Day 5 – An Ass Whippin’ – The Bosman's online

Denise: 259.5km on a bike. 5 hours on the road. Ouch, ouch, ouch!! Imagine your 2 bum bones, you know the 2 round like bones (they could not even be bones, I dunno), they have been put on the floor as you sit and dug into the earth in a rotating motion… For 5 hours.

Jonathan: And our lower backs… We are already googling old age homes in Ho Chi Minh City. Perhaps, we will enter as the youngest retirees in 2019?

Denise: We stretch our legs for about 45 seconds to 1.5 minutes every 50km and we stop for drink every 100km. After getting back on the bike for 2 minutes, the pain starts again. It’s a dull throbbing ache in your bum cheeks and all of your ass nerves are super sensitive. So, I decided a pillow or ring cushion could help with the long journey…. I had to settle for:

Jonathan: I have my doubts about this cushion. But maybe it’ll help if one of us develops piles or a flight overseas one day.

Denise: WHEN it works, I’ll gladly share my pillow when you are struggling. You’re welcome.

Denise: Something interesting on one of our stops, Jono showed me all these squashed cans along the road.

Jonathan: Yeah, the recyclers collect tins and throw them on the road for trucks and buses to flatten them on their way to the next destination.

Denise: We saw these before our 200km stop where Jono had a coffee and I had an Avo Smoothie.

Jonathan: So tonight we are in Vinh, which seems to be just another town in Vietnam. However, I’m expecting big things tomorrow.

1: We are driving through another national park which hosts the biggest cave know to man, Hang Sơn Đoòng. But, at 3800$ a pop we’ll just be driving through.

2: Ness’ ass is still going to hurt like hell.

Denise: We’ll see.

Jonathan: Tam Biet for today.

Denise: Before I go, here are some photos from today.

Duy fitting Sòh’s new muzzle. This is only worn during the night because the puppy eats everything while everyone is a sleep.