Monthly Archives: January 2007

Jan 22. 16:30 hours Great riding day, best so far. Usual heat but the roads were mostly rural (until the end of the day). Another 50 mile plus day as a loop out of Chou Doc to the Cambodian border … Continue reading →

Jan 21. 15:00. Local time (Libby – good suggestion) Day started quite well with an excellent breakfast at the hotel. Make it yourself Pho, buffet style choice of ingredients. See included picture. The morning toilette is long and involved, but … Continue reading →

Great day of riding, the best so far. Sore butt of course, used two pair of padded shorts and helped a bit. Finally got to ride on rural roads. Few trucks or buses, wonderful people, beuatiful children, all smiles and … Continue reading →

Lost gprs connectivity in the evening before leaving Can Tho. The ride today was mostly on QL -91 a main road without a real shoulder. Lots of trucks, buses, and other conveyences. Noisiest day so far. Hot of course but … Continue reading →

Motorbikes. They are everywhere. One cannot just stroll the streets as they come at you on the sidewalks. No mindless strolling that is. Do not seem to hit people but one always has to dodge them. No rules. Imagine the … Continue reading →

AFter breakfast resolved trip planning for the next portion – the intermettzo. The first trip will end on the 25th and the second trip will start in Hanoi on the 30th Here is the schedule: 25th take private tour by … Continue reading →

Early morning wake up for the ride to the floating markets of Can Rei. About a 30 minute san pan ride to the wholesale market. This one is not a tourist market but a working one so we have to … Continue reading →

Trip to Can Tho My butt hurts; really hurts. Gentle reader do not laugh unless, like the QB who has been there. This seems worse – certainly the worst it has been for me. Just below or maybe at the … Continue reading →

Further along the Mekong today. Included two ferry rides, one of 25 minutes and interesting to see the big river. The other was a 45 minute ride on a private boat, a largish sandpan. Image 17 shows the boat just … Continue reading →

First the food then the excitement and lastly the challenge. Breakfast (img 15 and 16) fruit of outstanding quality. Vietnam exports the less good stuff and it shows. The papaya is perfect, maybe better than perfect. Goes down like food … Continue reading →