{"id":1401,"date":"2011-06-15T11:28:48","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T03:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2022-04-24T23:27:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T13:27:22","slug":"day-80-rest-day-esperance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/day-80-rest-day-esperance\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 80: Rest Day @ Esperance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>June 3rd, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Esperance<br \/>\nDistance: 0km<br \/>\nTotal distance: 4898km<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An absolutely no riding day. My legs are still in a mechanically sound condition but a forced break is necessary to allow muscle tissue repair. After 2 weeks of continuous riding, it feels weird to be not on the move. The clock seems to tick slower too. It rained the whole day, so I just stayed in the hostel all day. What a slow day, seriously! I kept looking out of the window hoping that the rain would stop so that I can go outdoor. Guess I&#8217;m an outdoor type of person eh? There were a few backpackers here but they all seem pretty occupied with their own activity. I must admit it feels a little strange that people don&#8217;t come and talk to me like how it usually is in the caravan parks, haha. I guess no one here knows I&#8217;m traveling with a trike. A conversation with a fellow backpacker from hong kong proves me right. She had no idea that the trike belongs to me and even asked me a rather complicated to answer question &#8220;How did you manage to bike here from Sydney?&#8221;. I said &#8220;I pedaled&#8221;, haha. Anyway, it was nice to have someone to talk to after a day of silent atmosphere. Spent the rest of my evening lying on my bed listening to music while reading my Nullarbor travel diary. It&#8217;s been 80 days since I left Sydney and yet I still feel I am absorbing new experiences every day. I find myself loving cycle touring more than ever now. 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