We started our journey with great enthusiasm !!! “new” bike and to travel this colorful country. For starters, the roads of Vietnam are full of motorcycles, however, the motorcycles can not access the motorways … we realized just when we left Saigon …

The road that the navigator gave us did not allow the circulation of motorcycles … ok, but the problem was that there was no alternative route … all Saigon is surrounded by rivers, without bridges, except the highway … But we did not give up … As good pioneers we went blindly to find the way … to attack!

After making the road randomly we came to a dead end road … We asked people, but nobody knew English … we started to despair when suddenly a kind little motorcycle boy asked us if we had any problems … The young man showed us the way to the ferry it allowed you to get out of that labyrinth of rivers …

And so we did, we followed the signs to the ferry, surrounded by thousands of motorcycles, without dismounting, all in the minimum space, entering little by little into the platform boat, a fun experience … Once on the other side, the road was easier, although we had already lost a lot of time going around … So our next stop, for time and distance, would be: Vung Tau !!

We arrived at Vung Tau, without further difficulty. It is a very touristic city, full of Vietnamese holidays, it does not have too much attraction, even the beach is not nothing special … We started asking in a guest house for prices … they were prohibitive … being Saturday everything was through the clouds, there was no way to find a “normal” price …

But that day we had an important mission, Mayra’s sister, Soraya, married Ingo, and we were going to attend the wedding via Skype. We needed an acceptable internet connection … Since there was no way to find a hotel and the time ran against us, we decided to go into a shopping center and use the place connection. We found the Lotte shopping center, we settled in a cafeteria and with a lot of time to prepare we put on a show.

Mayra put on her black dress in the bathroom, she was beautiful, and I wore a shirt and bow tie, although from the waist down I was in a swimsuit … we looked good … At the time, we were able to witness the wedding. Although the connection left much to be desired, it allowed us a minimal presence and to be able to see the emotion of the moment. Mayra did not stop crying, between the nerves of the preparation and the emotion of the moment … and is that you do not get married a sister every day … aaaish … sniff …

After the big event, the search for accommodation continued … We found a hostel, the first one we would stay in, Dragon Hostel. We checked the bed, a great place, giant double bed in a shared room, surrounded by curtains to isolate yourself from the rest of the beds, also with air conditioning, wonderful … And the cheapest thing we could find for Saturday, we paid 135,000 Dongs per person … On normal days the price is 90,000 Dongs. If you arrive on a Saturday and say that you come from us, you will be charged 90,000 Dongs, that is the deal we reached because of the publicity that we are giving you in these lines …

Once installed, we toured the city. As we have said, it is touristy, but it is curious to see locals in restaurants, like the one in the market parking lot, or on the harbor promenade, where the streets are filled with food stalls, mainly seafood …

The next day we took a walk to the beach, nothing great, but there is one in which the fishermen unload their catch, and it is quite curious.

Back home crossed the market, full of seafood, and surrounded by streets with restaurants, where we tried fried pancakes with prawns that were very good!

The owner of the hostel gave us some advice before going to Mui Ne, since the police there are reputed to stop the tourists on motorbikes and pluck them … He told us: if you stop for a policeman and ask for papers, he wants money. Solution:

Keep the key of the motorcycle before he can take it and ask for more money, start talking in Spanish very fast without stopping, hoping that he will finish up and let you go … if not, you must carry only 100,000 Dongs in the pocket the papers, and claim that it is the only thing you have to spend the day … hopefully let you go without further injury … Good advice we followed throughout our trip to Vietnam.

So, next stop: Mui Ne !!