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September 21st 2008

Published: November 3rd 2008

We crossed into Vietnam early in the morning with tender backside from sleeping on the benches at the Lao border. We decended to Dien Bien Phu with heavy rain and a skeptic mind as Carl had filled both me and Carter with scare stories of Vietnam when he visited 10 years ago!! The next 6 days we cycled through unspoilt mountain scenery towards Hanoi. Along the way we came across some mega friendl... Read Full Entry

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Sarah Hartley & Carl Helliwell

SazandCarlos

Myself and Carlos have spent 19 months cycle touring Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Burma, Loas, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern India, Turkey, Greece, Macadonia, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland and now back home in the North of England. Its the best thing I've ever done and would encourage anybody else to do it. Sarah & Carl xx xx ... full info

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The man himself

HCMC post office

First lunch stop

This women made a very wet rainy day worth it, as she fed us our first of many banquet meals

A bit of side road teaching!!

Mega friendly local tribes

The local dress

One of the better kitchens

Hanoi mayhem!!

The maddest place we have cycled so far... India may beat it!!

This is for you Mrs Yates

These rough looking girls are on their way to school .... I can imagine these being hell in the classroom PS I think Mrs Yates would look good in one of these outfits

These should be in school

But they have a big job on today, of standing on their buffalo

The mad rush to school

Or not ... they all travel at 4mph so they do not sweat. Every child travels to school by bike. We met 1 boy who did a 20 mile round trip a day.

Some mega food

This massive plate full cost only 70p

Who needs a delivery van

Everyone in Vietnam puts mega loads on scooters. The list is endless.

12th November 2008

stotty
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jobs..
i think all 3 of you need to get jobs and work...like me

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