Making friends with the locals...

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 boyЧитать далее
Dinner party with the locals!

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 vodkaЧитать далее
Heading down the Ho Chi Minh Highroad

Off road and sea side bound!

Dong hoi

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. TheЧитать далее
Huê

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 remainЧитать далее
Hai Vân

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 70kmЧитать далее
Hai Van Pass

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.
Hoi an

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!!
Back on the Ho Chi Minh highway

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.
Forget yesterday, today was the hardest

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) butЧитать далее
Making good progress!

520km to go!!

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 squeezedЧитать далее
Buôn Ma Thuôt

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 managedЧитать далее
Selfies and coffee beans

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 coffeeЧитать далее
Ho Chi Minh

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. AfterЧитать далее