We arrived in Ninh Binh 12/04 - 3 hours from Hanoi. A welcome relief from the bustling city of Hanoi. You can walk down the streets without being hasseled. On the first day we stayed local and visited the very western style cathedral. We did get hasseled by children who kept holding out their hands asking for money. The evening consisted of being bitten by mosquitos...thankfully not a malaria area. We planned to visit some local caves and lagoons the next day b...

Arrived in Pingxiang 08/04. Not much happening there but we stayed one night ready for our early departure to the Vietnam border. 09/04 we caught a rickshaw to the border - Very bumpy ride for about 40 mins. We arrived and got through the borders really quick... Tearfully saying good bye to China! Part two - VIETNAM When we got through the border we almost got scammed by these dodge taxi drivers. We insisted they took us to the bus station at Lang son to go t...