Hills for forty miles

 I broke the 6:00 threshold by leaving Phan Ri at 5:58.  Four hours of up one hill as slow as three mph down the other side up to thirty-four mph. I must have climbed twenty hills and by 9:00 I was pouring down the water as the sun was blaring down on me from the east.  Following the shoreline was very picturesque and soil was a mixture of white sand switching over to bright orange dirt.  A nice four lane road with barely a car in sight with a landscaped medium with flowering trees and manicured hedges. As I progressed, the resorts became more frequent and way above my paid grade.  Finding no suitable place to pull over after three hours, I plodded along until reached Phan Thiet.
I stopped at a cafe and had my standard Mango Smoothie while I decompressed in the air conditioning.  Less than a kilometer I found my hotel which I reserved through booking.com.
Like so many of the nice but small hotels, it was down a small side alley.  Very obliging owner who started snapping pictures of me.  Like several other hotels I have stayed at, had a woman been along for the ride, this place would have met her standard.  580,000 Dong is pricy compared to the other places but still under $30.  After cleaning  up and taking a nap, I went down to the small open court yard where the owners sat me down for a delicious Vietnamese lunch.  Since
opening the newly built hotel four months earlier, I was the first American, on a bike no less. After lunch I walked down to the waterfront where the bordering land was being redeveloped with new hotels, house and roads such as I have seen at two other towns along the way.  I parked myself at one of the new hotel outside restaurants and had a brew.  Walking back, I found a vibrant side street outdoor market stretching several hundred feet. There I stocked up with a mango and two oranges. Walking down the side alley to my hotel, I bought some wraps of sorts filled with mini Salmon as the owner explained to me. Delicious items dipped in a tomatoe peanut sauce.
      Tomorrow I follow the coast and the word is the terrain flattens out. Partly cloudly is forecast so I am hoping for a cooler ride.