The Alps will be a doddle after this!
Thursday 31st March 2011
A fairly easy day today, just a 50km ride to Me village of the Tay ethnic people and arrived in Nam An eco site village in time for lunch. Stayed in a house on stilts.
Friday 1st April 2011
A challenging day climbing the Hoang Su Phi Heavens Gate pass in the morning and a long climb up to Hoang Su Phi in the afternoon. 40/50 miles of mountainous country going up and down all the time.
I will be able to tackle the Alps on a big ring I am getting so fit! The weather was better today and I was able to wear shorts. Have bought a mask to wear like the locals do, to protect my lungs from all the dust! It cost about 20p and a Vietnamese flag for £1.80.
I am really enjoying being in Vietnam, it is so very different from the UK. The people are very cheerful and, always shouting hello, waving and giving the ‘V’ for ‘Victory’ sign. Our cycling group stand out like sore thumbs because we are white, tall and strangely dressed compared to the locals. The average height of the locals is about 5′ but there are a lot, especially the women who are barely 4′ tall. The people in the rural areas go to work in their traditional dress, wearing beautiful skirts and headgear. In the towns the population tend to wear more western dress. They grow a lot of different vegetables, many of which I cannot identify.
We had one rather amusing incident today at a local market. One of our female riders, who is particularly well endowed up top, had her breast squeezed by a tiny Vietnamese lady who was obviously fascinated by the size of our lady rider compared to all the tiny Vietnamese!
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