I have been doing a bit of reading on the bikes I'm likely to find and the going prices ect. I think I'm as excited about this trip as I was when the time was getting close to ride my old xt600 RTW. I'm just wondering for how long I'll be shouting GOOOOOOD MORRNING VIETNAM each day haha
I'm just going to go with the flow without any fixed plans. Might be a good chance I don't make it as far as Laos but hay who cares I'm just out to get pissed ride some miles and maybe a few women haha
Vietnam ,Cambodia ,Laos
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rodyorkabr
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Kito!- I'm not jealous in the slightest...NO SIREE!
Some of the information kindly offered here- especially the map page looks great!
Please do let us know how you get of with lots of photos/video here...this could certainly liven up Jan-Febs 2015 for all us sad people left here!
EXCELLENT!
Some of the information kindly offered here- especially the map page looks great!
Please do let us know how you get of with lots of photos/video here...this could certainly liven up Jan-Febs 2015 for all us sad people left here!
EXCELLENT!
Morocco on a budget! 
https://shaw2shore.co.uk/video-gallery/#bwg2/4
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Looks a great trip.
While at the NEC we picked up a book on the overland stall, a short ride in the jungle, by Antonia Bolingbroke - Kent. She rode the Ho Chi Min Trail. Her web site is, WWW.theitinerant.co.uk. Info and pictures.
Great girl to talk to. No adventure biking experiance.
Cheers Dave.
While at the NEC we picked up a book on the overland stall, a short ride in the jungle, by Antonia Bolingbroke - Kent. She rode the Ho Chi Min Trail. Her web site is, WWW.theitinerant.co.uk. Info and pictures.
Great girl to talk to. No adventure biking experiance.
Cheers Dave.
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Sounds great!
My time in SE Asia totally changed my perspective of my life. I hope you have a fantastic time
My time in SE Asia totally changed my perspective of my life. I hope you have a fantastic time
I wouldn't mix up the two activities, you may get more a bit more than you bargained for :blink:kito wrote:I'm just out to get pissed ride some miles and maybe a few women haha
living an ordinary life in a non-ordinary way
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Who knows if I get an auto clutch I might try all 3 at the same time lol
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I did a trip at the beginning of November, Hanoi to Sapa and the Chinese border belt on a XR 250 on my way to moving to Sydney. I had tour guide on the trip which was useful.
Riding in Vietnam is illegal unless you have a Vietnamese license. The tour guide said most foreigners (white people) don't get stopped as the traffic police cant speak English. If you do get stopped normally $50 will solve it, the advice was if you get waved down carry on riding then stop if they follow and play ignorance. I did exactly this hesitantly, traffic cop in the middle of the road waving us down, tour guide rode through so I had to swerve round the cop now right in front of me, he didn't pursue us. Another occasion we met a off duty cop at a roadside cafe, he insisted on taking us to our hotel racing us on his moped all the way there. Riding without a license is a gamble, you'll be ok unless you have a big off and injure someone, then you are fucked.
Vietnam is a great country, everyone friendly. I had the advantage I had a guide who was Vietnamese so we stopped at local cafes aka road shacks and eat local food with the locals. Watching your food prepped out back on the concrete floor with rats running about they wouldn't pass any food hygiene test but it was tasty and edible. We also visited villages most Vietnamese don't go to or know about, mostly Thai immigrants in the mountains farming who live and die there never leaving. We did a river crossing where a load of the women where shocked to see us as they where stark naked bathing, a excellent site considering I like my SE Asian women.
The off roading was fantastic, great views. The downside, when it rains, the mud, lots of deep shitty mud and wet slippy clay! The locals on the mopeds made it look easy while we where struggling. Riding in Hanoi city center was an experience, it's mentally draining, traffic everywhere, every direction every man for himself, I was only in the center about 1 hour to get in/out but it felt like all day. Ho Chi Minh is even worse but never rode in that, don't think i would now seeing it.
A video of the same route I did
[video][/video]
A few pictures of my trip
China other side of the river
China border
If you get chance to do a homestay I recommend it for a night. Great food, great experience for a night and the rice wine you won't be going to sleep sober.
While you are there make the most of the $5 massages to. Perfect after a days riding.
It's a very cheap place to tour / live. Hotels (budget) can be had around $6-12 per night, if you eat local a meal + beer $3-5
Riding in Vietnam is illegal unless you have a Vietnamese license. The tour guide said most foreigners (white people) don't get stopped as the traffic police cant speak English. If you do get stopped normally $50 will solve it, the advice was if you get waved down carry on riding then stop if they follow and play ignorance. I did exactly this hesitantly, traffic cop in the middle of the road waving us down, tour guide rode through so I had to swerve round the cop now right in front of me, he didn't pursue us. Another occasion we met a off duty cop at a roadside cafe, he insisted on taking us to our hotel racing us on his moped all the way there. Riding without a license is a gamble, you'll be ok unless you have a big off and injure someone, then you are fucked.
Vietnam is a great country, everyone friendly. I had the advantage I had a guide who was Vietnamese so we stopped at local cafes aka road shacks and eat local food with the locals. Watching your food prepped out back on the concrete floor with rats running about they wouldn't pass any food hygiene test but it was tasty and edible. We also visited villages most Vietnamese don't go to or know about, mostly Thai immigrants in the mountains farming who live and die there never leaving. We did a river crossing where a load of the women where shocked to see us as they where stark naked bathing, a excellent site considering I like my SE Asian women.
The off roading was fantastic, great views. The downside, when it rains, the mud, lots of deep shitty mud and wet slippy clay! The locals on the mopeds made it look easy while we where struggling. Riding in Hanoi city center was an experience, it's mentally draining, traffic everywhere, every direction every man for himself, I was only in the center about 1 hour to get in/out but it felt like all day. Ho Chi Minh is even worse but never rode in that, don't think i would now seeing it.
A video of the same route I did
[video][/video]
A few pictures of my trip
China other side of the river
China border
If you get chance to do a homestay I recommend it for a night. Great food, great experience for a night and the rice wine you won't be going to sleep sober.
While you are there make the most of the $5 massages to. Perfect after a days riding.
It's a very cheap place to tour / live. Hotels (budget) can be had around $6-12 per night, if you eat local a meal + beer $3-5
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