Pan Thiet --> Di Linh - Day 4

Today has been the most awesome day for cruising with bikes! We left Phan Thiet in the morning around 9 after some great omelet with baguette, ice coffee and fresh orange juice!

First thing in the morning was to go see the biggest skeleton of a Fin Whale in Phan Thiet. This was the first place we saw some other tourist in this town, a big group of French were also admiring this 65 ton 22 meters huge whale sceleton which was found on Phan Thiet beach 1768.

The traffic in Phan Thiet was very very crowded, people changing lanes by waving their hand, bikers driving the wrong lane and people crossing the street without a warning. Crazy as it may sound we didn't have a single "close call" situation. The traffic is much like "Organized Chaos"

Phan Thiet had a war memorial put up into the city, this little fishing village was still very poor about 10 years ago but when the price of fish went up a lot of people came here to look for their fortune. The amounts of boats here is huge! Wonder how many kgs of fish they pull up daily....No wonder the amount of fish in decreasing in the world...

One of the best "cruising" roads was just outside Phan Thiet, 3 lanes and not a single car or bike as far as the eye can see mixed with amazing views! We stopped so many times for pictures of this area but here are some of the best ones.
For some reason the wind has blown sand from the beaches into one certain territory and made it look like a dessert. There is sand as far as the eye can see!
Today we also did something neither of us never would have thought of doing....We rode an Osterich! They had an actual Osterich farm in the middle of this jungle, cost about $1.5 but it was really worth it. A lot of fun but the bird kept hissing and showing it's tounge and looking angry. Getting an Ostrich is definetly a potential pet for the future! The views by the farm was formed by stone sediment, you can really see different layers which have been formed by years and years of time.
A short drive from the farm and we arrived at some temples from the 13th century. They were build by the Cham people who fought the Vietnamese for a long time until they finally captulated and just suddenly left. Now the only Cham people you can find in Vietnam are around Hanoi and the north. Temple was located on a mountain top, very very great spot!

View from the temples on the hill, do you like reading this in the office Hede?

After all the fun stuff we started driving up the mountains and the views from there were absolutley breathtaking! The way up to the mountains was small and narrow - the corners were really sharp so we had to lean a LOT on the bike to get it turned properly. Some were really dead turn 180 degrees and you pretty much had to lean all your weight to one side to get it turn and put some speed on so the bike would not fall over. Luckily the traffic was very quiet so not much problems there. The view from the mountain peak at 1200M was STUNNING! I don't even know how to expalin in words how it is to drive around in mountains with the warm and fresh air in your face with a bike doing 70km/h and having total freedom with the most beautiful view there is...


Just before reaching our destination at Di Linh we went to see a waterfall. Like everything, it was worth the while coming here. The road was MAX 1m wide, stony, bumpy and impossible to access by anything else than foot or motorbikes. I have never driven offroad like this before.

We are staying in a mountain village called Di Linh tonight, it even has WiFi! Today we drove around 170 km with the bikes, BY FAR the most amazing driving we had! The weather was sunny ALL day and the sun was shining like never before, the amount of tan we got these 3 days is more than I ever have got on beaches because we sit outside ALL day driving. Today's dinner: Vietnamese Pho, add some Lime, Pepper, Chilli sauce and you have yourself a great piece of dinner.