2024 - Vietnam by e-Bike

24-33 deg C Ride: 20km "Explore Hue and visit the citadel. Take a boat ride along the Perfume River and visit tombs of the Nguyen emperors. Transfer to the train station. Take the overnight on the Reunification Express Train to Ninh Binh. Dinner box on train. Hotel: Yen Nhi Hotel Ninh Binh. Cycle 25km." We pretty much stuck to the script today. We rode through a 'normal person's' cemetery on the way to visit the tomb of an emperor. There was an uphill bit to get through the normal cemetery, and, of course, what goes up must always come down. The downhill was a bit scary as it had been washed away in places and some of the gravel was quite loose. Greg made it all the way to the bottom, and Wendy made it three quarters of the way down before she started second guessing herself and becoming a tad unsafe. Greg walked up some of the way to help Wendy down with the bike.  In between the two cemeteries, we visited a village that makes incense sticks and Bob had a go at m...

25-27 deg C Ride: 0km "Transfer beyond Danang to take on Hai Van Pass and climb 500 metres over 10 kms. After lunch, turn off the main highway and take a coastal side road for 44 km almost all the way to our destination. Energetic riders will make it all the way into Hue. Climb the Hai Van Pass, ride along the peninsula to Hue. Overnight in Hue. Hotel: Duy Tan Hotel. Cycle: 60km+" We were at breakfast early than usual as we had a 7:30am start. We were supposed to ride away from the hotel for 20km, however, it was still raining quite heavily, so we opted for the bus. We arrived at Danang Beach, and five brave souls rode away about 30 minutes later; they were keen to ride the Hai Van Pass. Alas, the rain gods were not listening, and about 7km later the riders had to stop and take shelter in a coffee shop. By this time, however, the bus had gone straight past them as the driver did not know they had stopped. We did a u-turn about 10km up the road and caught up with the riders, b...