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Ba Be Nationalpark - schöne Landschaft und nicht viel los

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Bac Kan » Ba Be October 2nd 2013

Wir waren nur für einen Tag im Ba Be Nationalpark. Leider war das Wetter nicht so gut und ausser ein paar Bootstouren konnte man hier nicht viel machen. Wir haben in einem Homestay in Nam Mau übernachtet. In Nam Mau gibt es keine Restaurants, so liegt es an den Homestays das Essen für die Gäste zu kochen. Am nächsten Tag machten wir eine Bootstour welche wir im Homestay organisierten. Es gab zu sehen: Eine langweilige Höhle, ein Tümpel, welcher als Feenteich angepriesen wurde und ein Tempel. Naja, da haben wir schon bessere Sachen erlebt ;-) Wir wollen jetzt nicht alles schlecht reden, den die Landschaft und der See im Nationalpark sind superschön. Man könnte allerdings noch ein bisschen das touristische Angebot ausbauen und zum Beispiel ein paar markierte Wanderwege anlegen oder etwas über die Tiere und ... read more

Ba Bể lake (North East - Part 2)

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Bac Kan » Ba Be June 4th 2012

Sunset over Ba Bể lake

theRedRiver

It has been exactly one week since I started my 4-day trip to visit 6 provinces in the North East of Vietnam (28 to 31 May 2012). I traveled on a tour as it was very expensive if I rented a car with driver and traveled over 1,000km. There were only 4 tourists on the tour (myself and a family from Sài Gòn), plus tour guide and driver, so there were 6 people in total and we traveled in a 7-seater car. During 4 days of the trip, we saw mountains, rivers, dangerous passes, beautiful waterfall on the Vietnam – China border, lakes, caves, and muddy roads where cars and trucks were stuck for hours, as well as rocks which were fell off from the mountains after the rains before we got there. My 4-day tour ... read more

A village of the Tày ethnic minority people

Vietnam Tour March 24th to 10th April 2011

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Bac Kan » Ba Be March 27th 2011

Group photo

Pennyfarthing

Arrive Hanoi Friday 25th March after an uneventful flight. ( The taxi to Manchester airport developed a flat tyre. The car did not possess a wheel brace and a Manchester taxi had to summoned to complete the journey arriving nearly 3 hours after leaving Clitheroe and in the nick of time for the flight!) Saturday 26th March. An early breakfast followed by a vehicle transfer of approximately200km to Phu Thong followed by a 32km cycle ride to Ba Be National Park for a 1 night stay. In the Far East you soon become aware of the difference in life style seeing many strange things as you go along. We saw a dead pig strapped to the back of a small motorbike on its way to the market. We arrived at the hotel in the dark and ... read more

Ba Be National Park, micro hydro electric scheme, time slowed down

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Bac Kan » Ba Be February 26th 2010

Ba Be - on the lake

Rob_n_Lorenza

26/2/10 - Ba Be National Park is 240km northwest of Hanoi, it takes about 6 hours to drive there along a mixture of highway and then windy back roads. The countryside along the way is hilly and the roads were lined with a lot of school kids on bicycles. The country was dryer than that around Cuc Phuong and there had been a drought in the area over recent times. Many of the towns we passed through were dusty, frontier places. The eatery that we stopped at for lunch had enough Vodka stockpiled in boxes to keep half of Russia happy. Some folks around towns like Bak Kan obviously had big drinking problems. Ba Be actually means Three Lakes and is a very large area of fresh water, surrounded by limestone hills and evergreen forests. The ... read more

Brief history of Vietnam

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc...more history

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