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Lovely breakfast restaurant. Really big and with a lot of selections.
Our cab driver, Hanh. |
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Big natural cave that has been made into a Buddhist temple.
The layout of the area. |
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List of things inside the cave.
Ash oven used to sacrifice fake money to the Gods. |
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What it is in English.
The end of the cave. Very impressive. |
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Amazing stalactites.
The exit of the cave. |
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Off to an old temple mound build by
the Chinese many hundreds years ago. Called a
"citadel" in English. |
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One of the remains.
Martin walking down hill. |
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While Phuong is walking uphill.
Very good and hard exercise. |
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Chinese tower.
Phuong is almost at the top. |
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Time for lunch. A very
nice restaurant. Two very friendly Vietnamese
joined us, waiting to get the food served. |
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A very impressive mural
at the end wall. Phuong at our table. |
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Martin ordered
Norwegian salmon with pineapple and garlic. Fantastic. The food is very good
and cheap on Vietnam. Martin had 1,8 liters of
beers at 2,40 USD. That is cheap. Bill here. |
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The exit from the
restaurant. Phuong off onto the street before we
went to the Chinese border. |
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Martin at the
border crossing. China in the
background.
Nice impressive crossing.
Looking back into Vietnam. |
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Martin and Phuong at
the Chinese border.
The national symbol of Vietnam. |
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Phuong at the border.
Here with Martin. |
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Phuong at the border.
The driver Hanh in the foreground. Phuong with
her Muslim outfit. It was cold. |
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Next to the border, a
big park. Here is one of the monuments. Phuong
and Martin at the monument. |
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Monument in the
distance. Phuong and Martin at another monument. |
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An enormous parking
area for truck behind the monuments. Side view
of the border. |
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Here is a temple that
Phuong visited. While Martin had a chat with
some local boys. |
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Very friendly bunch and
they offered Martin chestnuts. Phuong joined a
bit later. |
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A visit to the local
railway station. They use 3 rails in Northern Vietnam. Due to the different
rail
gauges. The railways was built from 1881 and
onwards. The first one being from Saigon–Cholon.
This is the picture of the old Lang Son railwaystation. |
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Today's railwaystation
in this small town of Lang Son. Only one train to Hanoi and back a day.
Some of the winding roads in the area. It is mountainous. |
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Martin's selfie trying to take a photo of Phuong.
Joey from China happy to be out of a 14 days
quarantine at the hotel we stayed,
Muong Thanh Lang Son Hotel.
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Joey showing his visa
to Vietnam. Phuong and Linh, a savvy Vietnamese
businesswoman dealing with the Chinese. |
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Linh is a smart girl,
but lacking in both Chinese and English skills.
The 4 of us. From the left, Linh, Phuong, Martin and Joey. |
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