Moving on from Halong Bay we were still excited by the limestone karsts so we stopped off at Ninh Binh, a similar kind of landscape to Halong but on land. We were only there for a day but managed to pack it all in to one brilliant bike ride. Charlie looked particularly suited to the bike with basket! The day started early with a 9km cycle to the Tam Coc river and then a row down river for a couple of hours with local rowers who row with their feet when the arms get tired (or when they want to sell you something!).
We then pedalled our way around the limestone karsts along tracks among rice paddies. Every now and then we stopped off at a pagoda for a hot climb and a stunning hill top view. So excited by the cycling and views we forgot to have lunch so compensated with a bia hoi once we had worked out how far we were from home. I wouldn't say we got lost, more took a slight detour... in the pouring rain - at least it kept us cool. A full days cycling which tired us out suitably for a sleep on an overnight bus to Hue.
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