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I woke up early this morning (6am), having a had good rest yesterday. I was keen to get back on the road and head into the mountains again. Getting out of bed, I crossed my fingers as I opened the curtains of the hotel room to see what the weather was like. Sadly, the weather…
destination or journey…whats important? Yesterday was a rough day and the toll of covering so many miles in such a short amount of time is starting to get me down. By the time I got to the hotel yesterday, I was wrecked – 9/10 hour days on the bike for 6 days in a row…
A song by Dinah Washington The first few lines are: “…Brought the sun and the flowers, Where there used to be rain” Well, today was defiantly different to yesterday. In fact it was different to any of the days I’ve had on this trip so far! However, it was the very opposite to the words…
And…whatever you do, don’t focus on the buffalo shit! I’d been told that today’s ride from the coastal city of Quy Nhon to the small mountain village of Mang Dang was a beautiful one and, having been by the coast for a few days, I was really looking forward to getting back into the mountains.…
When you’re riding a bike for many hours of the day, you get a lot of time to spend thinking about things and sometimes you end up thinking about the strangest (and often pretty meaningless) things. During today’s ride, an incident happened that got me thinking about whether RIBBED is better than SMOOTH and, in…
“They say things always happen in 3s” BUT I don’t believe in superstitions, Do you? Today started off well, I’d had a good nights sleep, the sun was shining, the temperature was perfect and the route for today looked amazing! In my excitement to get going I decided not to look for somewhere to eat…
Learning to road trip all over again This isn’t my first road trip, in fact I’ve been road-tripping on bikes for over 10 years. Nevertheless, every trip feels like the first time and whilst you never know how a trip is going to go, there are definitely some things you can be sure of: 1.There…
North to South OR South to North…decisions, decision! Then…..once that’s decided, the next questions is whether to go down the coast (popular route with most tourists as you can stop at all the tourist resorts), stay inland and going through the mountainous regions (far more remote and much more of a cultural experience), or a…
Ever since I was a little boy I had a fascination with Vietnamese war movies. I’m not sure if it was the war itself that captivated me or the movie superheroes of the time that grabbed my interest, such as Chuck Norris, Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzanager. But I do remember being obsessed. I’d walk…
A Vietnam Adventure – “From child hood dream to the ramblings of an old solo biker" 