Alas, the time has come

Day 13 - Mui Ne Beach

Today was a day of do nothing time and oh it was great. We got up at about half 9 or 10 I reckon and grabbed a bit of breakfast. We wanted to go to a place called the red canyon and got on the road but in typical Vietnamese style we weren't allowed in to see the canyon co we weren't part of a tour which is just so stupid over here. So we went to see a set if Cham towers instead which was kinda cool but the were like 30km away from the canyon and in the midday heat if felt like it took hours to get there. They were pretty impressing but don't compare to My Son. So from there it was back to the pool for a while day of laying there and in the pool relaxing and catching up on rest coz we knew that the next 200km to HCM was gonna be the toughest bit of the road trip. So we lay and we lay, and lay some more before we got dinner and then git our shit together and ready for the morning so we could hit the road early. So Ho Chi Minh is only 200km away. 

Day 14 - Mui Ne-Ho Chi Minh City

So the final stage of our road trip was here and exactly / weeks since we left from Hanoi we were heading onto the final city of the trip. So up early and onto the bikes and onto the road for 8am and already the sun was beating down on us so it was time to try cover up every bit of skin that was on show coz it's not cook trying to drive with sunburn or with the smell of burning skin for 5 hours. Leaving the beach was killer coz it was so nice to be there and knowing we were going to a big city instead. But on we went and trawler through the insane driving of the hoards of buses and trucks leaving HCM and meeting us along the road. So it's only 200km to go but the traffic is insane. Just imagine a capacity crowd coming out of Croke park and the tons of people on the streets, now imagine each of them on a scooter and you still haven't got what the traffic is like on the roads here. But we survived. So the roads were good and the highway was cool but it was HCM we wanted. It only took us 5 hours to get tobthe edge of the city and we knew we were close by the volume of traffic. It was insane and was so scary at parts. In saying that we managed to make it all the way to our hotel without een getting lost. It seems we are getting good at this driving malark. So we actually arrived in Saigon. And I believe I have earned. Tshirt that says "I survived Saigon" and it will be bought as soon as I find one. So  14 days . . 1700km . . 2000 photographs . . 2 x 110cc Honda Waves . . €30 worth of petrol . . No Licences . . 2 x very sore asses . . No Limbs lost . . 2 x avoided police stops . . 4 x falls . . A hundred thousand memories . . . . . . . . . . . . JOB DONE, WE SURVIVED. So now Hanoi is only 1700km away.

Vietnam Road Trip = Priceless