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Day 29. 13 May.
A ride with the “foot rowers” today. I chose a quiet place and went early, so there were not any tourists except me.
When she tried to enter the cave my claustrophobia decided pop its head up, so we cut the trip short.
The two other sites I visited in the area i rode away from due to the parking mafia annoying me!
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Day 27.11 May. Phong Nha to Vinh 8 hrs 290km
Great views in the morning sun riding north from Phong Nha mostly on the HCM road before droping down to Vinh.
Crap hotels here, as soon as you pull up the guards try to make you go and park in the staff parking areas, which I refuse to do until the bike is unloaded.
Then the bar was not open and the restaurant too.
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Day 26. 10 May. Khe Sanh to Phong Nha, home of the great cave complex here in Vietnam.
10 hours 278 km
Incredible views! I needed to use my spare petrol bottle due to lack of petrol stations on the route. Heavy rain at end of the day.
There were too many back packers who for some reason were walking around shoe less, very strange.
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Day 22. 06 May. Hoi An to Hue, via HCM road. 311 km 10.5 hrs
I back tracked up to the Ho Chi Minh road today on road QL14B. The road was in good condition and there was hardly any traffic which made the ride very enjoyable. The views again were stunning but spoilt at times by the deforesting going on.
I got caught in a very fierce storm high in the mountains, the winds were extremely strong and the rain freezing. This followed me most of the way to Hue.
I spent a pleasant evening near walking street people watching, which even the monks were enjoying.
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Day 20. 04 May. 196 km
I rode south from Hoi An today before a right onto QL14E. This leads up to the HCM road, here I turned right and enjoyed a wonderful ride through the jungle on mainly very good roads.
When I got to QL14b I left the HCM road and headed back towards Da Nang and then Hoi An.
From this junction there was not one sign for Hoi An all the way back, it’s incredible how bad the lack of correct sign posting is. It seems to me the people in charge of the signage need some educating.
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Day 19. 03 May 127 km
A very good trip today, north up to Da Nang and around the Son Tra Peninsular and Monkey Mountain.
Then I rode north over the Hai Van Pass making a detour to the radio mast at the very top where the best views are. Once I reached the railway at the north side I executed a “U” turn and returned to Hoi An.
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Day 16. 30 April. Remained local
Day 17. 01 May. 149 km
Quang Ngai to Hoi An
An hours ride north along QL1, followed by a very pleasant ride along the coast to Hoi An.
Day 18. 02 May. My Son Temple
A good day out at the temple, but I got lost in the mountains along the river.
On my trip back I picked up a hitchhiker, a beautiful 20 year lady, when I dropped her off she had aged terribly, can’t think why!
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Day 15. 29 April 399 km, 12.5 hrs
Quy Nhon to Quang Ngai
This was both a good and extremely frustrating day.
Great views and good roads, especially riding north from K’Bang. Besides an area where the road widens to airstrip size again, 165 km of small two lane road weaving through the countryside.
It was so hot at one time, then heavy rain and a storm cooled me to teeth chattering, but the locals just carried on as if nothing happened.
I missed my turn again, it would be helpful if sign posted! I eventually ended up at another dead end and will very little fuel!
I found fuel in a small shop selling phone cards, the whole village came out to say hi and take selfies, even giving me a baby to hold! I regret not taking some myself, but I was tired and there was at least 3 ½ hrs of riding to get to town, so left as soon as I could.
Anyone who has ridden at night in Thailand understands how dangerous it can be. Trust me Vietnam is on another level of craziness! Never try this unless you are in an area with street lights…..i was not!
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Day 14. 28 April. 432 km 11 hrs
Nha Trang to Quy Nhon
The route north west to M’Drak was good up the mountain, turning north towards A Yun Pa the road was good but due to deforesting the views were not as good as I hoped. The new road was in places big enough to land a large plane for some reason.
Arriving at road QL19 it’s an easy ride, but quiet a long ride down to Quy Nhon. All good until I found all hotels were booked due to a public holiday. I wasted over an hour riding around to find a room.
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Day 12. 26 April
Nha Trang to Ninh Hoa and back, 101 Km
A vey hot ride up QL1 today to look at the headland north east of Ninh Hoa, there are plenty of prawn farms here on the coast side with dry and brown rice paddies on the opposite side waiting for the rains and the planting season.
I rode out to the sea on the top of a paddy field bund, to take a few photos, then I returned to Nha Trang.
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Day 11. 25 April
Dalat to Nha Trang 382 km, 11 ½ hrs
I started “The Road East of the Long Mountains” today. The map and more information can be found here…..
http://vietnamcoracle.com/the-road-east-of-the-long-mountains/
This is a long and convoluted route, the run down to Nha Trang I added at the end because I like the city and good cheap food and beer is everywhere!
From Dalat I headed south on DT725 until QL27 where I turned west the north towards Buon Ma Thout. North of Lake Lak I turned east onto TL12, this is a slow road through great scenery. Unfortunately I took a wrong turn at Yang Mao which took me to a dead end where the road was still being built to meet up with the dead end road of yesterday.
I met a group of kids here who were delightful in their Vietnamese greeting of “Hello, <deleted> you”! Cheeky scrote’s hahaha
One of them took me down the mountain to the correct turning which was a very potholed road leading a rickety toll bridge. From there the road improved and I continued west and south to Nha Trang.
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Motorbike travel around Vietnam......again
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Day 30. 14 May
I rode around the local paddy fields today. Great views and a relaxing day.