Northern Vietnam - Day 3

When we woke up next morning, we were excited to find out that today was going to be a relaxing day, and infact we were going to stay at the same place tonight as well. Thus, we spent a long time getting ready and eating the now customary breakfast - Pho = noodle soup. No, it did not fill us up.

Todays journey was to consist of a slow ride of about 40km to the Chinese border. We humped along a nice asphalt road (but no cars) and slowly made our way to the border area.

We had heard that there was supposed to be a nice waterfall, but nothing had prepared us for what we saw. IT WAS GORGEOUS!!! The river (which is the Vietnam/China boundary) flowed into 3 seperate and huge falls, with green jungle growing on all sides. It was incredible. Also, we jumped on some sort of bamboo raft and was taken across the river right by the bottom of the falls, into China. It was awesome.. Due to the current being really strong, we couldn't really go swimming, but Paul and I managed to hold on to the raft and go for a quick dip anyways. I can now proudly say that I have pissed in China.

As opposed to the previous day, the day progressed without any funny, stupid or weird incidents, which was a pleasant surprise. We arrived back at the homestay before dark and had a traditional Vietnamese dinner (with rice wine of course) before calling it an early night.