DAY 5 NINH BINH

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Another brilliant day. Mixed views on sleep, me good, Ruth not so good. Thankfully started the day with a short drive out from our homestay back out of the valley up a massive hill to be greeted by a line of bikes at the top ready for a steady 10 km downhill run before turning into a single lane path for a further 40 kms through the valley past paddy fields and intense agriculture, water buffalo at work and surrounded by towering limestone mountains. The paddy fields have been harvested so browned off & not at their best.

After lunch we had another 25 km flat along the access paths connecting villages to the main roads. These paths are mostly level but raised well above the surrounding paddy fields & make perfect cycle paths with photo ops in every direction. We rejoined the bus to our overnight stop at the Thuy Anh Hotel in Ninh Binh.

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