Author: Roland

Cambodia day 3 Leaving Monkey Maya was tough, but we struggled back along the 15km road (construction and all) and headed back the way we came for about 40km along the main road. At our first break (Cola and iced

Yes, I know – I jumped a day there – somehow, my days here got mixed up…. We checked out this morning spontaneously the possibility of taking a boat up Mekong to Phnom Penh, and continuing on from there. It

Left Sa Dec on a very secluded street – but variable quality – almost certainly not a street that sees many tourists.   Cycled to Ferry, then instead of taking second ferry, we continued on smaller roads as much as

Hot Hot Hot – 37 deg in the shade – 41 in the sun at 1pm And flat flat flat Cycling out of HCMC was as always a challenge, exciting, scary, wild, chaotic. We were on a major divided highway,

After our long nap, it was into a taxi and into downtown HCMC for an afternoon/evening of looking around.   HCMC is a vibrant quickly expanding and modernizing – life and vitality vibrate everywhere.  It was massively different to Hanoi,

What is there to say – 17 hours in a bus….. Got to the bus station at 11:00 so that we would have enough time to pack bikes onto bus.  After showing up and the bus driver (and his own

A gentle cycle back to Da Nang with a late start.  We have no rush to get back to Da Nang, as it is just a 1-1/2 hour cycle along the coast, so an easy start today. We passed by

Hoi An is such a wonderful, relaxed and beautiful place,  we decided to stay an extra day here. By chance, the 1st March is full moon, and every full moon (14th of each lunar month) is a a lantern festival