RTG Hanoi Daily Dispatch - for website 2 - Flipbook - Page 6
27 January to
23 February 2024
Day 2
Dalat to Quy Nhon (429km)
29 January 2024
Photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Bob Harrod and Dana Hradecká, 1974 Porsche 911
Dirk van Lerberghe and Hilde Vanhove,
1947 Bentley Speed 8
Phillip and Trish Monks, 1961 Jaguar Mk 2
day two of the Road to Hanoi was set to be a busy one and from the best seats in the house we saw
many different faces of vietnam from the old and traditional through to the new and modern.
after the heat of yesterday it was a shock to wake up at 1500m to a chilly 13°C in the car park and a heavy dew settled on
the cars. once we’d cleared the windscreens, and fired up our engines, the world was a brighter place and we began the
fight through the chaos of the scooter-borne school run. then on towards the heavily terraced countryside around dalat
filled with glass houses, orchards and fields of fresh produce.
the first regularity at Ðèo ngoąn mųc continued rolling us along a balcony road into the rising sun through the pines and
bamboo, down towards the time Control at the Chapi Coffee cafe at the end of the section. this gave the crews a chance to
compare notes and sample some of the rich local brew, the source of which we’d no doubt just driven through.
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