Biking
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South East Asia bike ride – Cho Ngoi to Hue
Ngoc Ha gave me a fantastic breakfast, including a litre of water & biscuits for the road. I set of in the warm and dry 🙂 The guy had been pointing to my map to areas with no roads marked, so once going I kept my eyes open. Sure enough there is a new road…
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South East Asia bike ride Phong Na to ChoNgoi
Today I was quite pleased to be leaving The Homestay, I found it a bit humourless and not so friendly, in fact it was only the new girl who had any cheer in her at all. The morning started off cold and drizzly but after an hour or so the rain stopped and I was…
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Paradise caving day
Today I gave the bike a rest after its 356 mile ride from Hanoi, although for myself I ended ascending 560 feet and walking over 5 miles plus a couple of 100+ metre swims in the caves. The Phang Na Homestay offers many excursions to the local national park I chose the Farmstay National Park Tour…
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SE Asia cycle tour Day 6 – Ky Anh to Phong Na
As you can see from my Fitbit sleep data I had a rubbish nights sleep 🙁 Could have been the guy bringing up his guts in the adjacent room, uncomfortable bed, road noise or just maybe that was meant to be. First thing when fully awake was to peer out of the window to discover…
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SE Asia bike tour Day 5 – Vinh to Ky Anh
First thank you to the 68 folks who have signed up for my blatherings, yesterday I had 158 views although Scarpa might not be to happy that my 40 days of wear post is still gaining lots of views per day Well I finally managed to warm up in my lovely silk sleeping bag inner…
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South East Asia bike tour- Dien Chau to Vinh – Day4
The route I worked out for today using Bikemap.net was perfect on totally traffic free roads and hugging the coastline. However, the weather was far from perfect! Incessant cold rain, more like an English winter ride than a sub tropical one. The beaches all looked very sad & desolate even though I’m sure they are…
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South East Asia bike ride day 3 – Thanh Hoa to Dien Chau
With a snore score of 18% and above mild intensity I think Sally’s idea of a low snore score been due to the adrenaline from yesterday’s excitement wins over my hard mattress theory. I remember reading once you should aim to be scared at least once a day 🙂 The breakfast offered by the Sao Mai…
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Hang Tram to Thanh Hoa – Day2 biking
With a new low snoring record set for the night of only 11 minutes and an intensity of lower than mild according to Snorelab, it appears that rock hard mattresses are good for me! (Although Sally thinks it was my frightening experience). However, with that and what I could swear was a Hare Krishna mantra…
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Hanoi to Hang Tram – Ride Day1
Today with a lot of trepidation I set off at 9.15am from the Hanoi Moment Hotel to start my bike ride to Singapore 🙂 The hotel was in fact not as good as their new Hotel Moment 2, but the difference is marginal, basically the mattress was worn and there was no breakfast buffet, everything…
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Hanoi moments
Today Hanoi returned to what I imagine is its usual frenetic pace. The city just reminds me of a huge army of ants, nothing stops them! put an obstacle in their way it’s instantly routed around. Everywhere there is huge business competition (unlike the pseudo competition in the UK/EU/USA between less than half a dozen…