Day 7 & 8 - A Tough Few Days

Having done a lot of miles over the previous few days, we were rewarded with just 3 hours in the saddle on Wednesday. We arrived at the small beach resort of Tanh Gia in high spirits, looking forward to the seafood that was recommended to us by previous visitors. We wandered down to one of the beach side restaurants, with George and Sam catching our lunch from one of the big fish tanks. The food was great, all of us feeling full and looking forward to a relaxing afternoon at this idillic location. However, over the next few hours things took a turn for the worse, each one of us coming down with violent food poisoning, which left our hotel room less like the relaxing haven it had been just a few hours previously and more like a quarantine zone just after a biological attack.

The situation in the morning wasn't any better, with none of us were in any fit state to cycle. This meant we had to make the decision to jump in the van to the next major settlement, hoping that we would feel better the next day. This did mean that we have had to change our route slightly, but the change was necessary so that we could stay on target for reaching HCMC, as making up the miles when feeling as we did was going to be nigh on impossible.
By the end of the evening, spirits were much higher in the camp, we had managed to track down some western style food in a supermarket meaning that we could eat with confidence once again.