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- Day 103
- Thursday, November 10, 2016
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
VietnamĐồng Lo19°19’9” N 105°28’34” E
Making friends with the locals...
November 10, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
The little boy joined us for a couple of miles until he got bored and cycled off with a friend...
The boy on the moped was taking his granny 50km to the next town to get her medicine...
The boyRead more
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- Day 104
- Friday, November 11, 2016
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- VietnamXóm Một18°52’34” N 105°18’55” E
Dinner party with the locals!
November 11, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Although the room they provided was a little 'tired' (cockroaches, stinky bed sheets, rats living in the bathroom etc), the host family invited us for supper where we sat around drinking rice vodkaRead more
Goat and Ham's adventure
The plug hole wasn't attached to anything so you did your teeth and got toothpaste all over your toes.
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- Day 105
- Saturday, November 12, 2016
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 30 m
- VietnamĐò Ngang18°11’7” N 105°40’53” E
Heading down the Ho Chi Minh Highroad
November 12, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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- Day 106
- Sunday, November 13, 2016
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
- VietnamĐồng Lê17°52’34” N 106°1’44” E
Off road and sea side bound!
November 13, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
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- Day 107
- Monday, November 14, 2016
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 5 m
- VietnamNhat Le River17°28’30” N 106°37’23” E
Dong hoi
November 14, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Having had a week in the countryside it was great to see civilisation and dare I say it, western food! Burger and chips for lunch followed by pizza and spaghetti Bol. A little treat to ourselves. TheRead more
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- Day 110
- Thursday, November 17, 2016
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- VietnamHuế16°28’14” N 107°35’41” E
Huê
November 17, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We had two lovely nights here in the four seasons hotel(see pic!) Hue is a pretty busy town with lots going on, the old walled city was bombed quite extensively by the Americans but the walls remainRead more
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- Day 112
- Saturday, November 19, 2016
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- VietnamLăng Cô16°14’18” N 108°4’48” E
Hai Vân
November 19, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Just got to the north side of the Hai Van pass which is meant to be a spectacular road to drive, it goes up to about 500 meters on the coast so hopefully the weather will be good tomorrow. After 70kmRead more
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- Day 113
- Sunday, November 20, 2016
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 494 m
- VietnamCol des Nuages16°11’19” N 108°7’54” E
Hai Van Pass
November 20, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
An early start meant we tackled the pass while it was still relatively cool. An hour an a half of uphill and we were at the top. I think the pictures speak for themselves.
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- Day 114
- Monday, November 21, 2016
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- VietnamHoi An15°52’45” N 108°19’15” E
Hoi an
November 21, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
A hotel with a pool for nine pounds a night was a real treat! We had the best food here we have had in Vietnam I think. Quite touristy. But it means you get food without any bones in it!!
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- Day 115
- Tuesday, November 22, 2016
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 384 m
- VietnamKhâm Đức15°26’38” N 107°47’39” E
Back on the Ho Chi Minh highway
November 22, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After a great week of taking in some sights along the coast it was time to get back on the quieter highway. Was probably our toughest day at over 100 km and then a 400 meter climb at the end of it.
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- Day 116
- Wednesday, November 23, 2016
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Altitude: 685 m
- VietnamPlei Bôm14°59’41” N 107°43’20” E
Forget yesterday, today was the hardest
November 23, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Some great scenery today as we walked the bike up most of the hills. It was far too hot to cycle even by 8 am. The bike app said we did 2500 meters of vertical today (I think that sounds too much) butRead more
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- Day 117
- Thursday, November 24, 2016
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 643 m
- VietnamThôn Tám14°34’42” N 107°55’20” E
Making good progress!
November 24, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
miniature version of the bridge out of 'Indiana Jones', hope there weren't any crocodiles :)
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- Day 118
- Friday, November 25, 2016 at 7:39 PM
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 740 m
- VietnamPleiku Airport13°58’45” N 108°0’44” E
520km to go!!
November 25, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
A long 90km ride today in undulating terrain. Another 2 days of that and we will be in the coffee capital of Vietnam which we are very excited about. We've also discovered that the freshly squeezedRead more
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- Day 120
- Sunday, November 27, 2016
- 🌙 16 °C
- Altitude: 477 m
- VietnamKhối Năm12°40’57” N 108°2’43” E
Buôn Ma Thuôt
November 27, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
As the coffee capital of Vietnam, of course Rosie's first choice of beverage was an Oreo frappacino as soon as we arrived!!! We had a days break here to relax after doing 500km in a week.
We managedRead more
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- Day 123
- Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 6:13 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 263 m
- VietnamĐức Phong11°48’57” N 107°14’51” E
Selfies and coffee beans
November 30, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Basically on the middle of nowhere, which means westerners don't really stop here. Hence everyone is very keen to have selfies with the weird western people!!
Almost everyone has their crop of coffeeRead more
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- Day 125
- Friday, December 2, 2016 at 12:50 PM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 3 m
- VietnamQuận Ba10°46’1” N 106°41’26” E
Ho Chi Minh
December 2, 2016 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After a 4am start and some lovely rush hour traffic into Ho Chi Minh (not recommended!) we finally made it to our hotel where we proceeded to have an hour and a half long massage for 5 pounds. AfterRead more
