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The journal
This promised to be the toughest day of the tour and t didn’t disappoint! With 77 miles and 6609 feet of elevation gain but only 1400 feet of descent it was hard work, especially with dodgy pedals & seemingly no shops that sell quality ones. The traffic was particularly horrendous with huge overloaded trucks squealing […]
Woke up for an early start to find out, after loading the bike up, that the rear tyre was nearly flat 🙁 While the lady cooked my fried eggs in bread I pumped it up, hoping for the best. It helped to swing the decision for the route. I had a choice to Pleiku either […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
