The 16-day, 1000km Bangkok to Saigon cycle challenge culminated on November 26 in a rather thrilling way: riding into the manic city streets of Saigon, where motorcycles number three million, and managing to hit one (well, the odds were high)! No one looks where they're going, but traffic weaves in some shambolic fashion and it seems to work. On bicycles we had access to many parts of the three countries (Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam) that we wouldn't have otherwise. The routes took us through tapioca fields and rice paddies, ethnic minority villages, past rivers, streams, hills and temples. At times the roads got rough - one so tough it reduced me into a fit of tears: Imagine the dustiest, rockiest, bumpiest and most pot-holed road you can, stretch it to 80km, add a sun that beats
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