dispatches from here

So I had the brilliant idea of deciding to ride a motorcycle across Vietnam. The first thing everyone asks, is if I ride a motorcycle. Yes. I have. Not regularly, but I do know how to ride a motorcycle. I'm crazy, but not idiotic enough to try to ride across a developing country on a motorcycle with zero prior experience. Before I left to Vietnam, I got in touch with some rental company in Hanoi, wired them a deposit, and had them ship the bike to Saigon for me. So off I went, 10 days to cross Vietnam. All my gear bunjee corded to the motorcycle, map in hand, and absolutely no real route/itinerary.