From Danang to Hue

Even though it was only a single day of cycling, the ride from Danang to Hue gets it's own post. It was beautiful! Meg and I both agree that it was probably the best day of tour riding we have ever had.

Very quickly after leaving Danang we started a steady climb along the edge of a lush green mountain range. The climb lasted about an hour and a half, at the end of which we were on a pass at 500m. We had a great view looking back on Danang and, on the southern side, long beaches of white sand. Apparently the mountains act as a natural weather barrier in Vietnam, holding back some of the northern cloud and rain, so we expected on reaching the top that we would be getting our jackets on. Fortunately for us though the weather was great on both sides of the mountain that day. The best part of the ride by far though was that there were few cars! A tunnel has been built in order to avoid the pass and most vehicles take that route as it is far quicker.

Looking back on the trip up the mountain. You can just see the road snaking from the right to the left.

The rest of the day had us cycling along the coast and over small foothills. Too quickly we arrived in Hue.

More intense rice farming of every square inch of available land.