Hanoi to Cat Ba Island, which is in the Halong Bay area

Despite the weather an amazing view from our £5 a night room...

Roads much quieter than the ones on the main land.

Just a stunning place..

Days 5 & 6 Dien Bien to Phoung Tho to Sapa Weather and Roads got really bad.

Traditional stiltiled house..

This once was once a town called Lia Chau that they decided to flood to create this reservoir, the town is how on the banks.

If you look at the river you can see its very muddy, from this point on the road where on turns into 80km of dirt track. While they build a new highway this takes a toll on the bike and use, long day!!!

The one and only picture we have of sapa, one of the most beautful places in vietnam?? The weather is really bad and only spend one night before we get the train back Hanoi GUTTED!!!!!!!

So this trip from Hanoi around the Northwest and back down was 777km on the road with the bike and 1007km all together such a cool experince..

Day 4 around Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese defeated the french in 1954.

275 Steps to the top and 275 back again!

Em's first bike lesson..

Some of the heavy artillery that the Vietnamese carried though the jungle to defeat the french..

Please don't touch the unexploded bombs!!!

Thousands of names of the fallen...

Day 3 Son La to Dien Bien Phu SUNSHINE!!!

Stunning views.

On board the bike. On the right is what we think is rice drying out?

Some of the traffic which we encountered in the moutains...