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Started one hour later today. We just couldn't get out of bed at 6 'o clock. It turned out to be another very hot day (according to the french couple we met yesterday the temperature is often around 40-45 °C and higher!) and today it was Line who didn't cope to well with the blistering heat. Our first thought was to stop at Thabok after around 55km (we found two guesthouses there) but decided to go on a little further to cut of a few km's from tomorrow's ride to Vientiane. Well that didn't work out as planned. There weren't any guesthouses in the next town, so we had to add another 30 km to the counter to get to Ban Hai. If you're feeling the heat, this is long! We found a hotel just before Ban Hai but wanted to take a look in the town itself since the roadmarks indicated Ban Hai already since Paksane. "This must mean that there are a couple of guesthouses" we thought. Well, we thought wrong. There is only one, without shower (but with A/C, strange ;) ). So we ate another noodlesoup for lunch and headed back (2km) to the hotel we saw first. For the rest of the day we just read in our book/lonely planned, drank a beer and a coke, ate some fruit and escaped from the heat. Rounded the evening with grilled duck, fried rice, more beer & playing cards. Ready for an early night sleep, tomorrow should be our last day of biking. Will hit the 4500km before we enter Vientiane. Maybe a little bit of biking around in Vientiane itself, but that should be it. Line is feeling very happy ;-) Although secretly she will then start to miss the bike....just wait!
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Started one hour later today. We just couldn't get out of bed at 6 'o clock. It turned out to be another very hot day (according to the french couple we met yesterday the temperature is often around 40-45 °C and higher!) and today it was Line who didn't cope to well with the blistering heat. Our first thought was to stop at Thabok after around 55km (we found two guesthouses there) but decided to go on a little further to cut of a few km's from tomorrow's ride to Vientiane. Well that didn't work out as planned. There weren't any guesthouses in the next town, so we had to add another 30 km to the counter to get to Ban Hai. If you're feeling the heat, this is long! We found a hotel just before Ban Hai but wanted to take a look in the town itself since the roadmarks indicated Ban Hai already since Paksane. "This must mean that there are a couple of guesthouses" we thought. Well, we thought wrong. There is only one, without shower (but with A/C, strange ;) ). So we ate another noodlesoup for lunch and headed back (2km) to the hotel we saw first. For the rest of the day we just read in our book/lonely planned, drank a beer and a coke, ate some fruit and escaped from the heat. Rounded the evening with grilled duck, fried rice, more beer & playing cards. Ready for an early night sleep, tomorrow should be our last day of biking. Will hit the 4500km before we enter Vientiane. Maybe a little bit of biking around in Vientiane itself, but that should be it. Line is feeling very happy ;-) Although secretly she will then start to miss the bike....just wait!
glad to see you again guys
BeantwoordenVerwijderenen hier eindelijk ook een zonnetje en nog bijna vriezekoud.
kus
Fijne update. En binnenkort vakantie in zicht Line op de Thaise eilandjes, dubbel en dik verdiend zou ik zo zeggen. Kussen, Chantal
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHey kilometervreters, geniet bij het overschrijden van de kaap v 4500 en van de laatste fietsdag. Wel opletten dat je nu niet te veel aan gewicht gaat pakken of de nieuwe kledij gaat niet meer passen.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenKus mams Mieke