The last 3 days to get here has been and awesome experience!
We left Nha Trang at about 7:30am on Friday morning on the back of 2 motorbikes piloted by what I am sure are 2 of the countries finest EasyRider's. Tien and Phuoc were their names and really fun guys.
I have to say that this is possibly the coolest way to see Vietnam, and although it isnt cheap, I would highly recommend it if you want to get off the tourist trail, into the "Real" Vietnam. They both spoke pretty good english which made it all enjoyable, and knew a lot about the countryside and where to visit and stay. We were able to just rock up to people working on the side of the road and take photos of what they were doing ... or talk with them - through our guides - to ask about what was going on.We have seen everything from small scale brick factories and incense manufacture - through to huge scale rubber plantations, pepper farms and Vietnams largest waterfall ... and all the way we saw only 3 other westerners, one other couple on "EasyRiders" and an American guy traveling around the world for 2 years. Today we stopped at small roadside restaurant and while talking with the young girl running the place, it sounded like she had never met a westerner before, and many of the smaller kids had only seen people like us on Television.
Just outside this same restaurant, there was a guy driving back and forwards in a "Highland Tractor" (not to be confused with a Remuera Tractor - i doubt you would see one of these in Auckland) trying to roll the road frontage after they had buried some pipes. He was more than happy for me to jump in a have a go .... good for a laugh.
Tracie enjoyed being on the back of a bike, and after the initial sore bums, we both had a fabulous time.
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