Day 66 Mon 3011 - Thanh My (Nam Giang Guesthouse) to Ai Nghia (Que Huong Hotel)

Today dist : 41.7 km        Total : 3832.8 km
Today Temp : 20-26 C    Cloudy with Afternoon rain
Ride time: 3 hr 18 min
Ave speed : 12.6 kmh    Max : 46.0
Ave climb: 3 %  Max: 9 %
Trip alti : 222 m    Max: 104 m
Today Spend: 285k dong   Total: 2710 Rmb+3359 k dong+ 1989 k kips

I am back to the lowland after an initial short climb from Thanh My,enjoy a little downhill and then mostly flat with paddie fields,cows, buffalo and villages. At Ha Nha,I took a smaller road DT609 to arrive in Ai Nghia before the rain.Ai Nghia looks quite a big town but surprisingly I did not see a single hotel or guesthouse, I had to ask the local where can I find one which normally I don't have to. The local just pointed to go straight but I thought this is the end of the town. Seem like the old town has no accommodation,So i continued riding to the new Ai Nghia town and saw one Khach San (motel). 250k and after bargaining the lady agreed for 200k and she told me this is the only hotel around, believe it or not?

Paddies field

Leaving Thanh My in the morning 

Hoa Cam? Not sure where but i am heading Hoi An

Now on a busy road AH17

Cows and buffalo in Vietnam

Back to the lowland

Back to the lowland

DT609 small road

Vietnamese roadside restaurant menu price range from 20-30k

Lunch stop

Local temple

Local temple

Unpaved road waiting to lay a cemented road of 1foot tall

Roadside temple

Houses in the low land

Going to rain soon

DT609 towards Ai Nghia

Racing with the rain

Grand temple in Ai Nghia

Ai Nghia street

Que Huong Hotel room 200k

Ai Nghia street viewed from hotel

Ai Nghia market