after spending a fantastic week exploring the food and sights in Hanoi we decided to
rent a motorbike from Mr Phung and drive to the province of Ninh Binh even though it is
only two hours away from Hanoi we felt completely transported to the countryside of northern Vietnam
we'll take you on an epic journey through the endless rice fields the tall limestone mountains
and also enjoy a scenic boat ride in the red river delta come discover Ninh Binh with us
good morning we have now left Hanoi and we are in the beautiful countryside in a small town called
Tam Coc we're just having breakfast at our hotel we're staying at this cute little boutique hotel
called Liberty Hall and it overlooks the rice fields the views here are incredible
we are staying here for two nights we already had a really nice sleep last night the room is simple
but it's like clean and it's comfortable and they also have this cute rooftop bar rooftop patio
it's not very busy here at the moment in the town so we kind of just sat up there and chilled by
ourselves last night which is nice so today we have some simple breakfast but delicious
some fruit some eggs some toast note also got some pho and of course vietnamese coffee
and that will get us fueled up for our boat trip this afternoon
i have a question how do you say tam coc vietnamese way
ready ready wow just love the rice fields the air is so fresh here
so where we're going is called the Trang An scenic landscape complex and it's around
12 minutes from here so do i turn left or right you turn left out there okay
you see bunch of goats along the street yeah this town is actually known for goat meat we haven't
tried it yet and i don't think we're gonna try it i don't think so i'm very happy with the beef
in Thailand we actually didn't eat much beef because it wasn't that great
but here we've been choosing beef over chicken a lot yeah surprisingly the beef here is quite nice
let's get a traditional vietnamese hat
how much are these ones 50 000 which is close to two dollars oh look inside is pretty nice
very nice is this one a bit too feminine for you i don't think so i think it looks good
man we look like real tourists don't we i think we can get them cheaper outside but
because we're in like a tourist spot yeah but it's okay i think this is going to be perfect
because look at the coverage it's way better than just like a baseball cap no more sun damage
this looks pretty epic
i'm so excited this is more developed than i thought it would be but it kind of makes
sense because this is a UNESCO world heritage site so i think they've invested some money into
developing this place as a tourism site oh those are the boats
there's quite a few boats going already
how much is it 250 000 choose one only one of three routes route one nine caves
four caves and three caves long cave one kilometer thank you
so that was a little chaotic back there so i'll explain what happened
you have to choose the route you want to do and there were three different ones one with
more caves and less nature one with a good mix of nature and caves which is what we chose number two
and number three has the longest cave which is one kilometer long one ticket was 250
000 per person but they will make you wait until there's four people before they go so we didn't
really want to wait we decided to take a boat all for ourselves so we paid one million dong for our
private boat which is only 44 dollars for our private boat and our lady hello
are we supposed to help paddle because
oh there's extra paddles here yeah other people are helping hello
here you go
i don't think i'm helping oh i think we're going through the cave
looks like we're going through our first cave oh cool
that's the bird i guess the name of the bird this is not man-made right it's real right
what does it feel like it's real
beautiful
look over there
it looks like we get to get off the boat over here and walk around this temple a little bit
it's super cool because you're just surrounded by these limestone mountains
you know what this place reminds me of Shang-Chi
you know the fighting scene where they they were fighting the dragon
this is like Shang-Chi movie set that's true it does have that vibe to it so they actually
mentioned this temple in the guide it is a small temple dedicated to tan chao son a national hero
who had merit teaching the local people irrigation management to boost agricultural development so
it is more like a temple dedicated to him and not like an ancient temple that's been
here for centuries and centuries so it's fairly new then yeah i would think so
so we're back on the boat now and i think we're headed towards that cave over there i saw some
boats before us go through there and it looks super low and super tiny wow this is really cool
i quite enjoy the cave part of this though because it's so cool in here
there's definitely like a language barrier like i wish we could understand everything she's saying
because she seems to be trying to point out all the interesting things but we're just guessing
throw the rocks to the bell
am i getting it right that's the bell hello it looks like a bell
oh my god we're playing charades here hello bird bird two birds kissing
that's what she meant the mountains the form of the mountains looks like two birds kissing yeah
it's so cute because she's always like hello hello hello hello thank you
oh next cave 320 meters this is going to be the longest one so far whoa
this one oh you got to watch your head totally makes sense why they added the lights
in here because how would you maneuver around without it's so crazy
you would leave the cave with blood all over your face
wow they must be so strong paddling like this for hours
she's taking like short strokes but the boats are going pretty fast
king kong island
i guess it kind of looks like it doesn't it look like king kong to you like the face
yeah yeah because the eyes right
oh yeah cool
that's probably not the best first question to ask a woman you know that
no in asia it's okay she looks strong
sixty okay wow you're very strong very strong number one
twice a week good that's not bad that's not bad
she would just say something and we're like okay okay
we have no idea what she said she was pointing that way so i think she's going to pick us up
on that side oh you might be right yeah because now she's gone if you want to be picked up you
have to go to the entrance of the temple uh okay don't come back here oh okay okay thank you
i quite like getting off the boat though yeah because it gives you a little bit of
a chance to stretch your legs or else you're just sitting in that boat for three hours
it's so peaceful
so i was getting a bit nervous because i needed to go to the washroom good thing that there
are toilets at the temple stops and there's also a little kiosk so we'll grab some water
how much is coconut
40 one coconut please
oh thank you thank you
that's so good we'll give our lady one of these then
okay let's go back to the boat have more caves and temples to see
there's no connection i can't communicate oh no no no internet i want to know what she said
i assume it's another site where we're coming upon no it sounds like where are you from you
look really handsome i think that's what she said but i just to you know confirm it
see handsome hi i'm handsome guy handsome and beautiful
i guess that's the trick now to um when you don't know how to
talk to each other just assume the best
there's a hole in the mountain
remember when we used to do dragon boat racing in Calgary yeah that was intense so intense
you remember the stroke like this
oh man it's pretty hard work for her to be rowing for three hours but it is nice that it's row boats
and not motor boats because it leaves this area sounding so peaceful and quiet which is really
really nice i think we are heading back to the entrance now do you have any final thoughts about
this boat tour i think it's quite pleasant i mean like it's only what eleven dollars per person to
do the the tour i think it's totally worth it if you come to Ninh Binh i agree it's worth it
to come for a visit it's just so beautiful to see the mountains to be in this peaceful environment
and to experience rural Vietnam and to support local tourism
oh they electrocuted fish he has like a battery strapped to his back and the
wire connects to the end of the net and the net is made of like copper
i've never seen that before have you seen that before yeah do they do that in Thailand and it
would shock the fish and they would float to the surface and you just scoop it up
how romantic a sunset bike ride oh the sun is setting guys
we are so glad we drove down to Ninh Binh from Hanoi to experience more of Vietnam's countryside
we hope you enjoyed the boat tour of Trang An today and tomorrow we'll be exploring more of this
area which is called Tam Coc thank you so much for watching and as always have a wonderflo day
we will see you in the next one and we will send you off with a beautiful sunset here in Tam Coc
bloopers are these man-made or are they like old because they look pretty new to be honest
like either if they're old or new they would still be man-made
she said your muscles look small
we're starting to understand what she's saying
thank you don't forget to have a wonderflo day hey wait for me