Tour Itinerary After breakfast, transfer a couple of hours out of Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho – the gateway to the Mekong Delta. Today’s ride will lead you right into the heart of rural Mekong. Start cycling after the ferry journey across the Tien Giang River at My Tho. Pedal narrow roads and […]
Day 2 – Biking to Cu Chi Tunnels Monday 7 November
Tour Itinerary The Cu Chi Tunnels are an immense network of connecting underground tunnels that were the location of several military campaigns during the Vietnam War; they were the Viet Cong’s base of operations for the Tet Offensive in 1968. To visit the tunnels, we’ll transfer out of Ho Chi Minh City to Tan Phu […]
Day 1 – Arrival in Saigon Sunday 6 November
Tour Itinerary Arrival at Tan Son Nhat airport at 9am, the tour guide will pick you up and transfer you to hotel, you are free time to relax. In the afternoon, the tour guide will take you to try the bikes. Overnight in Saigon. It was an early start, 6.45 pick up for an 11.00 […]
Here we go again…..
So here I go again, off on another cycle tour / challenge and back to the blog to report and record it. Whenever we, ( my eclectic but wonderful group of 8 like-minded, 50 something cycling pals) get to the end of a cycle tour, the “where next?” discussion is bantered around. Normally there is […]
End of Tour Reflections
I drafted this 13 months ago at the end of the last adventure but for some reason it didn’t get published, so here it is …..and apologies for it being so very, very lengthy. I’m now in the plane on the way home and wanted to take some time to reflect on the trip / […]
Saturday 17 October 2015 – Day 8 – The final push – Kibbutz Lotan to Eilat
So it’s all done. We have arrived safely at Taba, the most southern point of Israel on its border with Egypt a few miles south of Eilat. We have completed the north to south ride. Today was shorter mileage than planned and on a different route. Richard R, Keith and Darren all had to catch […]
Friday 16 October 2015 – Day 7 – Through the Crater and Beyond: Mitzpe Ramon to Kibbutz Lotan
Here I sit in Kibbutz Lotan, in the middle of the Negev desert with just one day of the trip left to go. A tinge of sadness sets in because it’s almost over. But once again, this has been an amazing, unforgettable trip, beyond expectations. Last night,. After dinner ( kibbutz style food again! – […]
Thursday 15 October 2015 – Day 6 – Edge of the Crater: Yeruham to Mitzpe Ramon
Today was a “recovery” day after yesterday’s exertions and we all needed it. Although I don’t know how anyone else would define a “recovery day” in the context of what we are doing, but it was another 36 miles in 2 hrs 40 of cycling at an average of 13.4, hardly a light days work […]
Wednesday 14 October 2015 – Day 5 – Dead Sea to Yeruham; The Scorpion’s Ascent
Today was always going to be the hardest day of this trip. It is dominated by a huge amount of climbing up from the Dead Sea, leaving the Judean desert and riding into the Negev desert. The big climb of the day is Scorpions Ascent on an ancient trading route over a mountain ridge, followed by another […]
