{"id":12240,"date":"2014-02-11T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=12240"},"modified":"2014-02-11T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T15:05:15","slug":"south-east-asia-bike-tour-dien-chau-to-vinh-day4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=12240","title":{"rendered":"South East Asia bike tour-  Dien Chau to Vinh &#8211; Day4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1-IMG_9449.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12242\" alt=\"What a paradise beach looks like on a miserable day\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/1-IMG_9449-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The route I worked out for today using <a href=\"http:\/\/bikemap.net\">Bikemap.net <\/a>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.<br \/>\nThe beaches all looked very sad &amp; desolate even though I\u2019m sure they are idyllic in the sun.<\/p>\n<p>I arrived in Vinh at midday a totally a drowned rat, frozen &amp; shivering. I tried warming up on some broth but that didn\u2019t work as Vietnam places have no heating or even doors. So I decided to give in for the day and find a hotel.<\/p>\n<p>I ended up at the Thien Tan Hotel which looks OK from the outside but the room is basic in the extreme. After closing all the windows and using as much hot water as there was (hint:not much) I wrapped myself in the thin duvet with all my clothes and fell asleep.<\/p>\n<p>Now debating on how I\u2019m going to cross the mountains in a few days time, the forecast is more rain but warming up a little. I\u2019ve bought a wooly hat in the market today but I\u2019m beginning to think more may be needed.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the Strava for todays pathetically small \u00a036 miles:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12241\" alt=\"Dien_Chau_to_Vinh___Strava_Ride\" src=\"https:\/\/geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dien_Chau_to_Vinh___Strava_Ride.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dien_Chau_to_Vinh___Strava_Ride.jpg 460w, https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dien_Chau_to_Vinh___Strava_Ride-300x240.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few pics are <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/photos\/+GeoffJones47\/albums\/5979092507882738241\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &amp; desolate even though I\u2019m sure they are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking","category-south-east-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}