Tuesday, April 23, 2024
We've just spent four days in Ninh Bình in north Vietnam. After getting a bit sick of such long travel days we cut a stop from our trip and flew up to Hanoi. From there it was a two hour drive south.
The air quality here is dire. As we were descending on the flight we could see thick brown clouds and they've not let up since then. The air smells faintly of smoke all the time and the visibility can't be more than a few kilometres. We'll be in this region for the next week or so, so hopefully it will clear up.
Ninh Bình is famous for its limestone karst mountains filled with caves and cut by rivers and lakes. It's a shame the air was so bad as I don't think we really got to see it at it's best.