The second day on my new bike brought me to Than Uyen, it’s a good thing I ended up going back to Hanoi, if I’d continued on from Son La directly to Than Uyen, like I had planed, I would have ended up at a road that stops at a river and no bridge! I might have been able to hire someone with a boat to transport me, but luckily I did not have to deal with that.
Read MoreIt took me 5 days to decide on a motorcycle, I ended up with a 2009, Yamaha, YBR 125G. It cost me a bit more than twice what I thought I would spend. My research was based on what I could find on the web, which is advice from folks on a very low budget. I’m also on a low budget, but i don’t care how much a bike costs, i care how much I can sell it for, how reliable it is and how comfortable it is.
Read MoreSagada is as different from the rest of the Philippines as Darjeeling is to the rest of India. It’s an oasis of beauty with a slower pace. After an 18 hour journey to get from Manila to Sagada, I arrived at my guest house and was invited for coffee and cake by some educators, they were in the region for a conference on curriculum for indigenous children. They were going caving that afternoon and invited me to join them. I jumped at the chance and got changed.
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