Day 21 13/11/09
Distance Cycled: 93km
Telling myself last night I would wake at 5 to avoid the treacherous morning traffic just didn’t happen, after packing my things and getting it all onto my bike and eating breaky, I didn’t set off till 7. I said my farewells to the staff at Drift and set off to Nihm Bihn 100km south of Hanoi… also stealing some bananas that would later on be pulped by my bike landing on them.
It was too easy to get out of the city… its one road between
Even with the extra weight my bike was handling it quite well with really no problems apart from what seemed to be a puncture, but was just a flat tire. The locals trying to help me ‘fix’ the problem were more interested in my hair and the pen that I have in one of them… I was glad to entertain them all when half the village arrived.
Saw a lot of random things on the backs of scooters including, furniturem, chickens, geese, a huge pig and even a dead water buffalo.
I arrived in Nihm Bihn at 12, so I was averaging 20km an hour hopefully my average will increase as time goes on and I get fitter.
I checked into this nice hotel paying $3 US a night, slept for a few hours and met some Czechs, 2 guys and a girl, where we went to the local market and watched some locals play badminton.
After having dindins in the hotel the Czech ppl and myself were asked to teach some English to some students wanting to learn and it was good fun doing something a little different like this for a change. One very interesting fact was that Girls like Guys with long thumb nails, they say it makes them more attractive..?? I know WTF!
Looking at the map and the Lonely Planet guide, there is really nothing along this path until
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