80km, 26 (feels like 32) to 35deg, 94% humidity. The Cinderella Hotel is used as a training center for new staff so at brekky you are surrounded by waiters who want to impress. They all practice their English on you and their uniforms are immaculate, although it's funny watching young boys trying to serve tea wearing oversized men's white gloves. (This city was the centre for British Rule when they were here so English is traditional). It was all for a fun experi...

94km, 29 to 34deg, fine and mostly clear. A much better sleep in a very nice clean bed. With the aircon set at 22deg I still had to stay under the doona. Brekky was mainly what we'd normally eat at an Asian restaurant back home; or a normal European cooked breakfast, accompanied by lovely fresh tropical fruit. They also served those yummy rice flour and shredded coconut pancakes like the ones we had in Ye. Either choice is just what is needed for a day on the bik...

Brekky at the motel consisted of one rice flour and coconut pancake and a banana. A bit light on for cycling 84km in the heat, but we get plenty of snacks along the way so we'll survive. Rode away at 8am into an already hot day, got up to about 33deg but in the sun it was energy sapping and felt like more. Luckily there's a lot of rubber trees growing close to the road so we got some shade as we rode. Didn't see any cities or big towns, just a series of villages ...