiểm tra in at the hotel before lunch, leaving plenty of time for an afternoon cruise in the scenic Halong Bay.
Posing together with our local guide Mr. Thanh.. He is a great buddy, very knowledgeable and eager to help us
It"s time khổng lồ criss cross the last mountain range before reaching again the lower lands và continuing our journey towards the coast. Getting out of the lake area requires some efforts, riding those big beasts on not so perfect pavement. But we made it!
We had to drastically change our route today (and also the overnight place) because a long stretch of the planned route is not accessible anymore. We went through some remote and scenic rain forest into the cha Be national park, spending the night at the shore of the lake.
Day 9: Sapa to lớn Ha Giang
The morning doesn"t seem a "Good morning" at all, with thunders và heavy rain since 6am..But just when we start riding và we descend the mountain road khổng lồ Lao Cai it stops! và once in the valley it became even warm! Today"s ride has been great, cruising amidst rice terraces, tea plantations, orange orchards & lots of small villages.
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Day 8: Mu Cang Chai khổng lồ Sapa
The night was fairly cold and rainy... Và the morning still is rainy và fairly cold. We are not very fortunate with the weather these days: in this season the temperature is usually much warmer, và the sun shines. Hey up there, what"s happening? Give us back some sun for the next days!
In the meantime, we start our ride as it is, moving among stunning scenery of terraced rice fields and tea plantations. In the late morning we start climbing up the Tram Ton Pass, the highest paved road in Vietnam at 2.035 m. Shortly after the pass, the sky clears up gving us a glimpse of the beauty of the valley where Sapa is situated. We can enjoy then a relaxed afternoon walking around this very lively and fairly touristy town up on the Vietnamese mountains.
A refreshing morning bathroom
Maybe we gotta switch lớn these light bikes today! "Espero", a Chinese-Vietnamese copy of the glorious Honda Win, one of the most common bike among locals. It goes everywhere.
Not much of a view from Tram Ton pass today, sadly.
Sapa is a very eclectic mix of styles...
Lots of local handicraft from the minority tribes
The gorgeous panorama over Sapa (photo: Franz)
Just outside the centre of Sapa, a gracious lake (photo: Franz)
The perfect wet-gloves dryer!
Day 7: Mai Chau lớn Mu Cang Chai
What a day! We went though quite a few challenges in the second part of the route, but let"s start from the beginning! First we followed the main road across the valley to lớn Son La, where we had lunch a in a very interesting wedding restaurant Then the fun started! After Muong La the road was... Well it was not a road anymore! Three months ago a flood destroyed it all & the reconstruction is a long work in progress.. Have a look at the photos... But we made it!
Morning coffee stop at this Karaoke bar: the singing room is really impressive.
Quite a peculiar design this restaurant
Are we there yet? Almost... But first we need khổng lồ go through "Harley Rally Pro Mode". This part of the road has been washed away completely three months ago and the reparation will need long time.
Meeting locals: I bet they have never seen a Harley on this road
Romantic view over the dam lake (photo: Edith)
Really a though road, but the panorama is gorgeous!
Finally arrived at destination!
Definitely a room with a view!
Have a good night under the thick blanket, it's cold outside!
Day 6: Vinh to lớn Mai Chau
Leaving coastal Vietnam, we move inland towards more rural areas. Wide roads & tall buildings leave space lớn a much different landscape, where water buffalos are taking a stroll along (and sometime in the middle of) the road. Not only cars và scooters here, but also kids on bycicles và some horse carts here and there. Tonight we will literally sleep among rice fields!
Not too much traffic on most of the route.
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Life goes by with placid rhythm.
Really an idyllic place in Mai Chau valley... Have a good và relaxed sleep.
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Day 5: Phong Nah to VinhAfter a very laid back & fairly rainy day yesterday, today we wake up dry! Yeah, the cold front from the north is passing by and soon we will enjoy some sunny days again. In the meantime we keep moving north, riding the curvy và idyllic Road 15 (the Ho chi Minh Highway) towards Dong Loc Junction, a famous place for its sad history during the Vietnam War. After spending some time among those monuments we continue towards the đô thị Vinh, half a million people and at least 100 million led lights!
Coffee stop near a small town-lake... With chairs getting smaller và smaller each day...
Sharing the narrow road among the rice fields with locals...
At Dong Loc junction we have time to learn more about the sad moments of recent Vietnamese history. Here 10 young girls were killed by a big bomb in 1968 while they were volunteering lớn repair the road bringing supplies to the south.
A local woman posing on our bikes... With Hansi playing passenger.
Checking in at a very "humble" hotel in Vinh... We are the only white foreigners here!
Maybe tomorrow we swap our tư vấn van with this Maybach...
Vinh: half a million people and 100 million led lights...
Day 4: Rest day in Phong Nha
Relaxing day today, we are going by boat lớn visit Phong Nah cave with a leisurely ride under the rain... But who cares, inside the cave there is no rain!
In the afternoon Manuel and Franz decided to take the Harleys for a loop around the park, riding up và down surrounded by wet jungle... Fantastic!
A longer ride today, parlty along the coast this morning, passing through some very small & quiet villages, stoppping to lớn admire the grandeur of the local tombs. Here many families conduct a very humble life, saving for building a shrine for the ancestors once they pass away.
In the afternoon we ruise on the winding Ho bỏ ra Minh Highway và we kết thúc our ride in Phong Nah, a wonderful park hiding in the underground the greatest cave complex of the world.
The main sight today are the Vinh Moc tunnels, build by the local population in 1966 to lớn protect themselves from the bombs.
The bridge demarcating the old border between north and south Vietnam, accordingly painted in two colours.
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Idyllic landscape, similar khổng lồ northern Laos.
And after dinner, some drinks in a cosy "backpacker bar" downtown.
On our first ride we will go through quite a few highlights.. Starting with the morning light traffic & Vietnamese concept of roundabouts. As soon as we leave the đô thị we move on towards the nhị Van Pass, only 496m high but still along a very scenic road.
Small battery problem in the morning but the guys from Harley came immediately khổng lồ replace the battery.
Back in Austria Edith & Angela ride the bikes themselves but for this tour they decided khổng lồ take the passenger seat. Someone has to lớn take those countless photos, right?
On the way up khổng lồ the nhì Van Pass...
Some of the roads are fairly small today... So we can avoid the traffic of the main road AH1.
Time for lunch yeah! At this seafood restaurant the ingredients are really, really fresh... Actually still swimming once we got there.
Plenty of picturesque rice fields on the way to lớn Hue, the imperial city.
Visiting Tu Duc tomb, the long-lasting emperor under the Nguyen dynasty.
Leaving the freezing temperatures of Europe these days and landing in a 30°C tropical climate is quite a change! We start this new motorcycle tour of Vietnam in domain authority Nang, a fast growing coastal thành phố in Central Vietnam. Tour leader Manuel is having a very, very small group for the motorcycle handover: only Franz from Germany made it on time, while the four friends Hansi, Angela, Herbert và Edith from Austria are landing a bit later, still on time lớn join us for dinner!
Ready lớn roll on four Dyna Switchback!
Da Nang is really the perfect starting point for this trip: it offers amazingly inviting beaches to unwind and get rid of some jet lag...
... Artistic sculptures...
... Some modern architecture...
... Và a very lively night scene!
Our bikes are ready to lớn sleep....
And we go dinner "in style".
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Claudia Wenhart
Donnerstag, 8. März 2018 um 10:47
Hey Manu,super Fotos und vor allem tolles Wetter. Hier ist es einfach nur grau die ganze Zeit.Viel Spaß Euch und gute Fahrt.LG Claudia
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Manuel Marabese
Freitag, 9. März 2018 um 15:46
Hallo Claudia danke dir!Hier läuft alles gut!
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