Today’s ride on Komoot It was my second solo day of the trip today. The first was on day one to Saraburi. Miles is getting the bus to Sapa to maximise his time in China, whereas one of the things I wanted to do on this trip was to ride some of the hills of …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today would be another 1000m day. I’m so pleased that we had our bags taken up to the main road. Pushing our loaded bikes for a few kms up the 20% slope wouldn’t have made the greatest start to our day. The day started with a 12km climb which was slow …
An end to this wet weather ? – the Blue Home to Mu Cang Chai Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot Today was to be tougher than yesterday, so I ate two breakfasts in preparation and it was a great idea. We found a Banh Mi stall on the way out of town and because of my already excessive eating, it would take me most of the day to finish it. While …
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Today’s ride on Komoot The parents of the lady running the homestay were duly there at 7am with some breakfast and we were ready to go soon after 7:30. After a short few kms through the valley, nervously checking the terrain, the first hill started – and it was steep. Well, it felt steep, but …
Today’s ride on Komoot The hotel wasn’t great and the smell of the bathroom turned me right off. A 7:30am start was in order. We wouldn’t be seeing many towns today but I’d still expect plenty of food along the way. I stopped for a coffee where the nice people had a young child and …
A ride of two halves – Tam Nong to Atash Homestay Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot We left Hanoi after a coffee over the road and some Banh Mi from the stall outside our Airbnb building. It was straight into the morning chaos and ilwe didn’t stop until we’d cleared the city and found some traffic lights. It was fun, loved it all the way. People who …
We had four nights in Hanoi which is a great city. It was full of tourists, but there was lots to see and do. I also caught up on sleep and eating. I enjoy wandering around on rest days, so I walked a lot through the gradually warming days. The last two days were 30+ …
I had an interesting night’s sleep. First up, there was a guy stacking bricks at about 11pm, then later, two people started arguing and then at 6:30am, there was singing and speeches broadcast through the loud speakers opposite. It’s always entertaining here. Consequently, I fell asleep again until nearly eight o’clock, woke up, ate and …
Today’s ride on Komoot An easy ride today, so it was another relaxed 8:30am start. We went through the tourist areas on our way out and again marvelled at the beauty of this place. We were brought to our senses as we turned onto a road beside the river though. It was bumpy and wet …
Tourists everywhere to Tourists nowhere – Ninh Binh to Đại Nghĩa Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot As far as exciting rides go, this was an unexciting day. The morning was ok, but in the afternoon, we were on some busy roads which I really didn’t enjoy. We had some fun sections through villages though. Often Komoot directed us through back alleys and lanes which was a change …
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