It's not just about motorcycles. After all, I did title this blog " Chopsticks and Motorcycles". We made it to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in one piece and no mishaps other than Dan running into a bicycle with his right pannier and breaking a basket of eggs. We witnessed our first accident on the three hundred kilometer journey from Dalat to Saigon. A bus in front of me forced a scooter onto some loose sand and caused him to go down hard. A local missed getting crushed under the wheels by inches and managed to get up with a few road rashes and scrapes. The bus driver didn't bother to stop as appparently this is quite common. With over forty road deaths per day the Vietnamese Government is making a huge effort to prevent foreigners from driving here. Not good for tourism killing visitors.
Viet Dan's Boat #5
On the Cat Lai Ferry crossing to Saigon
I think we are here.
Green Chopsticks. After all it is about chopsticks too.
Ho Chi Minh City in the horizon. We are nearing the end of the journey after nearly 2000 km.
Our journey into HCMC was actually quite easy and not as hectic as departing Hanoi however I think that after nearly three weeks we were becoming accustomed to the traffic madness.
We stuck to an Asian diet throughout the journey eating strictly with chopsticks and enjoying absolutely great food including street food which was always much less expensive and always tastier than restaurants. My throttle hand was so tired tonight that I could barely hold my chopsticks at dinner. Tomorrow we return the bikes and will spend a few days exploring the city and relaxing. Friday I return home and Dan will carry on to Cambodia by bus.
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