Day 16: Thu 14 Nov - Ninh Binh to Cuc Phuong National Park
21-33 deg C Ride: 40km "Ride through karst scenery of Ninh Binh to Cuc Phuong National Park. Cuc Phuong National Park is one of Vietnam’s most beautiful and important protected areas; The ancient forest contains almost 2000 species of trees and amongst them lives some amazing and rare animals including the Clouded leopard, Delacour’s Langur, Owston’s Civet, Otters and Asian Black Bear! Check in the Cuc Phuong National Park guest house. It is simple and comfort. Hotel: Cuc Phuong Resort & Villa. Cycle: 40km." We arrived at Ninh Binh station about 3:30am and our bus (another one, not the original) was waiting to take us to the hotel. Amazing that although they knew we were coming, all the lights were off and the gate was closed! It took about 30 mins for the hotel staff to get organised to get our keys. Before retiring to our rooms, we were told we would be riding away at 9am, so we had about five hours to go back to sleep. Wendy had a shower before climbing into bed; Greg ...