Day 16, I woke up naturally before 4am. I'm still in Japan time even though I'm in Vietnam.
Yesterday, I traveled over 500km from Hanoi. It's the same distance as the distance between Kyoto and Tokyo. I've completed about one third of the planned distance.
The buggy is mainly on paved roads, so there have been no problems so far.
Last year, there were too many bumpy off-road sections in Spain and Portugal.
I'm not pushing myself too hard, so I'm in good mental health and in good health.
Before 5am, something that sounds like the national anthem was played over the local radio, and I could hear announcements in Vietnamese.
It's strange that no one complained.
Other things I heard in the morning: the horns of cars driving on the Asian Highway, the crowing of chickens, and conversations between passersby (Vietnamese people tend to be quite loud).
At 5:50am, I was seen off by Mr.Quang, the hotel manager, and started my run.
He had worked in Tokyo for about three years, so he can speak Japanese.
Thank you for your hospitality.
I bought some banh mi for lunch at the bakery.
All the students around here start going to school at 6 o'clock, so the roads are crowded.
Today's temperature is 20-25 degrees. A little humid.
It's currently 21 degrees. I went into a cafe to take a break.
The coffee here is more bitter than sweet.
But it's delicious.
I could have taken the day off, but I'll shorten the distance and finish early.
I ran 20 kilometers and took a break. A general store-like convenience store in the countryside.
Japan used to have a lot of privately owned shops, but what about now?
These kinds of shops, which are always used by local people and are indispensable to the area, liven up the community.
A shop like this where you know the names and faces of the staff and customers alike...
Cloudy with occasional drizzle. There are not many cars on the Asian Highway today.
Large vehicles over 10 tons are not allowed to pass through.
There are some wind turbine propellers spinning.
A rice paddy area on the plains. Most of the work is done by hand, and it doesn't look like they're using much machinery.
Just before lunch, I ran 31.3 km and checked into a hotel in Le Thuy.
I finished up with a shorter distance without taking a break.
The weather was cloudy, with occasional drizzle.
At today's hotel, the shower had hot water but the water pressure was quite low.
Even at the same 2.5 million VND, there can be quite a difference between good and bad hotels.
Today was a dud.
But there was a roof and a ceiling, and I was grateful and moved just to be able to stay there!
*Today's distance: 31.3 km
Total distance from Noi Bai International Airport: 550.6 km
*Today's photos are here
*YouTube video playlist is here
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