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Tour the Legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail on the Back of a Soviet Era Motobike

Published by Kristin Cowles, Editor-in-Chief

Country: Vietnam

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Drive into the infamous impenetrable forests along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, once a supply chain during the Vietnam War.

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When to Go to Vietnam Motorbike

Want a Guide?

Cycle Vietnam - GAPAdventures.com
One of Asia's classic cycling journeys, riding from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh. With thousands of kilometres of stunning beaches and beautiful coastal roads as well as some of the freshest seafood going this trip is an indulgent experience. We are never far from a beach and stay in comfortable hotels to make this trip one our most cushy adventure tours.

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Awesome Views Abound in Bach Ma National Park
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Books and DVDs

Inside the Vietnam War DVD - National Geographic.com
Inside the Vietnam War features riveting first-hand accounts of U.S. Veterans' experiences during the Vietnam War matched with in-country archival film footage, audio recordings and personal photos.
Vietnam Travel Guide -Lonely Planet
Want cities? Slurp down steaming pho in a street stall, toff up in a tailored suit, negotiate head-on traffic in a flimsy cyclo. Want nature? Get your fill of green in endless rice paddies, cool down in the mountains, laze on South China beaches.
Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit (Paperback)
Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit takes the reader on an informed and engaging journey into the social and ritual life of contemporary Vietnam.

Elsewhere on the Web

Riding the Ho Chi Minh Trail - Central Highlands, Vietnam
"You see real Vietnam," Dung yelled back to me as we sped along the twisting, snaking asphalt of the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The jungle was all around us: a jumble of a million different leaves, grasses, textures, shapes, shadows, and shades of green, all enveloped in the blue hue of morning light.
Ho Chi Minh Trail -Explore Indochina.com
Explore the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail on the back of a soviet era motorbike.
Travel Report Vietnam - Voyages.gc.ca
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Media References

FOOTSTEPS: MARGUERITE DURAS'S 'THE LOVER'; In Vietnam, Forbidden Love and Literature - NY TImes.com (newspaper)
THERE is no better place to have an affair than Ho Chi Minh City. Virtually every block in the city has a hotel or guesthouse whose front-desk clerk won't bat an eye as you check in with your paramour. What happens in Saigon, as it's still known, stays in Saigon.
Going to Ho Chi Minh City - NY Times.com (newspaper)
Because 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) is finally growing up. With a prettified, gentrifying downtown, an array of international hotels and now direct flights from the United States via United, it has never been easier to visit.
A BIT OF VIETNAM IS PLANTED IN CHINA - NY Times.com (newspaper)
In a clearing between rice paddies, a shirtless youth pedals rhythmically on a threshing machine. Close by, an old woman with a bun of silver hair cries across the paddies to summon an idling water buffalo. Crickets chatter in the trees. As the last sunlight fades, a new image ...

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Mandarin , Vietnamese are some of the languages spoken in Vietnam. If you know of a freely available phrase book or podcast for one of the missing languages, let us know!

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