Ho Chi Minh Highway

North of Kontum is the Ho Chi Minh Highway, one of the most beautiful roads in Vietnam. It winds around mountains in roughly the same way that the Ho Chi Minh Trail once did.

Fran & Fil's Russian-made Minsk motorcycle takes a mixture of gas and oil. This makes it quite possibly the least environmentally friendly motorcycle ever made, and they are followed by a cloud of smoke everywhere they go. Below, Fil smokes out some local kids at a gas station.



Along the way, we spotted a waterfall and stopped to check it out. Fil and I decided that it would be fun to climb all the way to the top. When we got up, we found a few friendly locals about our age drinkng a case of beer. Before we could politely decline, they had opened two beers and shoved them in our hands. Fil and I had an awesome time up there while Janet and Fran sat on the road in the sweltering heat. Needless to say, they weren't too impressed by our story when we got back.


It took us two days to get back to Hoi An from Kontum. We stopped off in a small town (the biggest town for 100 KM), at possibly the worst accommodation we've stayed at since August. We left early the next morning.