Most days follow a similar pattern:
- Snooze alarm clock a few times
- Make green tea (usually Hannah)
- Pack up panniers (doesn't take long thanks to our system – see previous post!)
- Check out of accommodation and faff a bit with hats, glasses etc
- Find breakfast (in southern Vietnam often a paté-filled baguette and a delicious coffee)
- After first 25kms more coffee (usually iced, with condensed milk!)
- 12 o'clock: Stop for lunch
- [About six hours would be our ideal cycling day but we often do more]
- [GPS Darvill (Jnr) is fairly reliable but has an unfortunate bug which means that any route-finding errors result in violent bouts of swearing]
- Later, roll up outside likely-looking accommodation. One checks cleanliness of bedding, A/C etc while the other waits outside being stared at
- Negotiate bike-storage arrangements
- Make green tea (usually Hannah)
- Wash selves and clothes (usually filthy)
- Stretch a bit, especially quads
- Put long clothes and DEET on and head out in search of supper, which is usually accompanied by one lager each
- Read or write a bit then early to bed!
We love moving on most days and mostly we quite like the feeling of not knowing how each day will end. Zoe says she can't imagine travelling any other way now than by bike, which Hannah is pleased about. Zoe also says the bag categorisation system is essential, which Hannah is pleasantly surprised about. Zoe and Hannah are getting on particularly well, which neither is surprised about.
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So what's the secret then? Stress for most couples results in bickering and trivial fall-outs. Is this not stressful, does the isolation and necessity of co-operation galvanise you into harmonious bliss? Can you bottle it?
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