{"id":12313,"date":"2014-02-20T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T14:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geoffjones.com\/?p=12313"},"modified":"2014-02-20T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T14:34:13","slug":"geoffs-se-asia-bike-trip-tan-phong-to-phu-phong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.geoffjones.com\/?p=12313","title":{"rendered":"Geoff’s SE Asia bike trip – Tan Phong to Phu Phong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woke up for an early start to find out, after loading the bike up, that the rear tyre was nearly flat \ud83d\ude41 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 210km and 2660 metres of climbing via Kontum on Route 24 or to pound down Highway 1 to Phu Cat and then the 19 up to Pleiku which is longer at 278km but ‘only’ 1530 metres of climb.<\/p>\n

A\"1-IMG_0107\"<\/a>fter the first 25 miles it had visibly deflated so I found a little shop to fix it, the problem was a thin wire from a truck tyre had gone all the way through, so \u00a0it was soon expertly \u00a0fixed. \u00a0Interestingly this village also seems to be a centre for green and red rush matting.<\/p>\n

The road proved to be undulating although i made good time as it was cooler & still a tail wind. Rather than by passing Hoal Nhon I went through it, finding a couple cleaning bikes for 50p \ud83d\ude42 and a good job they made too. Loved that he greased the chain with Molybdenum Disulphide, bringing back memories of melting it in a tin on mum’s stove, dipping the chain in & hanging it from the grill \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"1-IMG_0147-001\"<\/a>At Phu Cat I waved goodbye to Highway \u00a01 and the East coast, the big Golden Buddha waved back to \ud83d\ude42 I turned West towards \u00a0Pleiku, Cambodia & Thailand. Arriving in Phu Phong the first two hotels were full!, so a waitress in a local restaurant helped me to find Khach San by leading the way on her moped.<\/p>\n

A long day with over 90 miles on Strava.<\/p>\n

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All the photos are here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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