I hired a bike in Vietnam and rode up to the Chinese border nar Sapa.
What an amazig place it is .Hanoi traffic at 8 in the morning is pretty hectic but not as bad as i thought it would be as every one is goig the same way as most streets are one way,Except when old mate in front is going a bit slow while he texts and the balloon ladies balloons get caught in a gust of wind and hit you.
The real danger was when you got just out of town with the trucks and busses going fast and not knowing how to stopand turning a two lane road into a fout lane.You soon learn to get out of the way when a big Horn sounds/the bus's continued to be the bench mark of speed all the way and are only allowed to overtake on blind corners and if traffic is coming the other way.
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| Girls in the local market |
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| Loading corn |
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| Guards from the hydro dam invited us for lunch and a chat .Several glasses local wine local cuisine of wild chook and cat and morning glory and the road was mine |
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| On the edge |
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| Road house |
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| Staying down there for the night some where |
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| leveling new house block |
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| A Town |
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| New shop |
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| View |
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| another just sitting |
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| looking for Mum |
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| Think we will go up there and have a look |
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| Thai the guide |
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| Up the rapids |
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| Lunch |
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| Just a creek |
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| Looking |
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| Road crew |
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| Memorial to the french defeat |
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| Corn to the top of the hills |
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| Bridge crossing |
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| They would not turn around |
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| Sheep head anyone |
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| Son La |
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| Beef noodles break fast |
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| Side street |
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| Brick any one |
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| Up Market Local |
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| Waiting |
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| Pollution control |
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| Herbs for the Dentist |
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| not happy |
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| Tyre man |
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| Son La local off to work |
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| Early morning |
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| Straight through there we go |
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| Bit of rock on the road |
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| Local croosing her bridge |
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| Lake view |
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| Going to school end of the bitumen |
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| Road goes through the construction site of the dam |
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| Down a big hill |
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| Down a little hill |
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| Just a View |
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| Up into the hills again but not walking this time and its warm no snow.Lunch at the local street shopp more rice wine and beer ,conversation varied from Obama,Austrlia in the Vietnam war,China and what it might do and how my beard would send his wfe wild when rubbed on her bottom.Could have bought a house land wife and 10 kids for 50k What a bargin.[lol] The riding after lunch was sensational no cows ,pigs ,people traffic,ducks,potholes on road oh for a nice big bike .But this would be the only place you could open up. |
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| Just a hill |
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| Phones??? |
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| Whenever you stop they always want to chat |
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| Above the clouds |
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| Hair cut you even get your ears shaved |
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| what ever you want |
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| Chicken any one |
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| Thoughtfull |
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| Must have been a good thought |
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| Fog on the mountain |
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| Going home from school |
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| Welcome to China |
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| Boys having a cruise on the Red River |
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| Tea any one |
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| Neighbours Chat |
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| Not happy he was there for quite a while |
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| Reading |
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| Fuel being taken ouy before we put the bikes on the train |
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| Off the train down to the corner |
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| These girls should have been fork lifts |
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| Bunch of fluffy Ducks |
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| Hanoi is fast and slow |
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| Early Morning Hanoi |
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| Hong Kong |
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| My Old mate elvis came along of course ,Enjoying the view of Hong Kong fron Moniques Appartment |
