Rest day in Vinh Long

February 14, 2018

On one side I consider myself lucky to be here in Vietnam during the build-up for the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year celebrations. On the other hand I am obviously a bit concerned what impact that will have on me or rather my cycling. I understand it is not like the Thai or Laos Songkran with water bombs being thrown at you but I am concerned about another related issue. In Sa Dec I spoke to a Vietnamese guy who had migrated to Canada 35 years ago. He is here to see his family for the festive season and warned me as - I can´t recall the exact figures - about 40% of fatal accidents occur during this particular period whereas mathematically it should be ca. 2%. Drink and drive obviously.

Well that´s a thing I will worry about come Friday, today I dive into the just and only positive side of the preparations. Vin Long is a sea of colour as the town is flamboyant with all the flower and plant stalls. Overwhelming! So you better like looking at floral pics....

My lovely room no. 321 in the Loc Phuc Hotel and....

I like having my first coffee in the morning down there where the businesses are getting started

These poor creatures kept me awake most of the night and I don´t even blame them for being unhappy. The little fellow on the left is still going....

If that scooter madness over the day was not good enough for you, you could always have dinner at this table in the middle of the market intersection

The owners of the hotel do prepare and sell this delicious sweetness too: some sort of rhubarb in a semolina dough, wrapped and cooked in banana leafs

That´s my new plan (route and destinations) sticking to the short-days-on-the-bike philosophy

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