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Agter a lovely night in Hanoi I went to the train station to buy a ticket to Ninh Binh. There I met 3 German guys, Ralf, Kevin and Matze, who also wanted to there. The hard seats were the cheapest and after 3 hours we understood why! We were so sore in our butts when we arrived!
There we started walking the wrong way, and when we finally found the right way, we got picked up by a guy from our hotel. Really nice, cause the walk was a little longer than I had first anticipated and the it rained more and more.
When we got to the hotel, we just had a really slow evening where we drank beer, played cards and recovered. We only went out in the evening for dinner. We found this little spot with only locals and we had the most weird food! All of it was cold and it tasted really different. Definitely a different experience.
Next day we had to get up early. We had booked a chauffeur for the day, so he could take us to all the nice places around Ninh Binh.
First we went on a boat trip in Trang An. It was really beautiful and very relaxing. The lady who rowed our boat she was very sweet and hardcore. I was so impressed when she started rowing with her feet! We went in to a lot of caves, which were very beautiful and floated between all the mountains. It was amazing!
After Trang An we went to a little village, where the entrance was a lot of beautiful gates and temples. It was very quite and there were only Vietnamese people. Very nice for a change.
When we returned to our car he took us to the biggest temple in Vietnam Bai Dinh. It was so big that we were driven to the entrance by a minibus. It was really extraordinary. The corridors were filled with Buddhas, and the bell tower was enormous! So big, that you had to climb a lot of stairs to see the bell.
After climbing the endless stairs we finally arrived at the last and biggest temple. It was gigantic. There were three big golden Buddhas inside the temples, as big as houses. Crazy!
When we walked back to the car the sky started to darken and it started raining a little. As soon as we got in the car it started pouring down!
Back in the hotel we showered and prepared for the night bus which was absolutely horrific! I really hope the next time will be better.
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