Still ahead of schedule so we decided to take another day off as there was much to see right in town. First stop of the morning was the Long Khanh pagoda. It is one of the more elaborate we have seen with a 56ft Buddha statue on its grounds.

If you look close you will notice a swastika on the chest. As it turns out they used the symbol long before the nazis. People here don’t seem to be aware or care much as we have seen them repeatedly on architecture throughout the trip.

Next we took a walk to the Thap Doi Cham towers. You can climb inside and look straight up through to the sky. Pretty impressive.

All that plus the beach, another museum and more good food made this a pretty enjoyable stop.

Well after a long trip we made it to Hanoi.

Setup the bikes and everything looks good.

Now we are going to check out Hanoi for a few days before starting our ride.

Not being completely sure how hard vegan food will be to find on the Vietnam tour, we will be using a front basket to carry extra a surplus.

This will be our first time with this set up but it’s been useful so far and the Wald basket is solid.

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