It was a nice sunny day today and I didn’t feel like leaving the hotel. They are such nice people there – husband, wife, daughter, and grandma. they were so nice that I did a review of the place, and that doesn’t happen often. I went to the nice coffee shop around the corner. Everything …
Today’s ride on Komoot Today was pretty good all ’round. It started with a 6km ride north to Vinh Moc Tunnels which are impressive as they show the incredible resilience of the local people. And when you look around the area, you wonder why the war ever happened and why this rural community had the …
Today’s ride on Komoot (I realise the date is wrong) It was hard to leave the presidential suite at the Nam Long Plus but I had an interesting ride ahead today. Komoot had plotted a route that largely avoided the infamous Highway 1, and after yesterday’s excellent route, what could possibly go wrong ? I …
Today’s ride on Komoot Just a short day today down to Đồng Hới. The country is very narrow here, so heading to the coast is not far. Needless to say, I had an easy start – breakfast at the hotel, coffee just up the road and I got a Banh Mi at the local village …
By the way … the Indian restaurant has disappeared. I was so disappointed. I didn’t sleep well which meant that sleeping in, was mandatory. Not a bad outcome. I also forgot that breakfast was included here at the Paradise Hotel. I got up and went for a short walk to survey breakfast options, didn’t like …
Today’s ride on Komoot I was tired when I woke up, but I knew that it’s less than 70kms to Phong Nha with only one decent climb. The best thing is that there’s a rest day waiting for me, along with an Indian restaurant over the road from the hotel that I booked. Please don’t …
Today’s ride on Komoot The hotel here in Tay Son is great. It even has a movie channel with English language movies. The last time I saw that was in KL 3-4 months ago. So I watched a couple of movies, stayed up too late and felt rubbish this morning. When I woke up, it …
Today’s ride on Komoot Laos wouldn’t let me go quietly. It had one last sting in the tail – a headwind.The wind was strong at 7:30am, so I knew it wasn’t going to be a simple ride. I had breakfast at the restaurant over the road. The people here and at the hotel are just …
Today’s ride on Komoot Last night, I got the restaurant down the road to make me an omelette and rice, takeaway, so I could get going at a decent time. I had 100kms to the next reasonably sized town, Lak Sao which is a convenient 36kms from the Laos – Vietnam border. I said goodbye …
Lazy day today because there’s not a lot happening here except for the caves which I was looking forward to. I rode down to the starting point after some breakfast at one of the few restaurants on the way. Being a solo traveller, I had to wait for a couple of other tourists to arrive …
