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Motoring Through Indochina
A friend recommended an adventure that I'm dying to do: a week motorcycling throughout Vietnam. He's done it two years in a row, and recommends an outfit called Explore Indochina. The outfit is apparently run an Aussie and a Brit that act as tour guides and speak fluent Vietnamese.
They host a couple of rides each month, and cover different areas of the country (as well as Laos and Cambodia). They put together only small groups (5 or less).
Picture this: 6+ days straddling a 125cc two-stroke Belorussian motorbike, rolling through the beautiful scenery of Vietnam. It's muddy, it's wet, it's real. That's my idea of cruising!
Makes me want to dust off that copy of Jupiter's Travels.
Filed under: Activism, Biking, Arts and Culture, Asia, Vietnam, Camping
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Willy Sep 18th 2006 3:26PM
That sounds awesome! My friend went mountain biking through Vietnam about a year ago (http://www.bootsnall.com/adventures/articles/05-04/mountain-biking-in-the-sapa-region.html), and she loved it. Her photos were amazing. I'd love to do it one day.
Iva Sep 18th 2006 3:38PM
That sounds great. I don't think I could do it "without the engine" though...
Cooler Sep 18th 2006 6:07PM
It's sound really exciting, but is dangerous too... Unknown country, unknown people. Or you have machete? :D
Jocelyn Sep 18th 2006 6:44PM
Sounds adventurous. I love that an Aussie and Brit are the guides. And more fun with a smallish group; in adverse conditions you can help each other out (or at least share a good laugh).
To plan such an adventure, TripHub (http://www.triphub.com) is a site with free group travel planning tools.