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181 to Hepu 17.1.2019
More or less cycling directly from the hotel room, I started with some optimism, because it should be only 80+ km and the weather forecast promised better weather. Well, the weather was better than in the last evening, no rain … Continue reading
180 to Qinzhou 16.1.2019
Yesterday in the evening, I felt comfortable with the temperature, wearing a t-shirt and my bike-jacket, so I thought it will be a good ride today. But in the morning, it had 11°C and it became even colder until noon, … Continue reading
179 to DongXing 15.1.2019
(containes only 3(!) selfies! Only 60km where to be done to Mong Cai, the last city in Vietnam, directly neighbouring DongXing and only separated by a small river. I left my unfriendly host, but there were friendly guests. They were … Continue reading
178 to Dam Ha 14.1.2019
Last complete day in Vietnam… Today, I left Hailong after the longest stay in one place in Vietnam. This night, I was alone in the 4-bed-room, yesterday, Melchior had gone to Hanoi, like Alex the day before. I remember how … Continue reading
177 in Halong (2) 13.1.2019
This day was dedicated to preparing the China-part of my trip and this took me 8 or 9 hours (including eating and the like). The procedure was, to divide the tour from the Vietnamese border to Zhuhai (where I visit … Continue reading
176 Halong Bay 12.1.2019
Today, Alex (France), Melchior (Switzerland) and I (no, not Australia – Austria!) joined a day trip to the world heritage site, Vịnh Hạ Long, covering 775 of the nearly 2000 rocks/islands in the bay.A bus came to our hostel and … Continue reading
175 in Halong 11.1.2019
My roommates, Alex from France and Robert from Germany, were better in sleeping, so I had more than 2 hours to stay in bed silently and by that managed to finish selecting the Angkor Wat photos for the blog and … Continue reading
174 to Halong 10.1.2019
As I had only 75km left to Halong, I was in no hurry and could finish my diary from yesterday in the morning (I had fallen asleep while writing, making long lines of the letter my finger was pressing). It … Continue reading
173 to Quý Cao 9.1.2019
The night had been quite calm, because around the resort, there is not much traffic and finally it was only one other guy sleeping in the dorm and he was sleeping earlier and getting up later than me. Only a … Continue reading
172 to Ninh Binh 8.1.2019
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