For almost 3 years now Nicole and Ingrid are on the road : cycling, sailing, surfing, marching. They are inseparable..... although. This week, for a moment, Nicole was on her own ?! Are they having a quarrel ? "No, Nicole explains to us..... I simply forgot Ingrid when we stopped at a petrol station. She had to go to the ladies room.

Our friends are in Nha Trang. "You can compare it with the Canaries. Endless long white beaches, clear blue water. You can see the fish with the naked eye. But, we don't have much time to enjoy all this beauty. Our daily trips with the tandem are hard ! The coastal region is anything but flat. We drag ourselves from one pass to another. When we think back of what happened to Ingrid; it was screamingly funny", Nicole says.
"It's the most silly story of all, but so very realistic", Nicole sighs. "We were driving at full speed when Ingrid, who sits in the back, announced that it was time to do wee-wee. So, we stopped at a nearby petrol station. She came back, said "ok" and we were off. There is not much conversation between us on the tandem because all sounds of the horns and hectic traffic makes it impossible to talk. Our tandem who weighs 35 kilograms plus 4 bags and water supply very quickly has its speed. I shouted to Ingrid to put on the towing-break, but no reaction. It all went so fast that I ended up in a tea plantation where some 20 women were planting tea branches. I was worried about Ingrid but I couldn't find her. I paniced and asked the women to look for Ingrid ! But no luck ! She ultimately arrived..........on the back of a bike, droven by a Vietnamese.... While leaving the patrol station, Ingrid realised that she had forgotten her helmet and after saying "ok" to me, she went back into the station. Because of all the noise and horns I hadn't heard her and so I took off.
 

I still dream about it all", she says laughing !