Arrived after a long hard mountain stage of the Tour De Vietnam as it felt yesterday, climbing 30km uphill to the top of the first mountain through thick Jungle and every stage a hill of 10% gradient ( we learnt to hate these signs) Our legs screaming we continued along the road in the humidity and much to our excitement the lunch stop got closer. The last 10 km was the hardest cycling or physical and mental challenge we had ever encountered and with the support of our team and camera crew we were cheered in 6 hours after we began. A feast for lunch and muscles ceasing up we rode on( with 10km ddescent) andther 5okm and arrived full of emotion and adrenalin. To finish off our day we cycled in a huge monsoonal downpour and had trouble seeing with the rain hitting our faces and avoiding the potholes, but the rain had a great cooling effect on all our muscles.Kon Tum is a lovely place and we again had a great day with teamwork from all and support from all we have made new friends who are now very much a part of our team . Our last day of pedaling is not the easy day we thought 20km this morning and the heat and humidity is high, another 47km this afternoon and sadly we dismantle the bikes and head to Saigon tomorrow for our last night, ( our legs are quite pleased about that.
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