People that study others, might occasionally learn something new. Yesterday I managed to do so. A blonde backpacker, riding a faster bike than ours, had her luggage strapped perpendicular to the saddle. This is good in many ways as it allocates a little bit more of the road to your vehicle and, maybe more important, it occupies less of the saddle. I gave it a try this morning and what a relief. Having more space on the saddle, maybe just one extra inch, I could change position in so many more ways and after almost three weeks on the roads: that is important.
Besides this it was a dull travel on highway 1 which from now on will be avoided. We only managed some 130 km until we decided to have an early stop. We drove to the coast and found a lovely small beach town called Sam Son close to Thanh Hoa. It seems to be full of Vietnamese people on vacation. For us, this year's final jump into the sea might have occurred. It was lovely.
Those of you who, based on the title, hoped for some other topic; shame on you.
//Stefan
compliments for the very poetic headliner.You can learn something every day!
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