On the 2nd of January Dad and Dorklag were the last house guests to leave, so Annie and I took the twins on a Vietnamese adventure. We headed about 3 hours south of Hanoi to Cuc Phuong National Park first and then on to Ninh Binh which is known as the Halong Bay of the rice fields here.
Cuc Phuong was great. It was nice to get away from the traffic and see some greenery. We met Tilo and Leanne who work there in different centres caring for and trying to conserve the local wildlife. I will be returning here in a few weeks with school for an ecology camp so it was good to have a bo peep first.
Next stop was Ninh Binh and we stayed at a terrific little place that was loaded with travellers. This really got us in the swing of things and we took a boat ride through some rice fields and caves and then decided we had had enough of Asian touts and hired bikes. The manager of the hotel we stayed at took me out so I could buy bike seats and then we took off down the back streets and out across the rice fields with two Kiwi girls. Our destination was Bich Dong Pagoda and along the way we saw turkeys, cows, kids of all ages, Grandparents of all ages, a funeral prosession and the odd tractor or 2.
It was a terrific ride and we could hardly believe we'd made a 24km round trip at the end of it.
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