25 January 07 - 12:44Thailand to Vietnam
Hi all,
Hit the delete button on your mail program if you don't want to hear me ramble on about life on the road in South East Asia - you must be sick of these updates.....sorry, whats that you say - "we want more updates of you having the time of your life whilst we work our arses off in this dreary-arsed country we live in"....oh, ok then.
Oh well, I'll carry on (sigh). Sorry - my lethargic manner is probably due to the early 6am start this morning to wearily mount a bus sans suspension to take us from Pnom Penh (Cambodia) to Ho Chi Himn (Vietnam). 9 hours drive - 300km - kak!
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09 January 07 - 15:35India to Nepal to Thailand
A fair bit of time has passed since the last update, so I thought I'd show my face for a bit. It's just that we've had a roller coaster of a ride from India to here (Thailand). We left India over a month ago now. I discovered in Lucknow that the back tyre was basically disintegrating, bits of rubber flaking off every hour to reveal the soft material underneath...no tyres available until we got to Bangkok, over 700 miles away (and a flight from kathmandu to bk). Luckily I bought a portable tyre inflator in India for such a disaster. Subsequently we took on a slow puncture and I would find myself putting air in the tyre every morning and afternoon. My bottom was puckering for that 700 mile journey - expecting a blow out at any moment. Spending 700 miles looking at the road for the slightest sign of glass or "spikey stuff" was not an experience I want to repeat, especially on Indian roads.
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