My New Year resolutions are not exercising more or loosing weight - I feel, I'm getting plenty of exercise at the moment and have lost enough weight. If these are your resolutions, you could join me, and you will quickly achieve your goals. If you join me, you could also see beautiful places like Ha Long Bay:
My big goals for 2024 are to continue my journey by bicycle with joy, meeting many new friends and arriving safely in Denmark to attend my niece's confirmation in May. Later in 2024, my goal is to return safely back home to New Zealand and getting a good job.
Since 2006, I've been meeting regularly with a group of friends with the focus of setting and achieving goals in life. We call it Breakfast Club. It is very motivating to be asked how you are doing with your plans on a regular basis, and it has been a pleasure seeing my friends achieve great things. We had an online meeting yesterday, and I dialled in from Vietnam.
Here in Vietnam, I've been heading north towards winter. I'm now preparing for winter riding in China, when I cross the border in a few days. I have added some good gloves to my gear and dug out some warmer clothing from the bottom of the panier bag.
In China, I'm looking forward to seeing a couple of friends on my journey. I'm also looking forward to finally putting my Mandarin into practice. It is nearly two years ago, I started learning Mandarin.
China blocks certain websites and apps, so I'm not sure how much I will be able to post during my journey in China. It may be one month of quietness on my blog and social media channels for that reason.
Finally, after spending two months in Vietnam, here are my statistics:
Total distance cycled: 1,995km
Number of flat tyres: 1
Number of rainy days: Many
Longest day: 120km
Highest temperature: 32°c
Lowest temperature: 9°c