Sunday, 3 November 2013

Day 68, 88km: by Amy

There was a bit of confusion at the outset with locals pointing us to all 4 exits of the town roundabout but once this was sorted and we found the right road it was plain sailing (navigationally speaking). Terrain wise it was steep uphill for the whole morning past wooden houses on stilts then up into jungle covered hills. One young lady on a moped stopped to talk to us (she spoke a little English). I showed her our Chinese explanation sheet and she took a photo of us. Later in the morning she flagged me down outside what turned out to be her house by a banana grove and gave me a massive bunch of mini bananas! 


 Amy tries the locally grown fruit:
 
We ate lunch near the top of the pass looking out over the misty hills. After eating it started to rain on and off. I had a town in mind for the night and after the big pass we were making good time following a river downstream so I was confident we could make it. Unfortunately the town turn out to be at the top of another 15km climb ascending another 1500ft. To make matters worse it started to rain. I had a sense of humour failure and had to sit and eat cookies. We finally made it into town at 18:40 just before it got dark. The town hotel was being refurbished but a room was ready so we moved in and had brand new comfy duvets and pillows for the night.

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