Cycling the vietnamese countryside

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The last 80 kilometers in Laos were quite hard so it's a tired Francois that arrived at the border crossing.

Officers were surprised to see someone on a bicycle and they were quite curious. At some point, one of them even asked me quite formally to step a few meters away from my bike. I started to wonder what it was all about when in fact he jumped on it and did a few meters just to try it 😊

Another officer asked me $1 for stamping the visa. It's not legal but there was no point to get into trouble for so little. There was a small office where I was able to change my Laos money into Vietnamese Dongs. In less than 20 minutes I was on the other side...

... and then it was just great: 18km of crazy downhill ! oh yeaah ! I even overtake a bus and a truck, they had no chance :p Well that's until they caught up with me a few km later, on the flat.

Vietnamese people in the countryside were very friendly, if a little shy sometimes. But I was greeted by most people I met on the road. Hello, Hello, Hello, everybody is smiling, I just love it.

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Comments

[eneour]

Hello Francois!
Salut le Beaussier! excellent! en voila un joli tour du monde! t'en a encore pour combien de temps? quels sont les prochain pays que tu comptes visiter? bon courage et bonne route! eneour

[francoisbeaussier]

Encore environ 5 mois :p
Je devrais arriver en chine d'ici quelque jours, ensuite je vais rester quelque mois en Coree puis Japon et retour en Australie :)