Namaste, christmas chickens! Said goodbye to the Trangs, Nguyens, Huongs, Tahns and Trinhs of Vietnam about one week ago and miss the random chuckles evoked by signs that read ''Good Frice'' and ''Hung Phat'', but I've now found myself in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. Back to that in a minnie. 'Nam was fun. Was back on a bike three days after the ''challenge'', when Aaron, another ''challenger'' and I rode from the highland town of Dalat to the coastal town of Nha Trang. ''The scenery will take your breath away, because the pedalling certainly won't'', the tour company's brochure touted. Yeah right. I saw my heart beat right out of my chest. Granted, there was plenty of downhill and flat road, but they forgot to mention the hills, the hills that
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