Mittwoch, 13. November 2013

Getting soaked in Vietnam

Hi Folks
News from Vietnam. We are still skating on the Ho Chi Minh highway, and are getting soaked every day. Be it from our own sweat on sunny days, to common water when it rains. It just does not seem to be possible to arrive in dry condition in the evening. Or to dry your clothes over night because of the high humidity. I think soon we will have algae growing in our stuff like sloth in their fur. After three days and 150km, we had to take one day off, as we both had a "wolf" from constantly moving wet. Every push was pain full, so the day off was in order to recover and go further. Plus we found a nice camping spot right at a lakeshore. But as everywhere in Vietnam, there is no privacy because there are so many people everywhere. Let's say we were the entertainment of the day for the kids of the nearby village. Oh and the day before we had a whole family of ten watching us from the moment we woke up to the moment we had packed up the tent and left. Last night we found a camping spot in the front yard of a church, very peaceful. Although the churchkeeper was OK with us camping there, her daughter wanted us rather in her house, so in the end we spent the night on their front porch. Which was OK, because it was dry. It didn't save us from having the whole community that had gathered in the church for service that evening, to come over and have a close look at us and our stuff.
To wrap it up, its hot, its wet, there are many people, and we have skated the magic number of 50km a day, counting 200km now.
Cheers

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