Day one: Heading for the border (70km)

Quadrophenia, Nam-stylee!

Last night saw us complete a chaotic Vespa tour of Vietnam visiting some of the sights of Saigon: the Post Office (designed by Gustave Eiffel of Eiffel Tower fame), Notre Dame Cathedral (the oldest Catholic church in Saigon), the Reunification Palace (which celebrates the reunification o North and South Vietnam) and, obviously, a bar.
Saigon by moped is mostly terrifying, partly breath-taking and entirely exhilarating. But exhaustion was kicking in so it was a couple of beers at the end and we were all burst.
Today kicked off at 6am, me and Dee my roommate stumbling into life before packing and heading for breakfast: fruits of various descriptions, mostly unrecognisable and all delicious; steamed pork; chilli noodles; raw fish. A challenge at 6am.
Then off to the famous Cu Chi tunnels where we mopped up the propaganda and the sheer power of the story - if you don't know anything about them, it's worth a a Google.

Then on we cracked, rattling along at a leisurely pace for the next half before stopping for some food and drinks. Then another hour and lunch. More calories in than out, to be fair.
The last stint through rubber plantations and paddy fields was in severe heat before we reached a stunning lake and cycled alongside it for a few miles. A quick pitstop and a few sneaky beers between us then it was the last drag into the hotel with  few of us high tailing it flat out till I felt sick. The sun was going down behind a mountain and the temperature fell a few degrees. A few glorious miles before we reached the hotel.
A relatively straightforward first day, rounded off with dinner and some 3 litre 'towers' of Tiger beer and an earlyish night.