Vang Vieng day 1 (Jan 9): The surprise amazing hike!

Climbing fail today but we had a good day exploring on the motorbike and found a great hike!

Chi Phat (Dec 21 and 22)

Unfortunate excursion to the 'jungle' in the Cardamom 'mountains'

Dalat day 2 (Dec 5): Lang Biang mountain

Lang Biang mountain and exploring the countryside on the motorbike.

Cuc Phuong National Park (Nov 25)

First half of this post by Michael: Today we woke up right at 7 to start the day as early as possible. We had a nice breakfast at the hotel and the owner rented us his motorbike for the day. The motorbike was a 110cm scooter with automatic transmission - and the engine light on. …

Cat Ba day 1 (Nov 22): Cat Ba National Park and exploring the beaches

Today we got up early as there was construction that started at sunrise just outside our window.  We got breakfast at the hotel then headed out to rent a motor scooter.  Unfortunately all of them come with minimal gas in them so you have to pay for the scooter and for gas.  The first one …