Today Weather 26 - 39C Sunny with night rain
Time on Bike : 3 hr 37 min
Ave Speed : 7.1 kmh Max : 41.0 kmh
Ave Climb : 6% Max : 16%
Today Spend : 79000vnd Total : 9010000vnd
Too over-optimistic resulted in today's surprise camping 11km short to Sapa. My estimation is to reach Sapa early in the day and check in a guesthouse to relax a bit. But the mountain is too big and long, seems never-ending of continuous climbing, and I had no idea how long this climb will go on, whether there is a downhill? So the best option is to camp and enjoy the mountain views of terrace paddy fields and start fresh tomorrow morning. There are numerous good campsites, grassland flooring,mountain stream water for washing. Luckily I still has some rice to cook, a can of beef in tomato sauce and 2 slices of pork saucers for dinner. The scenery is best so far in Vietnam.
Start of the climb from Lao Cai
Another new road on the way
Rest stop at a bend
Road make its way in between hugh mountains
They are the kings of the road
Z-section of the climb up ( can u spot the bus?)
River flowing at the bottom of the valley
Paddy fields
Kid look very unhappy
Serious looking black H'mong hill tribe
Good view on the mountain
Camp just at the egde of the slope
Mountain stream water nearby
Cooking at 1100m
My camp dinner
1 comment:
Ha! Ha! Kid looks unhappy cos he was caught stealing Meng's tyre, is it?
C5
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