Hoi An to Da Nang 60 Km
Vietnamese deaths and 10,000’s of thousands of
Only one bite this morning so hopefully I've beaten others and well you get the picture. It doesn’t glorify
war, although there is some Vietnamese
the bed bugs. Today we’re doing a ½ day ride to
propaganda. Really worth seeing. Today was 39
find
degree heat – that felt like 41 according to the
another bamboo bridge south of Hoi An, then back
for lunch before heading up the highway to Da Nang weather app. We agreed with the weather app.
After lunch off to the central post office – a lovely
to finish the tour.
colonial era building and a much more uplifting
place. We caught a cab back due to the heat.
We went out on some local roads. Got lost, but did
some really interesting tracks and plenty of light
Final Thoughts
sand. Finally the piece d'resistance. The 300 metre
bamboo bridge on Cam Kim island Hoi An. 2nd gear, I had a fantastic time with Jazmin in Vietnam and
really enjoyed riding with her. I watched her skill
30km look ahead and go for it.
level and confidence improve as she tackled some
Back to the hotel by 11am after 2hrs and about 2kg reasonably technical and tricky stuff. It was a really
great experience for me with some fantastic
of sweat lighter. It was very hot over 30deg and
80% humidity already. Overall we did 1700km in 8 memories and I am really impressed with how well
she rode. The locals were friendly, there’s lots to see
days from northern to central Vietnam. All terrain
and do and the tour company was great.
except snow and ice. Utterly brilliant ride a real
bucket list item. In Da Nang it’s bed about 1030pm –
Riding with Greeny, Ali, Eric, Lou and Gavin was also
and my turn with the Gastro Stop. Seems we’ve all
had a day or two where it’s been needed, but luckily fantastic. Having a bunch of friends that I’ve ridden
with before meant we had good company all day
not too bad for any of us.
and at the end of every day for the obligatory tall
We have 2½ days in Ho Chi Minh City before flying stories and banter. That's heaps better than being
with a bunch of strangers. They were supportive of
back to Sydney. A must see is the war remnants
Jazmin and didn't mind when we did our own thing.
museum. It’s a very sad place – because of the
Couldn't think of a better group to ride with.
horror and barbarism that is war. Throw in torture,
carpet bombing and agent orange, 2 million
ENDS