I knew I talked to soon. Today the rain came with avengence. I thought it may slow down the Motorbike madness but no such luck. Out came the multi coloured plastic capes and it was business as usual, looking like some sort of Batman convention had hit town.

Luckily I spent most of the day in a bus , visiting the former DMZ or Demilitarised Zone, about 50Km north of here. Of course during the American war it was one of the heaviest militarised places in the world. Went to see the former border between North and South Vietnam, and a few old military bases with rusting helicopters.

Tomorrow I catch the overnight train up to Ninh Binh, a fourteen hour journey.