We were up early and headed east out of Kon Tum to visit another Minority village. Dan's bike is making strange drive noises and we stopped to adjust his chain as it was fairly slack. His bike is slowly falling apart and leaking oil however we have managed to keep it together. His suspension is soft compared to my red beast which is stiff as a rock and less comfortable on bumpy roads. We attempted to replace his horn in Hoi An however it lasted two beeps and quit. Most of the wiring on both bikes are brittle and exposed. After visiting the village we drove south through Pleiku to the small town of Chur Se. We met up with our friends from Easy Riders and their co passengers from the Netherlands and got some more good travel tips. This tour organization is highly rated and their drivers are safety oriented. Their advice has been to drive slowly, give oncoming suicidal bus drivers the finger which Dan has done often and stop and rest especially when traffic bunches up and everyone is trying to pass like madmen. The weather has turned warm and sunny and it's feels soooooo good. Our journey today was mostly on dirt, loose gravel and very broken pavement, however it was a very enjoyable ride and traffic fairly light. I have been travelling without a passport since departing Hanoi and received confirmation that it has now arrived at our hotel booked in Saigon with an extended Visa. Yippee! We arrived at our hotel around 3pm with Dan discovering that the loud noises emanating from his bike is due to a broken chain guide that was flopping around between the front and rear sprockets. He was very lucky that he did not throw a chain or lock the rear wheel. We dismantled the broken piece and removed it from the bike. We had to repair and reinstall the upper chain guard as it was damaged as well.
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