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12 September 2019
Friday 6 September 19 – Sisophon (Cambodia) to Aranyaprathet (Thailand) – 57km As ever it was with some trepidation that we set off for another border crossing. It was a dull grey day with skies that threatened rain, which did appear for a bit during the ride to the border, but nothing to slow us […]
8 September 2019
Our journey through Cambodia was always going to be a flying visit, which was a shame as we now know a bit more about the country and we want to spend more time here. We will definitely come back in the future! It has had quite an impact on us for all the right reasons. Here is […]
3 September 2019
One small thing that we forgot to include in the last blog was that just coming into Phnom Penh we passed 25,000km on our journey! We have noticed that some of our equipment and clothing is looking a bit worn and our bikes are in need of a service, a new back tyre each and […]
25 August 2019
Along the sides of most of the roads in Vietnam there are way-markers that count down the number of kilometres to the next town or city. Every now and then there are also markers to towns and bigger cities further away. Today I looked over my shoulder when I passed one and saw Hà Nội […]
15 August 2019
We have been holed up in Nha Trang for Martina’s convalescence, so there was the potential for a gap in our blogs as there’s not much happening. Well actually there’s a lot happening… just invisibly inside Martina’s bones and muscles! So, we have decided to finish our Vietnam round up to ‘plug’ the blog gap. […]
12 August 2019
Tuesday 6 August 19 – Ninh Hoa to Nha Trang – 41km (Martina last 16km by ambulance) As we had a short day planned we were up and out a wee bit later than usual. We were being blown along nicely by a tail wind so at about 18km, instead of going straight to Nha […]