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Crappy glass bottle fuel for the bike, excellent ca phe sua for me. Two bowls of pho in the morning and I'm ready to hammer out 300km

Update. Vietnam was amazing. Cut my ride short half way at Hoi An after seeing two separate fatal crashes. Figured it was a sign, cows and busses man... They'll kill ya. Debating the Mae Hong Son loop now, traffic seems to move a lot faster in Thailand.

I am looking for someone to ride with ;) flights are on you though. I'm dirt poor now.

Amazing, thanks. I've got pretty much everything sorted except for the licensing piece and now that looks good. :D

Yeah it's less about the money and more the time involved, seems it takes 10 working days for a license? Or do you get something similar to the M1 slip we get here immediately after.

Last question I swear, did World Nomads ask if you had a Viet license? It seems they only require you to have a Canadian license to be covered, but they're very murky on the matter.

Yeah the plan is to rent either semi-auto Honda Waves for the ride down to Saigon because they're cheap/easy to fix or maybe the XR150 if I can find a shop with them around Ha Giang.

:D fingers crossed then all goes well. Absolutely stoked for this trip, what started as just a few rides is now a month and a half of riding.

Yeah gear wise, I'm thinking to bring gloves, hiking boots and pick-up an LS2 helmet there with some elbow/knee pads. Speeds should be low enough that it won't be too bad with all that?

Going to be a fun time trying to get this license converted in Hanoi. Doesn't help that I won't have the M yet either.

Awesome, thanks so much. You wouldn't happen to remember the notary? Any last tips for the trip? I'm going to be riding up through Mae Hong loop, Ha Giang, and then down from Hanoi to Saigon.

Yeah been looking into it, did you have the business visa then? Or the 3 month tourist?

Yeah, it's the insurance I'm worried about. Bribes I'm okay with, but that medical bill and the flight back? Less so.

How long did it take to have all this done?

World Nomads didn't give you issues for riding a bike without a Vietnamese license? I thought Canadian licenses even with IDP weren't valid in Vietnam.

What routes did you do in Thailand? I'm thinking of riding from Chiang Mai to Pai but I've heard some horror stories about those blind corners.