I’ve now been away for 23 days in SE Asia. Cycling for 15 of them and covering, according to Strava, 1.016 miles with an ascent of 33,843 feet and 841.5 hours in the saddle. I’ve covered about 1/3 of the total distance to Singapore! So I’ve awarded myself a total rest day here in Stung Treng before taking the ferry across the mighty Mekong River to Angkor Wat, Bangkok and down the peninsula to Singapore. Although quite how I’m going to manage in this heat is anyones guess. 
Today’s puzzles are: how can a bike mechanic stay so immaculately dressed in cream trousers and pale shirt whilst fixing my puncture, I was covered in grease just by watching him at work 🙁 Another puzzle is how the guys running The Riverside restaurant & guesthouse (where I moved to this morning) manage it seemingly with no effort, whereas others guest house owners make it all seem so much work! So with the puncture fixed, pedals sorted, handlebar tape fixed & more tape on the saddle plus a visit hairdressers today for a cut & shave for £1. I’m ready to start again. But must buy more water 🙂
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Same here in the UK with guest houses , b and B’s , some are brilliant and some are just dumps ,,:-(
I would love to know how they keep clean I only have to go near my bike and I am covered in oil 🙂 Glad you had a rest and got all the repairs done ready for the next stage 🙂
Yes totally weird & I bet he isn’t a messy eater either!