Today started with a hour long boat ride across the reservoir to our next starting point. We did another 68K. The steep climbs continued today just not as many as yesterday. We did travel through some nice backroads. The rice paddy field below with the mountains behind it was spectacular.
We took a quick stop to see a chopstick factory where they make them out of bamboo. The amount of manual labor used, the incredible speed and the mind numbing monotony was unbelievable.
The day ended with another insanely long steep climb.
Our day ended at the Pu Luong retreat where we enjoyed a nice dinner and rewarded ourselves with many glasses of wine.
Fun fact: every where we ride we are greeted with little kids smiling at us from the side of the road or from inside their house and saying “hello”. If I was to count, I would say this has happened about 600 times already…….and we are still not tired of it.
tom found some he can beat. miss you guys.
Miss you all, too.