pflynn58
2 de abril de 2023
We almost did not go to Bakhan Village Resort, we had been in Sapa for a couple of days and had an exhausting but interesting trip to Sapa and returned on the train. My wife and I had done some research on Bakhan, and it was a 3-hour car trip to get there and another 3 hours to get back, and it seems like it's basically on its own, apart from possibly a lake boat trip, but my wife reminded me that we had paid for everything including meals, and it was also the last real adventure in Vietnam before we travel back to Australia. Our tour head agent Danny had booked us a few hours at the TK123 hotel next to Hanoi railway station, to shower and have breakfast, before being picked up by our driver and guide to go to Balkhan Village resort. Our guide Hanh and the driver met us at the TK123 hotel, and we were on our way, its a long drive but there is always something interesting to look at on the trip, Vietnam is a busy place, with people moving everywhere, on bikes, motor scooters, buses, and cars, like the rest of the world, but there is something different about the way they do it in Vietnam. At one stage we turn off the main highway onto a secondary road, and you then start to see a different set of scenery, as you start to ascend firstly hills and then a mountain, the scenery changes and you again start to see rice fields and water buffalo, wooded houses, and as the road gets narrower you feel that you must be getting close, the time on the road seemed to fly past, and we saw the entrance to the resort on the left, though a thick mist, we drove through the gates and along a long driveway towards the main reception, our room was ready for us, and it was about lunchtime, so our bags were taken to our villa, we followed and were shown where we were staying, which from first impressions we a good size set of rooms, big bed, TV, nice bathroom good shower area, settee/convertable bed, balcony overlooking a garden, comfortable, place to stay, but lunch was being served, which we were looking forward to, as we were both hungry, we went to the dining room, which is just across the path from our villa, it was a large space, with inside and outside tables available, we sat outside, when we both noticed the crisp fresh air, which we both commented on, it was refreshing, and cool. The mist was heavy but we could see a large swimming pool, we could see we were high above a large lake. Lunch was very satisfying, spring rolls, chicken, salad, and fruit. In the afternoon, our guide arranged a 2 to 3-hour trek for us and apologized that the lake cruise was not available due to the mist, both my wife and I thought about not doing the trek, but Hanh convinced us that it was a gentle walk really and that another family with small children were doing it with us. My wife and I had been on a few treks on this trip to Vietnam mainly in Sapa, but the walk-in Bakhan was very different, it was gentle and although we did go up and down a few hills it was a real pleasure to walk
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