... and let's slip the dogs of war!

Once again the battles have been raging on the muddy roads outside Dà Lat. Bike versus Road, Man versus Nature, and unlike yesterday; today there were casualties. We've been scuffling around in the hinterlands most of the day, struggling up and tumbling down steep hills while avoiding pot holes and chickens. It's been a lovely rough day and everything where going so well until Dad lost his bike keys in the middle of nowhere. Our struggle across this beautiful country was going so well and we were rapidly collecting points, because it's always important to collect those points, but now the scores are closing in. Let's have a look at the score board:

1 - 0 Bike and Man opens up strong with surviving Ho Chi Minh

1 - 1 Road and Nature counter with classical "Nail in Tire", making the poor travelers miss their over-night goal.

2 - 1 Bike and Man pushes on strong and makes it to Dà Lat before sunset and without any major difficulties.

3 -1 The lead increases as Bike and Man fool around the entire day without breaking a sweat, figuratively, as both Road and Nature weakly tries to hold them back.

3 - 2 Pride goes before the fall and Man makes a fatal blunder when loosing his keys, rendering his bike useless. 

This gives the Man and his Bike a slight lead still, but tomorrows ride east could easily tie up the scores. While heading towards Nha Trang we will pass through Da Chais and Khanh Vinh, or Pass of Evident Suffering and Road of Endless Peril as we've suitably renamed them, before hopefully reaching the coast. We've adapted to the local custom of naming everything endless times, giving me and Becky, also Blue Bullet or Barbara, a distinct advantage against the Road and Nature, probably. Bets are still up and anything can happen!

//Nisse