Here I am back in Hanoi. I visited Halong Bay Yesterday. Due to some glitch in the tour booking, (I thought that I had booked a two-day tour) I only had a one day visit. I really enjoyed the place, and could have spent there even more than the five hours I did. I took a fair amount of pictures, some of which I hope to be able to upload here some time later. I originally planned to start cycling today, but I felt a bit fluish this morning, so I decided to stay he...

This is just a quick update that I have arrived at Hanoi safe and sound. As I told in my previous entry I took the bus from Wuzhou to Nanning. I spent one night and day in Nanning and continued in the evening by train to Pingxiang. I had to stay two nights in Pingxiang as my bike arrived there the next day. I utilized the available time by washing some clothes and doing some sight-seeing there. After those two nights i climbed to the saddle and cycled through fr...