Ive completed my first day of cycling, from Hoi An to Lang Co.
It started off well, I loved being back on a bike. I cycled along the coast for a fair while, awesome beaches all the way. I was heading for Danang where I would assess the time and decide whether to crack on to Lang Co. Time went well so I decided to head over the Hai Van pass. Before I got to the pass a local over took me on a moped, then signalled for me to go in front, he then stuck his foot out and pushed me down the road, probably for about 5 km. Then signalled that he was turning off, said bye then off he went!
I got to the pass, it was hot and the up hill went on and on, but the views were awesome. The road wound itself up into the mountains, covered in jungle, white sandy beaches down below. Lots of locals saying hello to me.
The downhill was a different story, it was foggy on the North of the mountains so no views, and my drum brakes kept on overheating and fading, it was a foot on the floor job to stop me the first time, and I was wearing flip flops! I had to walk to let them cool down every minute or so of riding, was slow going. I don't thing the bike was designed to have a 100kg lump with backpack going down hills like that!
The pass was on the top gear episode when they road mopeds in Vietnam.
I arrived in Lang Co with about an hour of daylight left and found a motel. I'm the only one here, bit different to the backpackers dorm in Hoi An.
Tomorrow I'm off to Hue, 70 km away. Hopefully theres a bit more going on there!
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