Today was the day. The start of the bike trip proper. Our friendly mechanic helped us find the road out of Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) and then we promptly got lost. After a few sketchy U turns across a freeway we found the right road towards the coast. Continue reading Not Mui Ne, barely La Gi
Winner in Saigon
Russia to Ho Chi Minh
“The weather outside is sunny with a temperature of 32°C…”
WTF!! I’m gunna melt in my black trousers and jumper. Not the smartest choice of attire for vietnam but they were essential for surviving russia’s plane transfer… Continue reading Winner in Saigon
Russian Pilots
England to Russia
You know when there is a long line of traffic, everyone is waiting patiently, mostly because we all pretend to be civilised. Pretending to be civilised is a pain in the ass because all you really want to do is get to the front, to where you get the lions share of the food or other evolutionary goal.
Slap your Dong on the table
Out of all the currencies available, Dong is probably the funniest for an immature englishman. It doesn’t take much explaining how countless jokes are created; Just one example conversation,
” I’ve lost my Dong!”
“Can you lend me your Dong?”
“Can I pay in Dong?”
“I pulled out my Dong and gave the waitress a healthy tip”
It’s not mature but had us in peels of laughter discussing our upcoming trip to Vietnam. My mate, let’s call him Mike, has been travelling since Christmas all over east Asia. He has been saving for a long time for this and has now done what most of us only dream about Continue reading Slap your Dong on the table
Knee Rehab
Since the operation and the time I spent off my feet beforehand, I’ve lost muscle mass and considerable strength in my leg. I compensated, to be able to move around, by over-using my other leg so now my body is a little lop-sided. One marvelously muscular leg and one shrivelled sack of meat being dragged around. Ok so thats a bit exaggerated but I definitely have a difference in capability (and appearance)
I’ve had an assessment and the nice physiotherapist lady at the hospital gave me some exercises to do. There is nothing really complicated about it; tense this, hold that position, balance on one leg. Except one exercise for working the VMO muscle. Its on the inside of the knee at the bottom of the quads and is bloody difficult to tense on command!
Aside from the exercises the interesting thing I’ve noticed Continue reading Knee Rehab
My First Post – Hello
This is the first post I have successfully created. I’m writing this after damaging my knee on a recent motorbike trip. I’m now trapped indoors with nothing to do so I thought I’d give this blogging thing a go!
Summer 2011 Europe Motorbike Trip
I left stoke weighed down with FAR too much gear. The bike was beautiful, new oil, filter, lubed up, fuelled and ready to go. Travelling with Stephen we got as far as Warwick services and his visor popped open. One more thing in his life held together with tape. Just before leaving we witnessed someone rear-end his mates car… barely controlled the laughing.
Continue reading Summer 2011 Europe Motorbike Trip