Made It !! ~ Viange Viene

Fewwwwwwwww, what a reliefe to roll into Viange Viene. The cycling was beautiful, better than I would have imagined, exhausting but good. The scenery was incredible, the hills brutall. The first day had the hardest climbing (go figure) and 70km (70Km * .62 = 43.4mi)into it at sunset (1km=0.62mi) I caught a truck the final 9km to our guesthouse, Jorn joined me, Daniel is an animal and rode another 45minuets in the dark. The first climb of the day was 600M vertical over 10km, the next climb 1000M vertical over 25km, which led right up to the village where we stayed. The second day we rode 76km to the hotsprings and was considerably better than the first day, only one big climb, a 10km hill. The second night we stayed right next to a huge jagged-rock mountain, the guesthouse had hotsprings right next to it, and we all got our own bungalows for 5$ each. We were quick to ditch the bikes, grab a beer and get into the hotspring. Today (day three) was awesome, despite being pretty soar in the morning my muscles warmed up and we charged a little hill to start before dropping through a gorgeous valley (lord of the rings'esc) and rode on the flats for a long time, covered 75km again today. Stopped at one point at a watermellon stand and got outa the sun and into some delicous mellons. ...And now I go get a beer, a massage, some dinner, and a huge nights sleep, I think we'll stay here for three days or so before continuing on to Vientiene...love you all, adios



Adam