Goodbye Communist China
After nearly 3,000 mile trouble-free cycling in China, we got arrested in Vietnams border-zone illegally free-camping on the beach...SHIT!
From: Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Da Nang
The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist for... [read more]
The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist for... [read more] Blog: Out of the PRC - and Arrested camping illegally in the Border-Zone!
Date: January 12th 2007
Day 226, 12th January Qinzhou - Jiangping - VIETNAM - Mong Cai - Tra Co My guts weren’t much better this morning, but after a quick email check, we were up and on the road for 10am. The idea was to get as close to the Vietnamese border as possible somewhere along the coastal road, and then camp. As we sped along the empty roads though, the general consensus was to reach the border at Dong ... read more
Date: January 12th 2007
Day 226, 12th January Qinzhou - Jiangping - VIETNAM - Mong Cai - Tra Co My guts weren’t much better this morning, but after a quick email check, we were up and on the road for 10am. The idea was to get as close to the Vietnamese border as possible somewhere along the coastal road, and then camp. As we sped along the empty roads though, the general consensus was to reach the border at Dong ... read more
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“2001 a Bike Odyssey Memorablog”. This blog is a memorial blog to the 2001 bikepacking trip which started out from central England on 1st June of that year. It is being updated every few days exactly five years after the original trip took place, and written word for word from Andy Ganner’s journal. Andy Ganner set out with three people he had only met through the internet to travel completely by bike to Singapore. The planned route was eastwards across Siberia, and then down through Mongolia and China, finally crossing South East Asia to reach Singapore sometime early the follo... full info
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