A Vietnam Motorbike Adventure
June 8th, 2011 § 1 Comment
The links below detail a month long motorbike tour of Vietnam, four days warm up across the Northwest with a guide, the rest solo from Hanoi to Saigon. I could never hope to effectively convey with words the addictive nature of thrashing a motorcycle through mountainous jungle or the equally addictive chaos and danger of the roads. I had no Lonely Planet Guide, no GPS, just a map (one of those paper things you fold up) and a route in my head.
I hope that this is the first of many motorbike adventures I can undertake. I also hope that people considering similar adventures find useful information here and to that end I have been as honest as possible without being rude. My only distraction from riding was recording sound effects to a portable digital recorder, from which I managed to get lots of great material. I didn’t ride across Vietnam so I could write a blog about it, or find myself, or take nice photos, or learn about a foreign culture, or relax from work or broaden my horizons, I just went for an adventure.
- Chapter 1 – Finding my Wheels -
Warm Up guided tour in the Northwest
- Chapter 2 – Going Solo -
Solo mission part 1, Hanoi – Hue
Solo mission part 2, Hue – Dalat
Solo mission part 3, Dalat – Saigon
- Extras -
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