Breakfast was all the way up on the 9th floor which made for a bit of a mission in the morning but a gorgeous view! We're technically not in Ninh Binh but in the outskirts called Tam Coc so it's much quieter.
We had a morning cycle ride around the countryside, which because of its limestone hills is called Halong inland and is beautiful! The prettiest cycle ride we've done so far. Parts of the road were ripped up and pot holes (like most of Vietnam) so it was a very bumpy ride which added to the adventure!
At the end of the ride was the temples of the Kings of the Dinh-Le Dynasty. The temples were packed full of people, it was a popular spot with locals.We headed for another bike ride in the afternoon and a little boat ride on a row boat. The boats were 2 person size only with hard selling vietnamese women at the oars. We went through a couple of low caves which were awesome and found a small temple at the end.
We also scaled the hill and came out at farmland on the other side. We spotted a farmer who had a chat to Giang, apparently he was shocked because no one ever headed over the hill and he thought it was neat we made the effort. I'm glad we did too as the countryside was beautiful.
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