My first Exodus experience A lovely country, great guide and crew always willing to help. IMHO Wrong bike choice for terrain although they were reliable and maintained MTB were def wrong choice. Be prepared for hot weather. Not sure if there is scope for two tours a north and south so you cut out the overnight train and some of the bus journeys which were up to 3+ hours long. "On the road" supplies were good and plentiful.
While it’s ostensibly a cycling holiday, there was much more to the trip than that. My highlights:
- snorkelling off Whale Island
- the cycling descent from Da Lat, we descended from over 5,000ft to sea level in only a couple of miles
- cycling through Hoi An and Hué
- kayaking in Ha Long Bay
- the food, it was invariably fantastic
- the hotels which were far more luxurious than we had envisaged
- Cu Chi tunnels
- War Remnants museum in Saigon - very harrowing
- cycling up and down the Hai Van pass
- children in the villages and small towns shouting and waving at us
The whole trip was just one massive and immense experience - unforgettable.
Cycle Indonchina and Angkor A great way to see the three countries visited - up close and personal. Cycling off the beaten track in Thailand takes you to places other visitors don't usually see and allowed for everyone to cycle at their own pace (be that racer or not). Cycling in Cambodia on the other hand is somewhat of a different nature, particularly in Siem Reap. We really enjoyed the exhilaration of dodging the traffic including mopeds riding the wrong way up your side of the road. Viet Nam was different again with endless over excited children running out to wave and say hello..makes you feel like royalty with all that waving :-)