Day 51 13/12/2009
Distance cycled: 75km
After saying my farewells to Jen in the morning I packed my things, ate breakfast, bought some bananas and bread and headed off towards Mui Ne. The downhill road, Hwy 20 from Dalat was a lot of fun, although incredibly bumpy that made my very gay front basket break off. I had to do a bodge repair with an empty dry concrete mix bag I found on the side of the road… It actually worked rather well not having any more problems with it all day.
I wanted to see some waterfalls before I left the mountains and I was searching for Goudah waterfall very close to Hwy 20. Instead I found another that was 6km from the hwy. It was a bit of a detour but worth it in the end as it was blistering hot and I needed to swim also I bumped into a Swedish girl and a Portuguese girl who were working as teachers in a nearby town. They were there with 4 other Vietnamese girls who kept on offering me food as they had finished their lunch and had some leftovers.
I hung out with these girls for most of the afternoon and set off cycling towards Mui Ne.
When I was in Dalat I asked a few adventure tour groups what route they took to get to Mui Ne, they recommended a road that wasn’t on any map but theirs. It seemed like sound advice so I took the road. OMG was it bumpy and still is as im writing this in my tent on the side of the road. So far there have been quite a bit of uphill bits that im only just managing with the lack of gears that I have, its also a shame that the downhill runs are mostly ruined with potholes and rocks making me cautious about going to fast.
I munched down a banana and jam (bought from the market in Dalat that tastes great but not as good as mum’s) sandwich for dinner and went to sleep for an early start tomorrow, I actually have no idea where I am at the moment but hopefully ill be in Mui Ne tomorrow afternoon if the roads are better than today… fingers crossed.
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