Hanoi

...oofff. very pretty! Will do a similar boat tour from Cat Ba when I get there.
Made it to Cao Bang in the dark with sketchy night riding after the waterfall. Wasn't all that, but the "frontier road" from Bao Lac there was worth it!
So many pictures, will do a quick upload. Amazing country. Often very nice people! Happy water aplenty!

I'm new to a motorised two-wheeler actually. Only got my licence mid October (...at 37) but getting the miles and practice in here! And the wee tumbles. Better on a cheap rental than my own.

Saw and spoke to several people on bikes on the Ha Giang Loop and met an Irish guy in Son La and his father accompanying him in Vietnam. He has cycled from Ireland to India, then plane to Japan, then Korea, China and now Vietnam going to Laos and Cambodia next. Mental!
He would've done it all by land, but you can't go through Myanmar currently.