SOLO BICYCLING (NON-MOTORIZED) IN HCMC, HOI AN & HANOI..... In early Feb/10 I am planning a 2 1/2 week trip to Vietnam (my first). My planned itinerary is 6 nites in HCMC, 1 nite on the train (soft sleeper) enroute to Hoi An, 4 nites in Hoi An, 6 nites in Hanoi and 2 nites back in HCMC. Then I fly on to Bangkok for 3 weeks in Thailand. My past travels to Asia have included 3 weeks in Malaysia and 2 trips to Thailand (5 weeks doing tsunami relief work in Phuket in Jan/Feb/05 and 3 weeks in '06 vacationing). This said, I know the 'hairy' driving conditions in all Asian cities. I'm a 70 y.o. retiree and travelling solo. I've hit 22 countries in my lifetime so I pretty well know the ropes. On
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