Dai Lanh fishing port at dawn. There was no breakwater here. Fishermen passed on a pail boat.
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I cycled heading north on National highway No.1. It was another 1185km to Hanoi. 
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In a bicycle shop, I oiled a chain. However, it was too thick.  |
95.5 km / 711.6km |
A color of the Ninh Hoa Station was a darkish yellow peculiar to Vietnam.
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I pedaled a narrow way road in the small village. Village people enjoyed a cockfight by the roadside.    |
At the sandbar of Hon Gon, I struggled against a strong wind and a sand stone.   |
I arrived at the fishing village called Xom Con, and a chicken came out in the local restaurant where I sat to eat a fish.  |
87.4 km / 616.1km |
I cycled on the Cam Ranh Peninsula around a bay.
This was the last port of the Russian Baltic Fleet in 1905. After US Navy base, the Soviet Union fleet was stationed there.
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Nha Trang iss the most famous beach resort in Vietnam, where large, foreign-affiliated, hotels were built.  |
81.4 km / 528.7km |
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I cycled to Cam Ranh Bay on national highway 27B today. |
There were few place names on the map, and it was the quiet way, large cars were not to be seen.
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A long elevated bridge led toa rice field. What is it?  |
The children of the village led me there. It was a waterway, not a elevated road. 
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Across the gentle hills, I was cycling leisurely.  |
I approached the sea, and merged with National Highway 1. I got my dirty bicycle professionally-cleaned in a motorcycle shop.  |
71.7km / 447.3km |
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I cycled along the sightseeing railroad from Da Lat to Tan Son today. Because there are only five runs a day, grass grows on the railroad surface, but the bricks remain in the garage yard.  |
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The city is surrounded by terraced fields which opene up to a gentle slope.  |
Trai Mat Station.  |
The downhill from the mountain pass was ... The way performed extension works and was an approximately dirt way.  |
An old part of the National Highway 1, I felt the nostalgia of days gone by.  |
78.4km / 375.6km |
Di Lin was a basin of 900m above sea level. At daybreak, it was covered by morning fog. It was worth having chosen the room with a good view.
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Today's breakfast was "Banh mi", which is meats and vegetables sandwiched between pieces of French bread. A storekeeper made it skillfully there and then. The French bread is delicate and tender like a warm rice cake.  |
There was a production area of highland vegetables. The scenery swept away like Shinshu in Japan.  |
With five kilometer to go, the slant became gentle and I could see the city skyline ahead.  |
I arrived at Da Lat of 1500m meters high. There was the summer resort when the country was ruled over by France.  |
Da Lat Station. In the past, this station connected shore part with 84km, named 'Da Lat = Thap Cham Railway' and then disused by suffered damage from the Vietnam War. Now restored as sightseeing train service an interval with 7km away to Trai Mat Station.  |
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80.4km / 297.2km |
view the broad map with a meters above the sea level graph
The Vietnamese guest house,"Nha Nghi" provided bed without breakfast. I checked out at 6:00 and have begun to pedal.
The uniform of the high school girl in this town is "ao dai", but unfortunately, because Vietnamese people were sensitive to cold , there were many people who put on a jacket.
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