The adventure started on the 26th of November when 3 excitable boys travelled down to Heathrow in the middle of the night speculating at what lay ahead. On arriving at Heathrow we met up with everyone who was going on the cycling trip and started to make our new best friends for the next 6 days and possibly forever.
After a 13 hour flight to Singapore we had a very different experience being able to swim in the airport’s pool whilst waiting for our transfer flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), where we were left to our own devices to explore the sights and sounds of this captivating city. After finally finding our way back to the hotel through the hustle, bustle and commotion of the city, we were told more about the challenge that lay ahead apart from getting over the jetlag it finally seemed to sink in that we had nearly 500km to ride over the next few days, who’s silly idea was this anyway?
Day 3 Saigon-Tay Ninh
An early start today through the crazed drivers of Saigon to the Cu Chi Tunnels to have a guided tour . The tunnels of Cu Chi are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels located in the Cu Chi district of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, and are part of a much larger network of tunnels that underlie much of the country. The Cu Chi tunnels were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War, and were the Viet Cong‘s base of operations for the Tet Offensive in 1968.
After an early lunch of probably dog and cat meat because let’s be honest and who knows what we’re getting (Ed. eating cat and dog meat is not common in the south of the country) the race (ride) finally began. The ride for today totalled around 70km with the 1st 20km taken slowly in the immense heat to Dau Tieng. The next part of the trip we went inland to quiet rural roads where the scenery completely transformed into paddy fields with roaming water buffalo and local farmers putting us to shame cycling along balancing huge bales of straw. The final leg of today’s journey was on a busier route meandering through small villages of simple wooden houses all the way to the market town of Tay Ninh, where were very thankful to leave our bikes for the night.
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