Last night was a great evening of celebrations and inevitably was a late night, so we were all relieved to get a lay in this morning. I got up around 9am and headed for breakfast. I then met up with Gina, Jenny & Preya and we walked in search of a coffee before grabbing a …
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Final day today of my great adventure & challenge. As usual, breakfast at 6am and ready to leave by 7.30am on our bikes from outside the front of the hotel. Quite an emotional day for everyone as most of the group have raised money for their individual charities. We have all worked so hard to …
As per the drill, 6am breakfast, leaving the hotel by 7am. This time we had a 2 hour transfer by bus to our start point. On the way we stopped off at a bridge at Spean Preah Toeus. This is an ancient bridge which they have preserved. Quite beautiful. Back on the bus for 30mins …
Breakfast was at 6am and we had to leave the hotel by 7am. We walked over the road to get our bikes then headed down to the river to take a boat across to the other side. Once off the boat we cycled on what felt like one long road in 34oC. There was little …
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.
After all this time, it’s finally time to pack!