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14 Mar 2025
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13/3/2025
Ninh Hoa to Tuy Hoa
ATD 0710
ATA 1010
Ride time 3 hours
I still wasn't feeling 100% but I had already booked the hotel and would stay at Tuy Hoa for 2 nights to get more rest.
Was another boring ride and the hotel allowed me to check in early. Quiet and comfortable hotel.
I was hungry as I had only eaten a little fried rice the previous day and I wanted some English breakfast! Could not find any Western restaurant that served breakfast so I opted for a pizza and the taste was rubbish. LOL So much for good reviews on Google maps.
Went back to the hotel to sleep some more as still wasn't feeling great.
In the evening I wanted to go to a doctor but the hotel receptionist said there were no English speaking doctors and she recommended a pharmacy. The pharmacy staff could not speak English either but they were very helpful and used Google translate to patiently communicate with me. They prescribed Imodium.
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Rubbish pizza.
I liked pho but couldn't finish it as the appetite just wasn't there
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14/3/2025
Tuy Hoa
Feeling much better after taking the Imodium and had porridge for lunch and bought some bananas.
Tuy Hoa looks like a nice city as it's not too busy, has wide streets but I only go out to look for food and then back to the hotel to rest.
Pity.............. did not have the opportunity to explore the city.
View from my room.
The beach/sea is just after the trees. They have a nice boardwalk along the beach and it would have been nice to take a walk.
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16 Mar 2025
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15/3/2025
Tuy Hoa to Quy Nhon
ATD 0810
ATA 1140
Ride time 3.5 hours
Average road and boring for the most part except for the wooden bridge which crosses a lake. You pay VND10,000 to use this bridge.
I did not stop to take a picture while riding on the wooden bridge as it's narrow and there were bikes coming the opposite direction.
A unique experience!
Quy Nhon looks modern with wide roads, lots of tourist buses, numerous resorts. The waters are also beautiful turquoise green and there are less rubbish in the sea here.
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16 Mar 2025
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I am a bit more careful of where I eat now after experiencing unhygienic food. LOL I have always ate whatever I like previously. Am more cautious now.
First time in Vietnam taking fast food!
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16 Mar 2025
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Update:
I have to return back home soonest possible as my Dad is hospitalized.
Today I rode from Quy Nhon to Quang Ngai and tomorrow (17/3/2025) I will change the engine oil for the XR and then head back south towards Saigon.
I am roughly less than half way into my tour at this point.
At this juncture I am about 800kms back south to Saigon or 940kms north to Hanoi.
It's closer for me to return to Saigon and return the bike and also Saigon airport has a direct non-stop flight to my home city.
I estimate about 5 days for me to ride back to Saigon and then catch a flight home.
Going to ride at my normal pace of about 4 to 6 hours ride time per day. Want to be able to concentrate on the road and not rush.

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Not good, hope he's going to be ok mate
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18 Mar 2025
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He's recovering and I already bought a flight ticket on 22/3 to fly home.
I guess I'll have to do the South to North Vietnam some other time.
LOL.....
Now..... making my way back to Saigon
  
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16/3/2025
Quy Nhon to Quang Ngai
ATD 0720
ATA 1320
Ride time 6 hours
Long ride and beautiful scenery taking in the villages and back roads with minimal highways.
Weather was good all the way to Quang Ngai except for the last hour where the skies went dark and looked like it was going to rain.
Arrived hotel with no rain but the roads were wet.
Supposed to go to My Lai massacre memorial after check in but with the dark clouds I put it off for today.
Also received news that my Dad is hospitalized and I would have to return home soonest possible.
I am roughly less than half way into my tour at this point.
At this juncture I am about 800kms back south to Saigon or 940kms north to Hanoi.
It's closer for me to return to Saigon and return the bike and also Saigon airport has a direct non-stop flight to my home city.
I estimate about 5 days for me to ride back to Saigon and then catch a flight home.
Going to ride at my normal pace of about 4 to 6 hours ride time per day. Want to be able to concentrate on the road and not rush.
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17/3/2025
Spend the previous night planning for my return leg back to Saigon.
Take the coast or take the mountains?
Decided to take the mountains as I had enough of coastal roads with all the high end resorts.
Quang Ngai to Pleiku
ATD 0710 to Honda HEAD for oil change
ATD 0740 on the road
ATA 1330
Ride time 6 hours
30 minutes out it started to rain. Put on my rain gear for the first time on this tour.
Scenery is beautiful but with the rain and fog I concentrated on the road. I was cold and miserable. After 4 hours the sun came out about 50kms away from Kontum.
There were a few nice spots to take pictures but I didn't feel like stopping as I was cold!
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18/3/2025
Pleiku to Buon Ma Thout
ATD 0810
ATA 1200
Ride time 4 hours
Beautiful weather and enjoyable ride.
The first hour took me to a broken asphalt road (DT438) through villages where Googlemaps says only for motorcycles.
If I used the car mode it would route using a different road.
I can only assume that due to the large number of motorcycles in Vietnam they have specific routes for motorcycles.
At one point it was chilly and I closed the vents on the Clover jacket.
Screenshot might not be the actual route I rode
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