At last, an uneventful bus journey!...and we were in Ninh Binh, a small town, with nothing to do, but a great base to visit the surrounding area. We hired a scooter for a couple of days and set about exploring! Our first stop was "TamCoc", described as Halong Bay in the rice paddies, and they weren't wrong......only this place, in our humble opinions, was much nicer! We hired a boat and were rowed through the paddie fields, in between huge limestone hills, covered in lush vegetation and through several low caves. We got there early and so it seemed like we had the whole countryside to ourselves, really serene! Dan - Arhhhhh yes the 'Scooter' Nic was on at me because she wanted to learn how to ride a bike so with a little apprehension I
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