And we got through! After a sleepless night (at least me) just before the border, the crossing went as smoothly as we could even imagine. Our main worry was to get the motorbike through and avoid the Laos police to send us back as it happened to other tourists at other crossings more south. However, based on Vietnamese bikers in Hanoi, the border we chose would have been a safe bet, because of its isolated position and little traffic. Nameo is in fact located at ...

We made it! Finally, after 2700 Kms we reached our final destination, Hanoi. It was hard, cold, wet, and uncomfortable but the feeling of parking the bike in front of the St Joseph cathedral in the Old Quarter of Hanoi was just amazing. Check the glorious pictures in the photos section and see how dirty our bike was. We didn't resist one minute and got drunk right away (well a couple of beers) and after a hot shower (finally!), we treated ourselves with a well-de...

Hello everybody, here we are in the most touristy part of Vietnam, which in the end we are not enjoying so much. We started gloriously by leaving Kon Tum and staying overnight in a border town close to Laos, where we officially entered the old Ho Chi Minh road. This part was the most beautiful and wild ride so far, riding through scarcely inhabited mountains and reaching the highest peak for us which was at least a 1800 meters. After we passed the peak hell star...

Apologies for the radio silence since Saigon, but the last few days have been quite intense cruising around the Central Highlands. Leaving Saigon by motorbike revealed itself a real nerve wrecking experience that took us two hours to accomplish. Only after 8 hours we managed to reach our first destination, Bao Loc, on the central highlands. We rested for two days out of the exhaustion from the first leg of the trip. We are, in fact, not used to sitting on a sad...

And we entered Vietnam very early in the morning through a land crossing on the coast via motorbike. A tuk tuk driver from Cambodia took us from Kep to the border and then organized two motorbikes to ride us from the border to the closest city and catch a bus to Saigon. Thanks to this connection we were not ripped off considered that the border crossing we went through is famous for scams to travelers. In a way the more tense vibe was felt as soon as we passed...