Author Archives: Martin

When I left my room in the morning, my bike was standing in front of the door (instead of outside, where I had locked it). It was nice that someone took care and carried it inside, but the long USB-cable … Continue reading →

Because of recently writing “I should have taken a photo”, today I took two in the Hotel Tokyo. The name is bigger than reality. It is like in most hotels here: the lobby is promising, sometimes also the stairs and … Continue reading →

The last night had been an …interesting one, because of the “architecture” of the rooms (I should have taken a photo!). The wall to the neighbouring room was open over the bathroom, and you could hear well what was going … Continue reading →

Let’s start with yesterday and with my notes (that normally relate to the day/days before). Yesterday, my tour was 9001km long. Until my first stop at km45, I memorized “old US Gods perfection helmet no helmet clothes”. When I had … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I had two surprising encounters regarding impolite behaviour, I just forgot to mention and remembered  them during cycling. During cycling, I remember many things again that I wanted to write down and didn’t. Some of them I manage to … Continue reading →

Before breakfast, I prepared my bike for leaving when the hotel clerk arrived and was worried if I was about to leave. When I sat down for breakfast, I understood, why: he had brought soup from outside for me for … Continue reading →

After breakfast, the owners of the hostel invited me for tea and in the conversation persuaded me to visit at least the tomb of Tu Duc, because e.g. Pagodas are similar elsewhere, but this is unique in Hué. I was … Continue reading →

The hostel offered free breakfast for the price of 2,5€… They even served fried eggs and slices tomatoes and cucumber and Vietnamese tea. After that, I went to the city. First stop: a shopping mall for my “food research” including … Continue reading →

The night had been a good introduction for the day, it was so stormy that the sound of the waves was my sleeping music and the wind came into the windows with a whistling noise. I wanted to leave early … Continue reading →

The day started less rainy as yesterday, but cooler, so I put on my jacket several times when it rained. Only the last rain before arriving was so heavy that is was again completely wet and due to the heavy … Continue reading →