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It was still a blast. Ten of us took a 12 day bike trip through North Vietnam and most of Laos... riding Minsk's, Urals, and finally, Honda XR 250's. A young man accompanied us on our trip in the chase vehicle while his Dad rode with us. He took all the footage and made a 2 hour movie of the trip. Beats most travel shows I have ever seen. This is a 20 minute segment... the first part of the movie... an mpg file. It's big, about 500 meg... but well worth watching to see what we did. http://www.herbhost.com/biketrip/vietlaotrip.mpgIn my browser it plays with an add on. You might need to right click and save. If that looks like a bit much, you can try the one minute trailer (uses QuickTime player): http://www.herbhost.com/biketrip/BikeTrailer.m4v Yah... daily urban rides in Singapore, and once every couple of years, something like this. Cheers. |
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 05:59:57 AM » |
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The trailer took a while to load but finally ran Looks like a whole lot of fun Where was that tunnel road? Who was the guy who put his leg down going down the hill. Thats a good way to snap it off  |
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 06:27:51 AM » |
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Excellent video SE...thanks for sharing. I highly recommend downloading the video (hope your not paying for the bandwidth usage). Download it first by right-clicking the video link, then watch once it is finished downloading. It is a great video!
My first exposure to Vietnamese culture was when I worked at IBM. I became close friends with a gentleman who escaped from Vietnam with his brother. I heard many hours of stories about how is family was imprisoned and how he was forced to work in the silk weaving business his family once owned. Anyway, on a lighter and less political note...I unintentionally offended him when I was eating dinner at his house the first time. As you are no doubt aware from your travels in Vietnam, one of the popular dishes is PHO. It is raw beef or seafood and noodles in a bowl, which is cooked by pouring boiling hot water into the bowl. I refused to eat it! After time...I finally tried it and it turned out to be one of my favorite foods. It is now many years later, I go to a Vietnamese restaurant here in middle TN and eat it once a week.
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 06:52:37 AM » |
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The trailer took a while to load but finally ran Looks like a whole lot of fun Where was that tunnel road? Who was the guy who put his leg down going down the hill. Thats a good way to snap it off Oss, he was an Ozzie riding with us... his theory on dirt roads was that he could 'kick it back up' if it slid out from under him during a turn. Can't say I agree... and we all made it through 12 days without anyone going down... some close calls in tight canyon turns with gravel on the road... and all saved. The tunnel is between Mai Chau and Son La, Vietnam. |
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2010, 07:07:59 AM » |
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Excellent video SE...thanks for sharing. I highly recommend downloading the video (hope your not paying for the bandwidth usage). Download it first by right-clicking the video link, then watch once it is finished downloading. It is a great video!
My first exposure to Vietnamese culture was when I worked at IBM. I became close friends with a gentleman who escaped from Vietnam with his brother. I heard many hours of stories about how is family was imprisoned and how he was forced to work in the silk weaving business his family once owned. Anyway, on a lighter and less political note...I unintentionally offended him when I was eating dinner at his house the first time. As you are no doubt aware from your travels in Vietnam, one of the popular dishes is PHO. It is raw beef or seafood and noodles in a bowl, which is cooked by pouring boiling hot water into the bowl. I refused to eat it! After time...I finally tried it and it turned out to be one of my favorite foods. It is now many years later, I go to a Vietnamese restaurant here in middle TN and eat it once a week.
Thanks for the kudos on the video... the young man that made this movie deserves an award. I may regret this... and anyone who wants the full DVD set, let me know... I'll make copies and email to you. Jim, your experiences are fascinating. I met my first Vietnamese when I was the programming manager in an IBM mainframe shop. He was a colonel in the south Vietnamese army and had enough money to buy a landing craft. He and 80 other people escaped Vietnam immediately prior to the fall, spent 3 months on the water, attacked by pirates, and then 3 years in a Philippine relocation camp. The US relocated him to Houston. He became a junior programmer on my staff. 20 years later, his son became a manager in the same organization. Talk about putting reality into perspective! I love Vietnamese food... and agree... you have to be willing to jump in and see what it is like. Much better than what the Chinese will eat. |
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2010, 10:43:13 AM » |
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While appreciating you generous offer of DVD's I'm quite comfy downloading the 500MB files. They're great and I just hope you'll post the rest when you can. Thanks!
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2010, 11:19:34 AM » |
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I mean this in the best way possible, but I hate you... I really, really do...
Purely out of jealousy... I SO want to tour Asia like that... Heck, I wanna do that everywhere, but Asia is high on the list...
Been to Angkor Wat? I know it's become more of a tourist trap, but it's very high on my "bucket list"...
Pho is definitely an acquired taste. Once I got over the fact that it smelled like the arm pit sweat of a thousand football players had been distilled into a bowl, it really did taste good!
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2010, 03:36:22 PM » |
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I'll have ta wait til I'm back onshore to watch it Here on the boat the so call broad band downloads at a WHOPPING 2.1 K ...Makes dialup seem lightning fast. Wayne.... I was looking at the map in your other post.....Pretty cool to be able to tell folks you live just south of Phuket....    . LOL |
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2010, 04:50:01 PM » |
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Part 2 of the video is every bit as good as the first part, well done!
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2010, 07:09:59 PM » |
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i don't know if i can trust downloading anything from SE!! he's probably got some programing hidden in it to steal my pasword information, or something like that!!! and, shouldn't this be political in some way???? (just joking, i plan on watching it when i get home!!) |
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2010, 08:44:56 PM » |
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I mean this in the best way possible, but I hate you... I really, really do...
Purely out of jealousy... I SO want to tour Asia like that... Heck, I wanna do that everywhere, but Asia is high on the list...
Been to Angkor Wat? I know it's become more of a tourist trap, but it's very high on my "bucket list"...
Pho is definitely an acquired taste. Once I got over the fact that it smelled like the arm pit sweat of a thousand football players had been distilled into a bowl, it really did taste good!
I've been to Angkor Wat. Stayed in Siem Reap, rented motorbikes, and toured 10 or 12 different temples. Quite amazing, even though the kids drive you nuts trying to sell trinkets. I've done 4 trips in Vietnam/Laos. We are thinking of doing the Ho Chi Minh trail from Hanoi to Saigon this coming February... on the Vietnam side where it is not so tough... this would take 13 days. |
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2010, 08:59:28 PM » |
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SE: Thanks for posting that. Looks like a great trip. I had no trouble with the full 20 minute part 1, and look forward to having enough time to watch part 2.  I spent a lot of time in Okinawa, and deal with and visit Japan and have been to China visiting some of my suppliers. I have a deep respect for the Asian cultures, food, etc., and love traveling over there. Doing it by motorcycle would be a dream. Especially the way you guys did it with mechanics, chase viehicles, and unencumbered with baggage. Fantastic trip! |
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« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2010, 08:41:48 PM » |
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...waiting patiently for part 3 (And any others)... I'm assuming this is the outfit you went with - www.exploreindochina.comWhich tour was it that you did? And, most importantly, would you go with that company again? Not anytime soon, I still have my trip of a lifetime to the Arctic ocean on my Valk next summer, but this is the kinda thing I might start saving for after that trip for 3 or so years out... Looks fascinating... Wondering if those lil' bikes could haul my 5'19" 300 pound carcass around though, but man that'd be a blast! |
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