24 April to 28 May 2019
As I could not enter Vietnam with my Land Roamer, from Peninsular Malaysia, I shipped it to Kota Kinabalu, in Sabah State on the island of Borneo.
After visiting parts of Sabah, I left my Land Roamer in Kota Kinabalu and flew to Hanoi in Vietnam.
=> This post is a chronological summary of my trip.
More pictures can be accessed at the end/bottom
of this blog, they are organized by topics.
I rented a motorcyle (Honda Winner 150cc)
for the next 4 weeks and 4000 kilometers!
Travelling "light" is the key to happiness on a motorbike !
The Temple of Culture hosts the Imperial Academy, Vietnam's first national university. The temple was built in 1070 at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông. It is one of several temples in Vietnam which is dedicated to Confucius, sages and scholars.
Mai Chau, up in the mountains
To Dien Bien Phu (last big battle for the French forces in 1954)
Driving to Sapa (North of Vietnam, up in the mountains)
Sapa, is a frontier township and capital of Sa Pa District in Lào Cai Province in north-west Vietnam. It is one of the main market towns in the area, where several ethnic minority groups such as Hmong, Dao (Yao), Giáy, Xa Pho, and Tay live.
On my way to Halong Bay
Visiting Hạ Long Bay by boat...
Hạ Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and popular travel destination in Quảng Ninh province. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and islets in various shapes and sizes. Hạ Long Bay is a center of a larger zone that includes Bai Tu Long Bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà Island to the southwest. These larger zones share a similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.
The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem and a seashore biosystem.
Historical research surveys have shown the presence of prehistoric human beings in this area tens of thousands years ago. The successive ancient cultures are the Soi Nhụ culture around 18,000–7,000 BC, the Cái Bèo culture 7,000–5,000 BC and the Hạ Long culture 5,000–3,500 years ago.
On the road to Phong-Nha
Paradise cave : AWESOME!
Driving on the famous Ho Chi Minh trail to the DMZ
Hué
Driving along the coast to the Hai Van Pass
Hoi An - Charming old town
Driving to Nha Trang & Vung Tau
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)
War Remnants Museum
=> 2 PICTURES TELL IT ALL...
A few days by boat in the Mekong delta
Argh... those 5 weeks in Vietnam where intensive!
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Not too tired?
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