The Sand and Coffee run to the Vietnam border

Discussion in 'Ride Reports - Epic Rides' started by Supersignet, Apr 26, 2008.

  1. Supersignet

    Supersignet Been here awhile

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    Last week I found myself running low on coffee and I wanted to hit the sand and suck in some rays. Coffee in China is kind of a rarity and decent coffee is almost impossible to find at any reasonable price. Added to this is the fact that I live in a relatively small city in China (about 350,000 people) and coffee becomes almost no existent.

    One good thing about my location is I am only about 1 hour and 20 minutes ride from the NAM and all the good coffee that gets traded at the border.
    I talked to my wife and we agreed that our only option was to ride down to the border and pick up some fresh unground coffee beans. We decided to make an overnight trip of it and stop on the beach on the way there and the way back. I threw the soft bags on the bike and we rolled out of Qinzhou.

    For the first time we were pretty lucky with the weather and had a whole weekend of sun ahead of us. The ride down was great. China's expanding infrastructure has left riders like me an abundant amount of fresh, empty tarmac to enjoy.

    After about an hour on the road we made it to the beach. The light was good so I decided to snap some shots of the wife and the bike. Enjoy

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  2. misery goat

    misery goat Positating the negative Super Moderator

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    make sure you get some Trung Nguyen coffee :slurp
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  3. Josh69

    Josh69 Been here awhile

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    Excellent! I've lived in China and Vietnam and I love 'em both. I love coffee too! Even you bike looks good! And the wife!

    :clap

    Keep the pics coming.
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  4. GB

    GB . Administrator Super Moderator Super Supporter

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    You're putting that new bike to good use!! Nice pics.. :thumb Any more pics from Vietnam?
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  5. E-man

    E-man 4-4-09, 12-6-09, 1-13-10

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    Nice pics
    :thumb :thumb
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  6. Indochine

    Indochine 'Bikes are OK, but . . .

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    I just looked up Qinzhou on a school atlas and found it. Right near the coast. Explains all that water. :rofl

    Have you crossed into Viet Nam with your Chinese bike? Can you? I've read crossing border on bike is practically imposssible. Well, maybe for foreigner.

    Anyway, nice shots of beach and bike. And beautiful wife!
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  7. azabeemerboy

    azabeemerboy Long timer

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    Nice pic's, thanks for sharing:clap
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  8. misery goat

    misery goat Positating the negative Super Moderator

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    make sure you have some pho with your coffee. :thumb

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