Hi all,
I will add to our trip when I sort out some good photos.
Our trip lasted a month.
We rode from Hanoi to Hiaphong to the ferry to Cat Ba
Back to Haiphong on the same ferry, a few days later.
Then all along the coastal highway, south.
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Dong Ha
Hue
Over Hai Van pass
Hoi An
Qui Nhon
Nha trang
Phan Thap
Mui Nie
Phan Thiet
Saigon
With many other smaller places in between,
Both bikes on the train back to Hanoi.
A few days later we also got the train back to Hanoi.
We live in China, so we traveled by train, to South China, place called Nanning.
We each took a rucksack, a helmet, and a locking bike chain.
From Nanning we took a bus to China/Vietnam border.
We both had our visas already.
Through border formalities, and onto another bus, for a drive to Hanoi.
We booked into a small hotel, in the same road as our pre-arranged Honda 100cc semi-automatic motorbikes.
Next morning we walked the short 100 meters from our hotel to the motorbike hire shop.
We had arranged to have the 2 bikes for a month, at just $35 for the month each.
After leaving a deposit, we were off and on the road to Haiphong.
Living in China, we were both reasonably accustomed to the motorbike traffic, and the volume of bikes on the road.
But it still takes a little getting used to.
Our plan for day 1, was to get to the area where the ferry leaves Haiphong, for Cat Ba Island.
This we did without too much effort, although she did take the wrong turning on a roundabout, on our way out of Hanoi proper, which worried me a bit, as I lost her for about 30 minutes.
.
More later
vette
I will add to our trip when I sort out some good photos.
Our trip lasted a month.
We rode from Hanoi to Hiaphong to the ferry to Cat Ba
Back to Haiphong on the same ferry, a few days later.
Then all along the coastal highway, south.
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
Dong Hoi
Dong Ha
Hue
Over Hai Van pass
Hoi An
Qui Nhon
Nha trang
Phan Thap
Mui Nie
Phan Thiet
Saigon
With many other smaller places in between,
Both bikes on the train back to Hanoi.
A few days later we also got the train back to Hanoi.
We live in China, so we traveled by train, to South China, place called Nanning.
We each took a rucksack, a helmet, and a locking bike chain.
From Nanning we took a bus to China/Vietnam border.
We both had our visas already.
Through border formalities, and onto another bus, for a drive to Hanoi.
We booked into a small hotel, in the same road as our pre-arranged Honda 100cc semi-automatic motorbikes.
Next morning we walked the short 100 meters from our hotel to the motorbike hire shop.
We had arranged to have the 2 bikes for a month, at just $35 for the month each.
After leaving a deposit, we were off and on the road to Haiphong.
Living in China, we were both reasonably accustomed to the motorbike traffic, and the volume of bikes on the road.
But it still takes a little getting used to.
Our plan for day 1, was to get to the area where the ferry leaves Haiphong, for Cat Ba Island.
This we did without too much effort, although she did take the wrong turning on a roundabout, on our way out of Hanoi proper, which worried me a bit, as I lost her for about 30 minutes.
.
More later
vette