Another early start, this time we had to be out of the hotel by 6:45am as we have a boat to catch. Today is a non-cycling day as we are travelling up river to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. It’s a long boat ride (about 5 1/2 hours) but luckily there is just our group on …
Today was another early start leaving the hotel at 7am. Thankfully I slept last night. We headed down to the Mai Con river where we boarded a boat to see the floating market. Quite an image- lots of boats selling there goods. They each have a long pole on the back of the boat with …
Another early start following another rubbish nights sleep. My brain will not switch on to Vietnam time! Set off at 7:30am for a 5k ride to a local temple. It was stunning (see pics). From there we set off on our 90k ride through mostly rice paddies. Scenery didn’t disappoint. There was a mix of …
Didn’t sleep at all last night. Too much going around in my head and nervous excitement. Got up at 6am to get breakfast as we had to be ready to leave the hotel by 7.30am. We had a short bus ride to Ben Tre where we picked up the bikes and started the journey. I …
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Following what felt like the longest 12 hour flight, we finally landed in Ho Chi Minh city.