Here's an article live on Jamie Oliver's website. Much fun!

http://www.jamieoliver.com/news/anna-mosesson-gets-cycling-so-orford-pri

Thank you

Thank you dear all for following me on my bicycle ride through Indochina.  What an experience, I did notice something rather wonderful though, Every market I went to sold posters or T shirts with a picture of Tintin and Snowy on them.  Not sure whether Tintin actually ever went to Vietnam, but I have a lovely T shirt with "Tintin in Vietnam" on it.  It gave me an idea that I should start a "Tintin Trail" and go to all the places where Tintin went.  I am such a fan and it would be a great journey.....Perhaps I will do it in a Tuctuc, less hard work on the thighs which are now like steel and the bottom which is like a brick.  Hopefully Richard Branson will get his act together soon and we can travel to the Moon!  After all, Tintin did!

Do read on.... Next story is when I attempt the Paris Marathon on April 10th

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Just like my faithful dog Bacchus!

Went to see a school in Thailand, the children removed their shoes before going into classroom!

So sweet.

Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Group photo

What a jolly holiday we all had....

Various Lillies & Lotus

A few more pictures

Group photo in front of US tank at Cu Chi
Ego with Python!
Sad little Cambodian boy in cooking vessel afloat

Eat your heart out Angelina Jolie

The first photo is taken at the Cambodia Vietnam border where we had to change bikes
The second photo was taken in Angkor Wat where Tomb Raiders was filmed with Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft.
The Third photo is one of the few taken of me cycling, just to show that I actually did it!

I can upload photos now, lots to show you....

On our last 35 km to Saigon, I wore a Vietnamese coolie hat, (with determination) was told firmly that it was not allowed, but did I listen? It slowed me down a bit, but the ride was fun and since it was the end of our trip, I decided to do it in style.  When we arrived at our destination, Elliot, (beefcake from Birmingham) decided that we should do a stint of Yoga to loosen us up a little.  We took it in turns to do more and more difficult poses, until, Neil (Jewish New Yorker) decided that he was going to show us the ultimate position.  He ran to the central reservation of the motorway and stood on his head, now that beats all.

My new nick name is 'Winnie the Pooh', stuck in hole.... Have to go on diet!

I can up load pictures! This was taken in Cu chi tunnels near Saigon

Typing with an iPhone!

Just ready most recent blogs... I am shocked by how many mistakes there are, I might as well have written the blog in Vietnamese! It is rather difficult to type with an iPhone and the print is so small I cannot read what I have written, but I have to say it does make me laugh. Next time I wrote a blog, I hope to be able to use a proper computer. signing off for the day now and I hope to have made you giggle a bit.

Just a little bit more

Tomorrow we are going to visit the Cuti tunnels where the Vietnamese hid during their thirty year war.....

Saigon

We have arrived at our final destination. What a city. So bustling with crowds of people, I have never seen so many scooters/motorbikes in my life. I have left my trusty steed which has carried me far for two weeks. In that time, I managed to have a puncture and my chain came off and worst of all on the penultimate ride, I fell off! Such a relief to be helped onto a little wooden boat which took us sown the Mekon river to a kingly island with crocodiles on it. Tucked in the woods was a beautiful old wooden bungalow where we stayed the night on hard benches (we were offered hammocks, but they didn't have mosquito nets.

That evening we had a cooking demonstration where we learnt how to make Vietnamese spring rolls. There was no mains electricity so we cooked over an open fire. There was a generator for emergencies, but it wasn't used. They had a small shrine in memory of their father/grandfather. This type of religious called Confusciou

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For dinner we ate elephant ear fish which hade berb deep fried with garlic there were also our spring rolls which we had

Click on thé photo above to see the charity I am doing this epic adventure

I met an old woman in the Market who was a palm reader and she told my fortune which is going to be considerable . I was thrilled and went away with a smile on my face. The smiling is catching.....
I met some fantastic people who run a sxool and an orphanage and translate English childrens books into Khmer for the children to rea. It was a revelation to meetauch a couple who are tireless in their volunteer work. Thank you Mark for introducing them to me. We have been to a restaurant which is run by the street Kids' the food was delicious. Off down the Mekong river in a boat (light relief from cycling) sleeping under the stars on a island in the river. Only a mattress and a mosquito net. . No Internet cafe!

VIETNAM!

The people in Indochina all smile. How lovely it is to bicycle past cheery people. I am told it takes much less muscles and effort to smile than frown, why do we look ao glum in England. Is it the weather? It is good Cor the heart and soul to smile, we could learn a lot from these wonderful people, even the statue of Budda has a beatific smile.
I have not really told you of my adventures yesterday in Phnom Penh. I visited the killing fields and was horrified by the genocide which has happened so recently. Pol Pot was a monster as were the Khmer Rouge. One third of the entire population in Cambodia was tortured and murdered or starved to death. Let us Home nothung lie this ver happants again