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Tokyo to Ho Chi Minh By Bicycle An autobiographical and reflective account of traveling from Tokyo to Ho Chi Minh on a bicycle.

14th-18th Nov - Tokyo to Osaka

Blasting through the tunnel in the traffic police van.

JAPAN | Wednesday, 24 November 2010 | Views [395]

Blasting through the tunnel in the traffic police van.

So I was faced with a really long tunnel to get to the boat in Osaka. With only 30 minutes before I was supposed to be there and bicycles forbidden I was faced with a grim proposition. Run the gamut or face missing the boat. So as I descended into the bowls of the tunnel the police descended on me like vultures and after a face off decided to put the bike in the van and help me out. Here's one of the guys who helped. A serious case of Ichinichi ichizen.

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Saying good bye and thanking the traffic police for their assistance. They guy wearing the waistcoat had initially suggested driving me there and really it's him I'm indebted to because I don't think the others would have come up with such an idea. Still arriving at the boat with a bicycle in a traffic police van caused much amusement and everyone was very helpful with big grins all round.

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