part II
out on the 'expressways' there were only 2 lanes with no central divider. this meant that oncoming vehicles (trucks, buses, such cute vehicles) were constantly entering our lane during overtaking. however this didn't cause much problems because we mostly stuck to the road shoulder anyway.
maybe except for the one time when i was overtaking a vehicle on my lane and then had to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with a BMW suv who was doing some double overtaking on his side of the road. but i didn't die so it was fun.
being the most experienced, i took up the rear position so that i could make sure that everyone in front of me was still alive. being at the back meant that i could go at a more leisurely pace and look around at the scenery a little whenever i wasn't in danger of being crushed by overtaking vehicles.
after an unknown amount of time that probably felt a whole lot longer than it was, we ended up in the countryside. dusty roads lined with 1 or 2 storied buildings on both sides, but there were still huge vehicles roaring past us ever so often.
riding here felt the most peaceful, except for some villagers on bikes who didn't check their blind spot (no one does that anyway) and nearly hit mr confident, who for some reason decided to ride so close to them when the road was empty. i also got run off the road into the soil and mud a couple of times by crazy oncoming vehicles who did amazing turns to get to buildings on my side of the road.
and then it was up into the hills of ba vi national park. haha btw when we were at the bike tour company, we asked the ladies there for pictures of the places we could visit, like actual photos taken during previous trips. they said ok, after which they went to google images for us, so all we saw were jungle trails and aerial photos of the mountains.
the hill was only 400m high but at some parts it felt like we were riding into the clouds, and it was actually cold at the top. the road up twisted and turned for 8km, and at most parts it was just a nice steep drop off the sides, should one of us be so fortunate to try it.
the scenery was fantastic, although it was really cloudy so we couldn't see far into the distance. also, it wasn't really possible to look at the scenery and avoid falling down the cliffs at the same time so... yea better concentrate on riding first.
at this point, my bike felt really sluggish and could hardly get out of gear 2, probably due to a combination of it's heavy weight, small engine and poor maintenance, because most of the hills weren't that steep and i was pretty sure my vespa could handle it.
anyway i still managed to chug chug chug my way to the top, where we had to dismount and walk up a long series of steps to get to the peak where there was a temple. we ran up the never-ending steps because we had nothing better to do.
maybe except for the one time when i was overtaking a vehicle on my lane and then had to swerve to avoid a head-on collision with a BMW suv who was doing some double overtaking on his side of the road. but i didn't die so it was fun.
being the most experienced, i took up the rear position so that i could make sure that everyone in front of me was still alive. being at the back meant that i could go at a more leisurely pace and look around at the scenery a little whenever i wasn't in danger of being crushed by overtaking vehicles.
after an unknown amount of time that probably felt a whole lot longer than it was, we ended up in the countryside. dusty roads lined with 1 or 2 storied buildings on both sides, but there were still huge vehicles roaring past us ever so often.
riding here felt the most peaceful, except for some villagers on bikes who didn't check their blind spot (no one does that anyway) and nearly hit mr confident, who for some reason decided to ride so close to them when the road was empty. i also got run off the road into the soil and mud a couple of times by crazy oncoming vehicles who did amazing turns to get to buildings on my side of the road.
and then it was up into the hills of ba vi national park. haha btw when we were at the bike tour company, we asked the ladies there for pictures of the places we could visit, like actual photos taken during previous trips. they said ok, after which they went to google images for us, so all we saw were jungle trails and aerial photos of the mountains.
the hill was only 400m high but at some parts it felt like we were riding into the clouds, and it was actually cold at the top. the road up twisted and turned for 8km, and at most parts it was just a nice steep drop off the sides, should one of us be so fortunate to try it.
the scenery was fantastic, although it was really cloudy so we couldn't see far into the distance. also, it wasn't really possible to look at the scenery and avoid falling down the cliffs at the same time so... yea better concentrate on riding first.
at this point, my bike felt really sluggish and could hardly get out of gear 2, probably due to a combination of it's heavy weight, small engine and poor maintenance, because most of the hills weren't that steep and i was pretty sure my vespa could handle it.
anyway i still managed to chug chug chug my way to the top, where we had to dismount and walk up a long series of steps to get to the peak where there was a temple. we ran up the never-ending steps because we had nothing better to do.
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