2015 Vietnam Ride: 06 Tu Le - Hanoi

“Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions...” - Peter Hoeg

(Sunrise at a small cowboy town of Tu Le)

Day 06: Tu Le - Hanoi
Date: Wednesday, 25 November 2015
Distance: 250 km

We had breakfast of half boiled duck eggs with bread. From Tu Le we rode to the petrol station to refuel but they were out of petrol. Luckily there were a few roadside petrol vendors along the road.

(The petrol station is out of gas)

(Buying petrol from road-side vendors)

Today we rode leisurely back to Hanoi absorbing the scenic forested and high mountain region populated by H’mong people. After the high mountain pass we descended and rode on the delta plains covered with paddy fields intermittent with small villages and towns.

(Riding out of Tu Le in the morning)

(Beware of buffaloes on the road)

(Caution! More buffaloes aheaad)

(Petrol prices in Vietnam)

(Riding downhill with care)

(Herbs sold by the road side)

After a short coffee break we detoured and went for a distance of off-roading on a slippery muddy track. Half way we turned back and took another route which was as tough as the first one and finally exited at one small town where we stopped for lunch.

(Coffee break, checking on messages)

(Riding on a muddy slippery road)

(Drier part of the track)

(It was drizzling and the road was slippery)

(Stopping for re-routing)

(A long way to the next town)

(Beware of passing lorries and cranes)

(School children cycling in the mud)

(Exiting at a small town)

(Motorbikes taking a rest)

(A vast tea plantations along the route)

(Crispy fried small fishes with rice for lunch)

We arrived in Hanoi in late afternoon thronging the massive after office traffic jam. We stayed the night in Parkson Hotel.

(Riding in the massive traffic jam in Hanoi)

(A delicious bryani dinner at Little India)

(Safely arrived at Hanoi town centre, a coffee break)

(Our lodging for the night, Parkson Hotel)

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