The mountains. The harsh, beautiful mountains.

The day started off as beautiful and sunny, but we could see heavy clouds hugging the mountains we needed to pass through. Not much of a choice but to suite up and drive straight for it. We left by 9:00am. It wasn't long until we were in the heart of the mountain clouds, not being able to see 5 feet in front of us, and rain. Lots of non stop rain. It was a tough ride. Usually the day starts off as easy and gets tougher near the end, but today got tough within the first hour. What we saw up there was beautiful, but we didn't have much time to stop and take it all in. The rain wasn't stopping and we knew we needed to make it to Hoi An. At about half way through the ride, while coming around a hard corner a truck came flying  through at high speed, and in our lane. Lucas had a close call, but I was right behind him. With the high speed of the truck and the rainy roads I hit the breaks. My back wheel skid towards the truck, and I had to force myself into the ditch. A couple scratches on the arms and knee, but nothing serious. We continued on and made it to Hoi An by 3:30pm.