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Wow, today has been by far the best ride so far, this morning we got up and my unicorns head light wasnt working so i took it to a machanic, and with in 15 min the bike was is 15 pieces, they had to get to the starter motor, there were some loose wires, 15mins later and $5 later she was all back together again, loaded my bags on filled up the gas and we were off, it took us about 20 mins to get out of the town, eventually someone drew us a map and we got out of Cao Bang, we kept asking for directions along the way and started riding along a much narrower road then we had riden on before, 20 mins into the ride we were overtaken by a motorcycle tour group, they were riding 650cc motorbikes and riding threw every puddle, and it was on!! we hit every pot hole head on, and our little 100cc Hondas kept up i was just waiting for my tire to explode but it held together, the group had a break further up the road and we stopped and had a chat with them and they recomended some tracks to take and they were really happy, they even gave us a snikers bar, we were relly hungry and that kept us going for a while, we left the group and then we had huge mountains ahead of us and the only way threw was over them we would climb all the way up and the views were absolutly amazing i have alot of Go Pro Footage, we rode up and down these beautiful mountains for the next 2.5 hours we stopped along the way to eat some biscuits i had with me and got some great photos of the locals, it rained on and off as we would cross the mountain passes, but i loved the feeling of riding in the rain, we cought up to the motorbike tour again and we meet the two canadians from yesterday again we were so happ to see them we left the motorbike group behind and rode together with the canadians, their really great company as we were riding it started rain real bad for about 20min we were soacked iv never been this wet, and i had put on my thickest socks this morning, and my water proff pants only reach my ankels, but it was loads of fun we passed water falls and soon enough the rain stopped and we had only 30 km to go till Bao Lac, we want to keep riding north but were going to be real close to the chinese border and we need a permit to ride there were going to try and get one tomorro, were at the only hotel in Bao Lac and got a room with 4 bed and were going to spend the night with the canadians, and ride tomorro with them, we couldnt find any diner in town we tryed a sausage that someone was cooking on the side of the road, but it was suspicios we bought 2 Kgs of Lychee and im just of the belcony writing my blog and eating Lychee got some more biscuits and i cant wait for tomorros ride we got more mountain passes and hopefully we can get permets to ride further north... Fingers crossed.
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natalie_c The NUTELLA Jar would have fixed up all ur missing meals... :p
Karen when i had a gsd years back(lost her to epilepsy at 18mths)she was a bike chesar also,(tho when off the lead she always came back when called, anyway i took it upon myself to teach her the down and stay command coz i thought if i had that cracked, if a bike was to come past i could put it into practice .so i started her on the down command first, and no joke she mastered it in 30 minutes, so i then moved on to the stay and coz she loved her tennis ball i used that to help, i put her in the down and moved a away with her ball while saying "stay" and after a few goes i could move away with her still "down" and focusing on her ball, so decided when i was out and i saw a bike i would see wot happens and low and behold a bike was approaching so i put her in the "down" and told her to stay and the bike rode past with no probs and hollie still down which took a week to perfect ..and coz she didnt move when the bike came past she got her ball as a reward..she got so good at the down and stay that she could be way in front and i could shout the command if i saw a bike coming past me and she would down and stay till it went past then run back to me for her ball..so practice the down command first(mayb at home or in a quiet corner of your local park..which i did)and when youve got that then practice the stay with something she is keen on like a toy or biscuit which she can have if she stays put when u walk away,then when you have both those in place ask a friend to help you out by riding past and put both commands to the test xxxxReferences :
Diana Bring us back some Lychee, Phil!! :)