Caught the late afternoon train in Hue yesterday and arrived in Ninh Binh early this morning. Train was good even though I was in hard class this time. We even got food supplied which was very tasty. When I got here I hired a bike and did loads of cycling around the limestone hills. The scenery is fantastic, very similar to that of Guilin in China. Took a boat trip through some caves and climbed up to a temple on the top of one of the hills.

Just went for a walk in the city and ended up in the meat market. I`m sure that was a dogs head I saw looking up from one of the stalls.

Worn out so will probably have an early night and head towards Hanoi tomorrow