Month: February 2014
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Cycling South East Asia – Dung Quat to Ta Phong via My Lai
Today was wild & windy fortunately it was blowing me along. With cloud & wind it was cooler too. Due to the wind all the harbours were filled with fishing vessels which made an interesting sight. Today, I wanted to visit the scene of the infamous massacre at My Lai or Son My, so I…
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Cycling South East Asia – Da Nang to Dung Quat
Phew what a scorcher as the UK tabloids would say! I set of early at 7am, grabbed a couple of rolls filled with fried eggs from a street vendor and then hit the melee on Highway 1 heading south. The road is quite narrow in places with all the dualling in process. When I reached…
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South East asia tour – Hue to Dar Nang
Today was a toughie with a 500 metre climb in the blazing afternoon sun & heat up the Hải Vân Pass at least all the heavy traffic disappeared into the tunnel. Whilst climbing up I met Day from Los Angeles whose bike was in for repair in The Hanoi Bike Collective when I was buying mine. A…
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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…