A new day, a new attempt to explore Vietnam by bicycle. Recovered from our previous attempt, and having made sure that the seats of our new bikes were better than the previous ones, we took off to explore Sam Mountain, 6 kilometres away from Chau Doc. Sam Mountain stands over endless rice fields and has numerous pagodas and temples around its base.We started our climb disregarding the motorbike drivers that insisted to take us to the top: no, no, we go by bike! Well… 200 meters after getting started we realised that neither our bikes nor our legs could manage the slope and ended up dragging our bikes (and our pride) all the way to the top under the scornful looks of those that minutes before had offered us a lift. Nevertheless, we managed to arrive and enjoy the views.
On the way back however we discovered that the brakes weren’t either up for the adventure, so the way back was also walking! Oh well, third time lucky!?!?!
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