The road away from
Mai Chau is really exciting. Full of curves, paved and right true a
lot of really small villages. After Betsy's rest day we expected to
have her healthy back, till after 5km we got a flat tire. OK, a flat
tire can happen to the best of us. A very kind young man called a
repair man for us and 45 min later we were on our way again. During
the waiting we learned the Vietnamese national anthem from a drunk
guy that couldn't stop singing (he couldn't stand still either).
In the mountains
Betsy struggled and it was getting worse. First climbing in 3rd
gear, the next mountain in 2nd till after a few mountains
we got to a complete standstill. After some attempts we got her
running again and hurried to the nearest town to let the experts take
a look. The engine gave up. It looks like a not so healthy engine
with two people and our luggage driving in the mountains was too
much.
Some calls to the
guys we bought the bike from made them promise to give a refund for
the repair costs. 4 hours, a new cylinder head, a nap in someones
living room, and a good lunch (plus exciting journey to get it) later
we could resume our trip to only the nearest big city before
nightfall. We ended it up in Thanh Hoa.
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