- Hey everybody,
sorry for being silent for a while.. but no, there is no taifun so far near us.. actually today was rather sunburn risk 10... we made it already to Vang Vien in Laos... and i am trying to catch up with the blog entries over the next two or three days..
got to go now again.. but dont worry.. we are happy as always and enjoying this little dream of a place..
soon, m&k*
Monday, August 17, 2009
Vietnam - Hanoi Perfume Pagoda
Back to Hanoi Kati got a little sick, like a normal flu.. nothing bad.. however, I she decided to take a day off, which I ended up spending with Mike (a friend of our superb Hanoiese host Eric). We got away with some bargaining and avoided the annoying tourist trappers.. meaning we didnt have to take a boat to the pagoda, but could drive our scooter instead - through the most remote little paths, though, which we wouldnt have found without our guide (in red). We never mede it to the actual pagoda, however, there are many in the region and I would call our hike into the jungle a little juwel in the off-the beaten track category!! see how Mike even tries to communicate with the trees... must be greek...
Vietnam - Castaway Island
Kati chillin while I was on the kayak
On our Halong Bay 3d 2n trip we decided to be generouys and picked the more expansive tour.. that meant we spent the 2nd day and night at a private beach on so called castaway island... the pics speak for themselves... although its hard to convey the feeling of freedom and loneliness of the place in pictures... either way, taking a kayak and going into the bay all by myself for about 2h definitely stays as one of the highlights of my trip... of course i got kati im schlepptau (surfing on a inflatable matraze behind me) later the same day to give her a tour of the highlights...
also we were lucky and got one of the two rooms aboard that led to a private terraze. nice!! on the picture as well Alex and Rahel.
Howey, please give Clare my apologies.. I really have to catch up with pics on the blog and Lao connection speed doesnt help... anyway, kudos to Howey and Clare for being the best Ozzies on the boat, and lets definitely meet up in Australia...
Vietnam - Hanoi
Our favorite place in Hanoi, a little local cafe which brings your coffe to the other side of the road, right to the lake... since they dont have property there and no seats.. they provide cardboards to sit on!! ole
Vietnam - Ninh Binh day 2
Boat tour at Van Long, nice alternative to Tam Coc
And yet another boat trip at Ken Gha, so called floating villages... but nothing floating there.. however the famous feet paddling was captured on foto and i was allowed to steer the boat.. of course i had fun :)
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Vietnam - Nimh Binh countryside
Carst mountains in ricefields
Butterflies with 4 wings
the pagodo from the ground
more rice fields
Vietnam - Nimh Binh bicycle tour
from the caves to the caves one could think. Equally important and also know for its boat trip to caves, we visited Nimh Binh with the intention to once again see it from a different side. Therefore we skipped the main attractions and spent the day cycling through the countryside - wonderful. highlights were the climb to the pagoda at Mua - and our first real encounter with the rain seasons!! rain, sun, rain, sun.. without warning a change every 30 min... until the sun won and we were lucky for the rest of the day..
after declining to take expensive "Giant" Mountainbikes, we got the absolutely ausreichenden two beauties you can see on the picture
Vie from Mua
Vietnam - Phong Nha to Dong Hoi
2 pictures that come directly after each other on our camera - or 2 pictures that show the diversity of Vietnams landscape.. only 30 km from the caves and rice fields in Phong Nha we stopped our scooter at the beaches from Dong Hoi...
Vietnam - Dong Hoi
On the way down from the 2nd cave
Enjoying the flat once again
Scooter backseat experience
waiting for food in dong hoi
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