Our cycling today was 57 miles. It was through the countryside and full of sites we had never seen before. We rice drying on the roads (yes, right on the road), shrimp being dried on the road, shrimp farms, lobster farms and rice paddies. The site and smells were new and wonderful. We rode by many fishing villages, bay's filled with fishing boats, farming villages and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.
A fun and interesting aspect of the day was that in many villages and homes, the young children were standing on the side of the road yelling "hello" and waving. The site of seeing 18 white skinned folks riding bikes through their town is obviously a novelty. Our guide advised us that if we stop, they may want to come up to us and try to touch our white skin. If someone is light skinned, it means that they do not have to work in the fields. That makes white skin a sign of wealth.
Here are the routes we cycled, we had a bus ride in between to bypass a busy section ofroad, so there are two:
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We continue to mix with the rest of the group and find all the people extremely kind and wonderful to talk with. They are very game to try anything, have very interesting stories, especially about travel. Very important in group travel is the fact that they are prompt and don't ask silly questions at our daily briefings.
Right now we are at a wonderful seaside motel, sitting around in hotel bathrobes and listening to some kind of Vietnamese Variety show in the courtyard below. We are waiting for room service which will cost a whole $20. The only bad thing is that we don't know how long the show will last and they are blowing some kind of horns like the South African Vuvuzela's. I sure hope it does not last long. If it does, we have ear plugs and a 5 hour bus ride north before we cycle tomorrow, so we will survive.
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| The person was squid fishing |
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| Either a shrimp or lobster farm. There were hundreds of these ponds |
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| Fishing boats in the bay |
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| Rice being dried on the road. The road was open. You just had to hope no one else was coming the other way |
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| Rice paddy |
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| Our group photo |
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