The rain is here! We were so lucky to ride in the sun for the first half, but they weren't lying about the north being a lot colder and rainy. The ride into Phong Nha was still amazing and surprised us with a complete different landscape. Lots of rice paddies, limestone mountains and a tropical forest. Phong Nha is known for having the biggest & longest caves in the world, so we decided to go see the most famous one - Paradise cave. It was gorgeous inside and never ending, Because our next destination was pretty far, we had to stop about midway and sleep at the only hotel in town. Scott and I thought we had the room to ourselves but right before falling asleep we had some not so friendly faces running around our room - RATS!!!!! We "slept" with the lights on and a youtube video to scare the rats away all night!
Our ride to Ninh Binh was miserable - cold, pouring and running on no sleep. Our clothes and shoes were still wet from the previous day. But, you know it's true love when you really have to pee and your boyfriend holds your poncho up while you take a squat on the side of the road... Luckily the day we had there was dry so we got to rent bicycles, bike around, go on a little hike and explore the scenery by boat. Instead of using their hands to paddle, they use their feet. Our guide took us into some dark spooky caves and we enjoyed our time on the water.
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