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- Dag 103
- torsdag 10 november 2016
- 🌙 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 52 m
VietnamĐồng Lo19°19’9” N 105°28’34” E
Making friends with the locals...
10 november 2016, 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...
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- Dag 104
- fredag 11 november 2016
- ⛅ 22 °C
- Höjd över havet: 17 m
- VietnamXóm Một18°52’34” N 105°18’55” E
Dinner party with the locals!
11 november 2016, 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 vodkaLäs mer
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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- Dag 105
- lördag 12 november 2016
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Höjd över havet: 30 m
- VietnamĐò Ngang18°11’7” N 105°40’53” E
Heading down the Ho Chi Minh Highroad
12 november 2016, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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- Dag 106
- söndag 13 november 2016
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Höjd över havet: 24 m
- VietnamĐồng Lê17°52’34” N 106°1’44” E
Off road and sea side bound!
13 november 2016, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
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- Dag 107
- måndag 14 november 2016
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Höjd över havet: 5 m
- VietnamNhat Le River17°28’30” N 106°37’23” E
Dong hoi
14 november 2016, 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. TheLäs mer
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- Dag 110
- torsdag 17 november 2016
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Höjd över havet: 9 m
- VietnamHuế16°28’14” N 107°35’41” E
Huê
17 november 2016, 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 remainLäs mer
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- Dag 112
- lördag 19 november 2016
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Höjd över havet: Havsnivå
- VietnamLăng Cô16°14’18” N 108°4’48” E
Hai Vân
19 november 2016, 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 70kmLäs mer
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- Dag 113
- söndag 20 november 2016
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Höjd över havet: 494 m
- VietnamCol des Nuages16°11’19” N 108°7’54” E
Hai Van Pass
20 november 2016, 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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- Dag 114
- måndag 21 november 2016
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Höjd över havet: 7 m
- VietnamHoi An15°52’45” N 108°19’15” E
Hoi an
21 november 2016, 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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- Dag 115
- tisdag 22 november 2016
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Höjd över havet: 384 m
- VietnamKhâm Đức15°26’38” N 107°47’39” E
Back on the Ho Chi Minh highway
22 november 2016, 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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- Dag 116
- onsdag 23 november 2016
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Höjd över havet: 685 m
- VietnamPlei Bôm14°59’41” N 107°43’20” E
Forget yesterday, today was the hardest
23 november 2016, 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) butLäs mer
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- Dag 117
- torsdag 24 november 2016
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Höjd över havet: 643 m
- VietnamThôn Tám14°34’42” N 107°55’20” E
Making good progress!
24 november 2016, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
miniature version of the bridge out of 'Indiana Jones', hope there weren't any crocodiles :)
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- fredag 25 november 2016 19:39
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Höjd över havet: 740 m
- VietnamPleiku Airport13°58’45” N 108°0’44” E
520km to go!!
25 november 2016, 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 squeezedLäs mer
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- Dag 120
- söndag 27 november 2016
- 🌙 16 °C
- Höjd över havet: 477 m
- VietnamKhối Năm12°40’57” N 108°2’43” E
Buôn Ma Thuôt
27 november 2016, 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.
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- Dag 123
- onsdag 30 november 2016 18:13
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Höjd över havet: 263 m
- VietnamĐức Phong11°48’57” N 107°14’51” E
Selfies and coffee beans
30 november 2016, 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!!
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- Dag 125
- fredag 2 december 2016 12:50
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Höjd över havet: 3 m
- VietnamQuận Ba10°46’1” N 106°41’26” E
Ho Chi Minh
2 december 2016, 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. AfterLäs mer
