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Hi all

Thought I would post up a link to the trip blog for our upcoming return to Vietnam. Somewhat unbelievably, my missus is letting me go there for a THIRD time!

Continuing the saga from Nambusters II, we will be starting in Hanoi again and heading generally west to the Laos border, before working our way north west towards Sapa almost all off-road. We'll then head across over Sapa and finish up in Lao Cai before taking the bikes back to Hanoi on the overnight sleeper train, which is always an interesting experience!

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More info on the blog, which is located here:http://nambusters.blogspot.co.uk

In particular this post: http://nambusters.blogspot.co.uk/2015/0 ... ers-3.html

There will be some posts in the upcoming months as we get ready for the trip, then it will go quiet while we're away, and when we're back I'll write up the report for each day.

Also to give you a bit of a flavour, here are a few short videos we made from the last trip. More vids to come as I get through the footage.

Nambusters II - Part 1:
https://youtu.be/CuD0nN8iFKc

Nambusters II - Part 2:
https://youtu.be/lFeXgKj6elM

Off road near Ha Giang (includes me dropping it):
https://youtu.be/ngBRIZ3c0vk

Off road near Ha Giang 2 - around the cliff:
https://youtu.be/3q7BOOHHZAg

Riding the Ma Pi Leng pass at 5000ft:
https://youtu.be/q9sKRlfSt4A
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Look forward to your ride updates and pics

I'm currently reading 'A Short Ride in the Jungle: the Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle' by a young lady who did it on a pink C90

http://www.theitinerant.co.uk/adventure ... i-mission/
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Wicky wrote:Look forward to your ride updates and pics

I'm currently reading 'A Short Ride in the Jungle: the Ho Chi Minh Trail by Motorcycle' by a young lady who did it on a pink C90

http://www.theitinerant.co.uk/adventure ... i-mission/
I read that book a while back. Quite entertaining. Fair do's to her - that was quite a ballsy trip to undertake for an unaccompanied girl. It gives you a bit of insight to the country and people too.
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