Vietnam - Stage 2 - Photographs
Geert rode South during Tết, the weeklong celebration of the Lunar New Year. People got very drunk and he witnessed a fight on the side of Highway 1 where people went after each other holding iron bars.

The climbs into the highlands were brutal because of the intense heat. He passed large burned down areas where poor locals were collecting charcoal, covered in soot.

Arriving back in Ho Chi Minh City was very satisfying. After all - Geert had no idea if his back would hold out. He had started with serious overweight after a very depressing Adelaide Hills winter. Now he looked happy, fresh faced and a lot thinner. It was a great ride.

Crossing the border at Lao Bảo/Vietnam//

Some sections of Highway 9 were devoid of traffic/Vietnam//

One of the many, many graveyards South of the 17th parallel. This was a North Vietnamese Army cemetery. Fresh incense would burn at every grave stone/Vietnam//

Coming into the old imperial city of Huế/Vietnam//

American pillbox bunker on a street corner in Huế/Vietnam//

The Citadel, scene of very heavy fighting during the war/Huế/Vietnam//

Koi carps near the Citadel/Huế/Vietnam//

Night view over the city and Perfume River/Huế/Vietnam//

Shrimp farms off the coast/On the road/Vietnam//

And a fishing fleet/On the road/Vietnam//

Riding back into the highlands/On the road/Vietnam//

Early ride in mist/On the road/Vietnam//

Descending from the highlands/On the road/Vietnam//

Rubber plantations near Long Tan/Vietnam//

And finding scooter madness back in Ho Chi Minh City/Vietnam//

Vietnam Stage 2 - Sketches