We're counting down the days, now. Next Thursday, our journey from the snowy heartland of America begins. Team members from across the Midwest will converge in Champaign, Illinois to travel in a mini-bus together to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for a long flight to Seoul, South Korea and then on to Ho Chi Minh City (pictured here). Between now and then, we'll be celebrating Christmas with our loved ones and pedaling daily on our indoor trainers (won't we, guys!?). Sixty-five or more miles (100 km) a day over hilly terrain, day after day, for guys ranging in their 40s to 60s is no easy feat. We want to be as ready as we can be.
Such photos of Ho Chi Minh City and the countrysides and hills (mountains?) of Vietnam are motivation for us. Negotiating our way through old Saigon, a burgeoning metropolitan area of over 9 million inhabitants, will be our first big challenge. Every photo we view online shows streets packed with motorcycles, motor scooters, automobiles, bicycles and pedestrians. Three of us have negotiated Bangalore and Delhi, India at rush hour--and it was a bit harrowing. We look forward to cycling through this largest city of Vietnam as an energizing start for our joyful journey!
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