Trains, Planes and Automobiles

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January 24th 2008

Published: January 25th 2008

Trains, Planes and Automobiles ….and cyclos, motorbikes, bicycles, walking, boats, ships, buses, I have used about every means of transportation in Vietnam. I have even used those big beat up looking old buses with carts of pigs, bicycles etc on top. They are the cheapest and in my opinion not bad at all. I rode one from Ha 'Tien to Can tho for 53000 dong, about $3.30 cents. This was my fi... Read Full Entry

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Kent D. Converse

Governor

This is my 12 visit to Vietnam My current mission in Vietnam is going to the home villages of all my neices and nephews that have helped me in Vietnam In 2005 I biked from Hanoi to Saigon. Probably the greatest trip I ever experienced. I look forward to returning to Vietnam and enjoying the people and land of Vietnam. I will be staying with my former Rotary Exchange Student Trang and her husband Huan and daughter Sarah. I keep a bike at Trang's house and will be biking around Saigon on short trips. The cover photo is me biking the Red River Islands near Hanoi.... full info

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Vietnam countryside

Mountain stream

Train

Bridge at Hue that leads into tunnel

New tunnel cuts out the over the mountain trip.

Hue traffic

Hwy one

The rode I biked two years ago. Runs mostly alongside of railroad track.

Vietnam

Hitch a ride on a truck

Other forms of transportation

Hitch a ride on a bike

bike with pickup bed in front

See these everywhere

bike with trailer

Most uncomfortable. Not for bad backs. You see these starting at Vinh Long and further South.

ship

Hydrofoil

Motorbike

Cyclo is good with a pretty girl

I won't take one of these in Saigon. I have never been able to hire an honest one. They agree on a price and at the end they go into a screaming act wanting more money. In Hanoi, they seem more civilized but they are way more expensive than a taxi. I wanted to ride a cyclo with Trang but I let her do the negociating.

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