It's an early morning rise with the barking dogs and those darn roosters...cockle doodle-doooooooooo. Everyone was wishing that they had purchased a sling shot in Loaung Prabang. I head to the kitchen house to watch the preparation of sticky rice. A woman is husking the daily portion of their rice at 5:45 AM...and we think we have it hard.
Get dressed, pack our small overnight bag and head to main home to have breakfast...attached are pictures of grandma,grandpa and Ky as they cook our breakfast which included sticky rice, excellent egg omelet, rolls and tea.
After breakfast, we pack the van and head toward Viet Nam to assist them in celebrating Tet. It takes us about 2 hours to reach the Viet Namese checkpoint.
We are told by our guide, Tuo, that crossing the border into VN is normally a laborious process with multiple checking and rechecking of passports and visas. However, there is minimal staff on duty due to Tet and we all are processed with 1/2 hour. The weather has changed from the 90F to the mid-60s and it is very foggy as we enter VN.
We still have along way to go...about another 5 hour drive to our final destination for the day...Nihn Bihn located south of Hanoi and Halong Bay. We stop at the only place we can find for lunch, eat and arrive at Nihn Bihn. Businesses are closed, horns are honking, people are celebrating...we have dinner at the hotel and go to bed...it has been a long day driving but we have seen much. The hotel, picture attached, is a 2 * and quite nice. One thing...driving in Viet Nam is extremely dangerous...people do not follow the rules of the road...much more dangerous than driving in Thailand or Lao....goodnight...Tom
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