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Shangri La
25 September, 70km and 300m of elevation Dali to Eryuan Dedicated cycle path on the western side of the lake for the first 40 km, Completely flat Rachael would have loved it. Beautiful views of the 4000 metre peaks either side of the lake. I found Eryuan to be a rather soulless town, I was…
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Through the hills to Dali
18 September,109 km and 1300m of elevation Jianshui to Eshan Breakfast wasn’t served until 8.30 this morning so a Late start for a big day. The first few km were quite industrial and looked a little bleak under a cloudy sky with morning mist hiding the surrounding mountains. Soon I was on a quiet rural…
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Into China
For a change it is Neil writing, Rachael is heading home via Perth and Adelaide. I looked at getting a train from Hanoi to the Chinese border, everyone at the railway station said this was impossible as the train has no luggage carriage. We returned to our Hotel and asked the receptionist about bus possibilities.…
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Hanoi and out
And off the bikes for a bit! A taxi to Hanoi…and some time doing things away from our bicycles 🙂 A little bit of (very cheap!) dental work. If you need a tooth fixed…it’s about 1/4 of the cost of my local dentist. And relatively pain free…Let’s just see if it holds up. Lots of…
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Hue to Hanoi
Hoi An Hoi An back to Hue Hue and Back! Heading north with headwinds By the seaside Where the locals eat… Back to Hue and on the bus
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Good morning Vietnam!
14th August, 7km to the border and then another 50something… The Visa arrived as promised at around 9:30am, so with much, much trepidation we made our way back to the border checkpoint to try our luck for a second time. All the way, conjuring up alternative options if the officious officials decided to play nasty…
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A few hills…
9th August, last of the Mekong river, 30km to Pakse A short and pleasant ride into Pakse, where we decided to go “grand” since it was cheap (by Ozzie standards anyhow!). The Champasak Grand Palace was built for a Champasak Prince back in 1969 but was left unfinished when the prince fled due to the…
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The Mighty Mekong
3rd August, Laos! Stung Treng to Khone Phapheng, 70km Into Laos…An easy but time consuming border crossing. Almost no traffic from either direction, so no queues at immigration- yet it still took around half hour of waiting for us to get our Laos visas sorted. Neil has a (I really hope not dodgy🤞 ) plan…
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To the border
29th July, Siem Reap to Beng Melea, 60km A hearty omelette (thanks Socheata!) to send us off and we’re on our way again. A lo ely ride on the temple ring road, until we hit a long stretch of dirt road that progressively turned into mud. After a few km of persevering in the muddy…
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Siem Reap!
Phnom Penh to Siem Reap467 km and all flat! KOMOOT ROUTE July 23rd Battambang to Preah Netr Preah, 84km A cool(ish!) start after some very big rain last night, but it didn’t take long for the heat to kick in and we were pleased to get to the little town of Preah Netr Preah in…