Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Day 70 Sun 05/09 - Hanoi to Viet Tri

Today Distance : 105.7 km      Total : 3665.3 km
Today Weather : 28 - 38C    Hazzy all day
Time on Bike : 5 hr 36 min
Ave Speed : 18.8 kmh      Max : 45.0 kmh
Ave Climb : 1%      Max : 5%
Trip Altitude : 139 m       Max : 126 m
Today Spend : 235000vnd        Total : 8227000vnd

Yesterday's effort spend on surveying directions,pay off on this morning ride as I had it easy to reach the first town of Phung. Before that, a surprise pump into the Malaysian Embassy near Uncle Ho Chi Minh's Mouselum, being on Sunday the Embassy is closed as told by the Vietnamese guard. Back on the road QL32, the traffic was much smoother as you slowly out from the city limit, but the air quality was extremely low,blanketted by a thick layer of floating haze, especially worst in the afternoon with visibility level of about 100m. I has not been a drop of rain since I arrived in Hanoi on 30/8. My eyes were feeling uneasy and it hurts when sweat get into contact.Probably, the reason for missing a turning and ended up in Viet Tri, not my original plan to stay. Most hotels here are expensive in the range of 200000-350000vnd. I continue riding a little out from the town, the price dropped and for 160000vnd, I settled in Hung Long hotel. Too much staffs to wash and clean. So I stay onl;y in the room to cook my own dinner.
Uncle Ho's Mousellum
Guards changing shift
Malaysian Embassy in Hanoi
Scanvengers drying their collection on the roadside
Should had turn left here...

160000vnd room in Viet Tri
Drying the clothing with a full blast fan

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