Abby took the lead on this one: We arrived in Phong Nha at 5am, just in time to see a breathtaking sunrise and rainbow over the mountains, the oldest karst mountains in Asia. We're starting to wear down a little, so we used some of our time in Phong Nha, the adventure capital of Vietnam, to rest. We began by having a beer and watching the sun rise, and then getting another couple hours of sleep. For lunch we made the hairy motorbike trip a few kilometres out into the country to try the famous peanut chicken at "The Pub with Cold Beer," a little oasis overlooking the river with a swimming pool, shady hammocks, and you guessed it: ice cold beer, which isn't easy to come by around these parts. Chickens are killed to order,
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