In my quest to convince Will to buy a bike with me and ride the coast we decided on at least renting one first, just to see if it was do-able. The strip between Hue and Hoi`an is considered the nicest in all of Vietnam, especially since it was dubbed as the highlight of the top gear episode, i mean i was excited enough just to be getting a bike so to be doing it in what was meant to be such nice scenery, i couldn`t wait.
10.00 am.. none of us had ever been on bikes before so the first thing to do was learn! We went up and down the street a few times and once everyone felt comfortable set off on the main road.Hues roads aren`t quite Hanoi`s, that place was just mental. That's not to say that these are much safer, you still get people transporting sofas and dining sets of tables and chairs on the back of their bikes. I even saw 5 people on the back of one bike at one point; driver, kid on drivers lap, mum with baby strapped to her front and a kid standing on the back. Anyway we were off, we filled our tanks, we where on highway 01 and heading out of Hue.
12.00 First proper stop of the day, we`d done a few brief stops before this, buying ties to strap round our head Rambo style, another place for a drink and more bike accessories, but now we`d stopped for a wander on foot at these waterfalls.The biking was amazing by the way, we`d only done flat open city roads by this point but i was enjoying it more than i`ve ever enjoyed anything.....ever.
There`s no enforced speed limits, there more like just guidelines and the roads where getting quieter so despite the waterfalls being as good as they were i was just excited to get back on the bike.
3.00 Stopped for dinner at this point, just some fried rice and a drink then back on it... we where coming up to the Hai van mountain pass next which is now possibly the most fun hour of my life. I`d totally gotten comfortable /cocky with the biking at this point, turning into corners, overtaking the sparse traffic. You start to wind up this almost vertical road in the cliff face, before looping round on yourself and revealing the most amazing of views. I didn`t even take many photos which is strange for me as usually it`s pretty high on the priority list, i was just lost in my own mind enjoying things.
5.00 The sun starts to set quite early here, by 5 we where going over this huge bridge, i was pushing pretty hard to get there before darkness and sun was just dipping out of sight, by half 5 i was flying down the beach front towards Hoi`an.
6ish It had just gone dark when we came past the marble mountains of Hoi`an, we decided to go up, seeing as we where there, and just reflected over the days events while overlooking our arrived town. By 7 we`d checked into a hotel, dirt covered an exhausted, i`d enjoyed myself so much this day and could of happily continued to Ho Chi Minh...Without doubt the best day of Vietnam, probably the entire trip, quite possibly ever! and officially in love with bikes.
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to yet another travel blog!
This is the second time I’ve wrote this intro thing. I wrote one trying way too hard to sound the way I wish I could write. The truth is though, since my GCSE’s I haven’t had to do any proper writing what-so-ever. I did all art A-level as well as an art degree and now work as a graphic designer.
Hopefully it turns out alright, I’m going to try to update as much as possible and if you need to email me privately I’ll be checking my mails every week or so, so just click the mail button above. If the writing becomes too painful then you can go straight to all the photo’s from the "Pictures" link at the top, as will all my videos.
Cheers to anyone who ends up reading this, although I’m sure it’ll become a spam paradise of abuse from friends and work colleagues..cya all in a year or so :D
This is the second time I’ve wrote this intro thing. I wrote one trying way too hard to sound the way I wish I could write. The truth is though, since my GCSE’s I haven’t had to do any proper writing what-so-ever. I did all art A-level as well as an art degree and now work as a graphic designer.
Hopefully it turns out alright, I’m going to try to update as much as possible and if you need to email me privately I’ll be checking my mails every week or so, so just click the mail button above. If the writing becomes too painful then you can go straight to all the photo’s from the "Pictures" link at the top, as will all my videos.
Cheers to anyone who ends up reading this, although I’m sure it’ll become a spam paradise of abuse from friends and work colleagues..cya all in a year or so :D
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