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Leaving the Backpackers in Hue

Day 35 28/11/09

Distance cycled: 135km

I left the Hostel in Hue at 7.30 after eating some free breaky and stealing some pot noodles. After 20 minutes of cycling I got some really painful stomach cramps, I pulled over into some driveway where some locals saw me struggling and sat me down, they massaged me and rubbed some sort of tigerbalm on my back and front… after a little while I was ok and set off again.

On the way to Danang I was going to use the tunnel though the mountain but unfortunately I passed the entrance into it and accidentally continued on the scenic mountain route. I would say now that the route was worth the exhausting cycle but at the time I did not enjoy it.

Just before hitting Danang to stopped for a mid afternoon lunch at another random restaurant food place. The food changes in different regions of Vietnam, well from rice to rice noodles and now a new one rice porridge that was so good, it was much like the way mum used to make but with a massive piece of lamb. I ended up ordering two.

I stopped by Danang at around 3.30 to get my passport and quickly made my way to hoi an before it got dark. I mananged to cycle 35km in an hour and a half.

When I made it to Hoi An I asked a few westerners for some suggestions of where to stay, thankfully I randomly bumped into Helle and Ingrid and the 3 of us found a room for 222000 Dong, the hotel even had a swimming pool.

We had a short look around town, grabbed some dindins from the local market and crashed out.