Today I had a relatively easy day with less than 70 km of cycling. The landscape is still flat and weather was cloudy so even if I had some headwind the day was not too bad. I did the ride practically without solid food, but I did drink a lot. One of the drinks I had was a coconut which contained about 0.75 l of liquid. Yesterday evening I had a dinner in a restaurant near my hotel. I had a shrimp salad with some unknown Vietnamese bitter vedgetables as a starte...

Now I am roughly half way of my "Mekong Delta Meandering" tour. I have cycled two days from Ho Chi Minh City and am now in the unofficial capital of Mekong delta i.e. city of Can Tho. Today I rode 104 km without proper breakfast or lunch, so I need a heavy dinner later today. In general the cycling has been very pleasant here in ultimately flat delta area. Weather also has been good for cyclig for these two days it has been cloudy, but practically no ra...

Yesterday I cycled from the pleasant Mui Ne Beach to Phan Thiet and from there I took a minibus to Ho Chi Minh City where I am currently. Today I arranged myself Chambodian visa from the local consulate. As Ho Chi Minh City is very busy, and very touristic in places (i.e. expensive) I will continue cycling tomorrow morning towards south-west into Mekong delta. My current plan is to cycle for about five short days and after that to take a boat to Pnom Penh in Ch...

Since previous entry in Nha Trang I have cycled three days and reached Mui Ne Beach. It is a very nice beach tourism destination east of Phan Thiet. It means that if You buy a packaged beach holiday to Phan Thiet, You will most propably end up staying somehere on this beach. I am staying in Oceans King resort in a bungalow which costs me 25 $US/night including breakfast. The pool is about 10 meters from my door and sea is about 50 meters away, so I have been swim...

Now I am in Nha Trang as expected, although I did not come here by cycling two days but with a bus in about four hours. Soon after I started my ride yesterday morning I lost another spoke from my rear wheel. It was still not detrimental, but the end of the broken spoke got tangled with the chain and this combination destroyed my rear derailleur quite completely. As I was not able to find a proper bike shop in Quy Nhon (I had tried five) I decided to take a bus to...