The milder weather during the last 3 days has been greatly appreciated by the three of us. Today’s ride was to Buon Ma Thuot, where we faced the same undulating terrine, bumpy roads and dangerous driving that we have described in previous blogs.
Callum and Sam experienced a very close shave with a bus, when it swerved at speed onto their side of the road to avoid a pothole..... The aftermath involved the two of them becoming entangled in the roadside shrubbery.
Thankfully no one was badly hurt, but check out the picture Sam snapped before he realised what was coming right at him! Over the trip we’ve been bemused, amused and sometimes shocked by the kinds of things that the standard Vietnamese man feels appropriate to strap onto his moped.... the photo collage we’ve posted includes: Live pigs, chickens, trees, other motorbikes and today we saw a what looked like a mountain of banana’s zooming passed..... closer inspection of the photo reveals that there was a driver there too!
Ahead of schedule by one day, we cycled 60km to an elephant village outside 'Buon Ma Thuot' to ride some elephants and swim in the rapids. A thoroughly enjoyable experience.
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On 5 June 2012, Ride4Education (Sam Wilson, Callum Ewing, Jamie Richards & George Blurton) will be flying to Vietnam to cycle 2400km from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. The Cause: Saigon Children’s Charity aim to ‘Eliminate Poverty Through Education’. By raising £15,000, we will have enough money to sponsor 15 students through their 4 years at university in Vietnam.
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