When we get back to our bungalow we mount up and ride back to Hanoi. My legs are killing me. At least I can rest them sitting on the bike. Oh yeah, our butts will again be cradled by the seat of concrete. We are almost begging to go back via a shorter and smoother road route. Mr Pink takes us along Highway 1. Thank you Mr Pink.
Click for Video. We ride out of the national park.
We stop for lunch at another road side cafe. I am not having anything but chicken this time. We get chopped up fried chicken. Again they are freshly killed out the back. We also are served a liver, cabbage and flower soup. I try this with some boiled rice. The flower is crunchy. Not my favourite dish of the trip so far but way better than “like pork”.
Highway 1 is smoother that's for sure. Our butts still ache. This is the least of our worries as many buses and trucks force us into the gutter as they overtake each other.
Click for Video. How to overtake a lumbering truck in Vietnam 2 up on a 125.
School is out and we face yet another challenge when riding a small bike in Vietnam. Teenagers on push bikes. At least 3kms of them. We are forced at times inot the oncomming lane to get around them all. They wave when they see us westerners on a bike on their roads. In fact lots of people waved to us when they saw we are not Vietnamese.
Hanoi is looming up in the distance. Its haze and smog reaching out to greet us hot and dirty travellers. Soon we will be immersed back into the never ending sound of the horn and millions of scooters fighting cars and buses for a place on the road.
Click for Video. Coming into the outskirts of Hanoi.
Mr Pink it was a true honor to ride with you and have us as your guide. Anyone that wants to do a bike tour in Vietnam please go see
Flamingo Travel. We highly recommend them. Ask for Mr Pink as your guide. You will have a great ride with him.
Please don't think I am complaining about this ride. I loved every minute of it. My long held dream is ever so real now. I now know I can ride anywhere in the world. I have become like my hero's who I have idolised for 30 years. Roll on the next overseas holiday. We want to ride even further. This time though on a bigger bike with our Airhawk blow up seat cushions cuddling our butts.
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