{"id":1490,"date":"2011-06-16T01:54:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T17:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/?p=1490"},"modified":"2022-04-24T23:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T13:32:07","slug":"day-84-another-rest-day-esperance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melvynyap.com\/blog\/day-84-another-rest-day-esperance\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 84: Another Rest Day @ Esperance"},"content":{"rendered":"

June 7th, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

Esperance
\nDistance: 8km
\nTotal distance: 5073km<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the intense workout yesterday, I treated myself with a well earned rest day. A proper rest day with no side tour that is. This would be my last until I reach Albany, about 500km away. Spent my morning hunting for cheap and fast Internet around town. Turns out the public library do offer free Internet service. Their system is confusing. Apparently if I use the Internet for basic researching its free, but if I use it for email or banking, there’s a rate. The maximum use per session is 1 hour. But I was there for 3-4 hours, even checking my emails since it wasn’t blocked and the staff didn’t say a single word. The public shouldn’t even have to pay to use this computers in the first place, it’s a PUBLIC library afterall.<\/p>\n

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F. A. Hutchison on the left and Richard Xu Tan on the right. The pair will spend the next 5 years circumnavigating the globe on two wheels. I wish them all the best and hope that we shall meet again some day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Xu Tan said he likes my trike very much, its quite evident here \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hutch riding a trike for the first time and liking it already!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Until this day, I still get the same excitement as the first time I ride on a trike XD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Glad I didn’t leave Esperance today, as there were a few showers throughout the day. Checked the weather forecast and couldn’t believe what I saw, moderate to strong EASTERLY winds over the next 2 days, gradually shifting to NORTH EASTERLY after that! My journey from Esperance to Albany would be west and nearly midway the road turns south west. If you’re confused about what I’m talking about, that just means I’ll be getting a tailwind all the way down to Albany! I nearly jumped in joy (resisted cause I was at the library). Now I just need to make sure I stick to the schedule and leave Esperance tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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The wind will be pushing me ALL THE WAY to Albany, even changes accordingly as the road direction changes. Pretty strong wind too! You can't get any better than this!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Today was meant to be a relaxing day and it was. Spent some time this evening chatting with Kiyo. I got to know him a bit better today. Kiyo is a work hard, play hard type of person. His passion for surfing is on par with my passion for riding, but he is somewhat a thrill seeker, probably explained how he managed to climb Frenchman Peak with a pair of thongs! On a side note, he even went right to the very top, which was a small boulder wide enough to fit only one person. “Scary” he then added “but very fun, I like!”. He’s very determined to improve his English too, spending hours every day listening to radio and reading children books. The important lesson learnt today wasn’t about discovering how great the strength of the human spirit, but how spending a little more time just to know a stranger better can make living more meaningful.<\/p>\n

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The hostel folks. From left: Kiyo from Japan, a mad cyclist from Malaysia, and Jou from Taiwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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