Day 1056 11th June 2019
40 miles (Dak po to Phung pho ) Average speed 11.5 mph
Another great day including another descent to add to the list of greatest all time.
I was awake at 6 and got up to meet the youngsters for brekkie of noodles and then on moto to have coffee and meet their friends. I was on the back of the moto with 3 people on the way back. I said goodbye as they went to work but it wouldn’t be the last I saw of them.
I showered and left at 11. I hit the road and was going great guns with the wind behind me helping me up the hills. Going through the town of Ahn, I spotted the boys in a moto shop and stopped to say hi. We arranged to meet around the corner for sugar cane drink even though I had only been on the road 35 minutes. I had two before they arrived and then a mango with them and we arranged to meet at the beach on Thursday. It feels a little odd as an old man with all these young boys but no one seems to mind!
Second breakfast with the youngsters before getting on my way
Then there were a few ups and downs but mainly down until I reached the top of the descent where I bought a revive energy drink from the most beautiful Vietnamese girl, whose son laughed when my bike fell over in the wind. I looked out over the valley beyond and the fantastic road that lay ahead. It was an incredible ride down, for which I even donned my helmet for the first time since Phuket.
The view of the descent
the road in the distance
Wearing my helmet for the first time in ages
My hostel
Once I’d eaten and settled into the hostel I joined some more new friends for a sociable evening
First the children
Supplies
Then the grown ups !
Hotel Hong trinh 160000 dong