juddadredd, your probably right in that it could be the way (and possibly the only way) to get yourself and your bike into Vietnam. Its just that if were talking, should I say "normal" tourism, or touring with bikes here, it just might be a bit far off. It might work for very experienced travellers like you, who know the area and local ways like the back of their pockets.
Dealing with drug-traffickers and the like, you really need to know what your doing. Normal tourists could easily end up neck-deep in trouble doing the same thing thats easy for you to do.
Ive been trying to get into Vietnam from all 3 international borders with Cambodia & Laobao in Laos, and my experience was that theyre not very helpful, and very few speak any other language than theirs. Didnt feel like I would want to get caught doing something illegal around there. We were offered to smuggle our bikes to Saigon, but didnt go for that.
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