Due to the food poisoning and complete lack of fluids in my body I put myself on the truck in the morning with the other sickies! This was a very responsible health move on my behalf and I was quite proud of myself - usually my stubbornness and determination would have made me get back on that bike and make sure I rode each leg of the trip.
Once arriving in Chhuk we took a walk in the sweltering heat into the market to try and find some goodies for our friends who were cycling this 125km day and boy was it a hot one ! All we managed to find in the market was a slap on the bum from one of the seamstresses which took me quite by surprise.
Indulged in a glass of sugarcane juice to take the edge off the heat - damn this stuff is good! We met the only foreigner in town who was a peace core placement from Texas who we promptly invited to out BBQ dinner later that night.
Everyone was so hungry was they dismounted the bikes that waiting for dinner was like a strange torture game especially as this meal was like a Korean BBQ where you cook yourself - also strange given that there are so many vegetarians in this group.
The riding group had been up for nearly 12 hours before they managed to roll in the guesthouse for the evening - have decided that long distance tour cycling in a group is not a particularly functional thing as the fitness and speed levels of the participants differed so much so we were strung out along the road for miles making it very difficult to keep track of people! We are also pushing big fat mountain bike tyres due to some of the dirt roads we have wandered down making cycling down the highway HARD work! This was a day that I was glad not to have cycled and was really proud of myself for making the decision I did as I now felt 100%
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