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Day 3: Back on Track!

This morning I woke at the very reasonable hour of 9am, to the sound of the man whose job it is to watch over the motel’s motorbike parking area singing karaoke at full volume. Let’s just say he won’t be winning Vietnam’s Got Talent anytime soon. I packed up, got on the bike and set…
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Day 2: Following the Purple Road (Sort Of)

The plan for day two sounded simple enough: spend a bit of time in Ho Chi Minh City in the morning, pick up the bike around midday, and ride to Cat Tien for the night. It kind of half worked out… I woke up at 10am Vietnamese time – which is 4am back in England…
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Day 1: Manchester to Ho Chi Minh City
I set off from Cumbria at midday, catching a train to Manchester Airport and arriving just after 2pm. The first leg was a quick hop to Amsterdam with easyJet – only an hour and a half. After a short layover, I boarded the long-haul flight to Xiamen in eastern China with Xiamen Airlines (I hadn’t…