Date |
LP page |
Sight (Orchid
possibility) |
8 |
HCMC |
Straight from int. flight to national: Da Nang |
|
Part 1 |
Taxi to Hoi An. Hotel |
|
|
Dive around
Cham Island - inot in winter! |
9 |
245 |
Hoi An city Old Town. Walking p
253 |
|
|
Rent MC in Hoi An |
|
|
My Son + Marble
Mountains |
10 |
234 |
Hai Van Pass |
|
232 |
Bach Ma National Park - or reserve? |
|
|
Return MC - almost |
|
|
Bus to Hue, 4+3h |
11 |
215 |
Sleep in Hue city |
|
220 |
Imperial Enclosure + FlagTower+ Thai Hoa pal. |
|
221 |
Thai To Mieu Temple Complex - nursery |
12 |
229 |
Tumb of Tu Duc+ Minh Mang 230 |
|
|
Return MC |
|
|
Bus to Dong Hoi 4h |
13 |
Part 2
203 |
Dong Hoi city, Rent MC |
|
202 |
Phong Nha-Ke NP 15 km trail. |
|
202 |
Phong Nha Cave Return MC |
14 |
|
Bus Ninh Binh; 10H? 400km |
|
Part 3
192 |
Stay in
Ninh Binh.
Rent MC |
|
196 |
Van Long National drive through |
|
197 |
Cuc Phuong NP p 196 + Botanical Garden |
15 |
|
Drive to and sleep in
Ba Vi National Park |
16 |
123 |
Ba Vi National Park + Orchid Garden |
|
|
Sleep in Den Hung |
17 |
|
Drive 297 km to Sa Pa |
|
176 |
Sleep in Sa Pa
city: |
|
178 |
Sapa Marked +Terraced Rice Fields |
18 |
179 |
Road to Lai Chau 1900m + Thac Bac WF |
|
|
Stay in
Bac Ha |
|
185 |
+ marked + Vua Meo building |
|
|
Drive to Pho Rang and sleep |
19 |
|
Drive 255 km on miner roads! |
|
|
Sleep in Ba Be NP |
20 |
162 |
See Ba Be NP |
21 |
158-60 |
Cao Bang city Mountains |
|
161 |
Ban Gioc Fall + Nguom Ngao Cave |
|
|
Sleep in That Kne |
22 |
157 |
Lang Son city (NightMarked)
Passing through |
|
|
Sleep in Halon
City; |
23 |
139 |
Halon Bay: Limestone Islands + caves |
|
|
Return MC in Ninh Binh |
|
|
Train to Hanoi 2,5 H |
|
Part 4 |
Sleep in Ha Noi
Old Quarter. |
|
91 |
Hanoi old quarter |
24 |
94 |
Dong Xuan Market. Closed Tet |
|
94 |
HCM Mausoleum area Map p88,32 |
|
95 |
One Pillar Pagoda. Map p88,38 |
|
96 |
Temple of Literature. P88,41 |
|
96 |
Ngoc Son Temple + tortoises in lake p92,29 |
|
101 |
Marked (6) p 102 Closed: Tet |
|
101 |
Bach Ma Temple (12) p96,23 |
|
101 |
Dong Xuan Marked (15) p 117 Closed:
Tet |
|
88,20 |
Botanical garden (20) p88,20 OR NOT |
25 |
|
The awesome Ngoc Lan
Nursery |
26 |
|
Flight to Buon Ma Thout. |
|
Part 5
328 |
Buon Ma Thuot city: Market
Hole in the ground |
27 |
|
Rent MC |
|
332 |
Yok Don National Park (guide 30$) |
|
333 |
Dray Sap & Dray Nur falls |
28 |
317 |
Dalat city |
|
318 |
Hang Nga Crazy House |
|
320 |
Xuan lake walk inc. Flower Garden |
|
326 |
Tuyen Lam lake by cable car |
29 |
328 |
Di Linh Bo Bla WF |
30 |
328 |
Bao Loc: Dambri Falls 90m |
31 |
|
Saigon Orchis & Flora + |
|
406 |
Cat Tien National Park |
1 |
|
Return MC in Buon Ma Thout 300 km |
2 |
|
The Ho Chi Minh trail |
|
|
Flight to HCMC 16.00 |
3 |
|
Rent MC, go South (Mekong) |
|
Part
6 |
My Tho city |
|
416 |
My Tho marked |
4 |
423 |
Vinh Long city |
|
424 |
Canals+Cai Be floating marked (low
tide) |
|
427 |
Tra Vinh nice city |
5 |
442 |
Soc Trang city |
|
443 |
Bat Pagoda |
|
|
Cai Rang city |
6 |
440 |
Cai Rang floating marked
can't find the area |
|
|
Long Xuyen City, Cao Lanh City |
|
433 |
Tram Chim National Park |
7 |
|
Drive east, sleep when dark... |
8 |
|
Cao Dai The See; Long Hoa+ Nui Ba
Den 850m |
|
|
Drive east, stop in Dong Xoai |
9 |
|
Return MC in HCMC |
|
Part 7 |
Saigon
Orchids & Flora |
10 |
|
Ho Chi Minh City p345 |
|
357 |
Jade Emperor Pagoda (346;16) |
|
369 |
BG (346: 13) |
|
363 |
Giac Lam pagoda (344; 5) |
11-12 |
|
|
13 |
|
Fly home; 03.50 |