Met up with my Canadian friend F.G that is also interested in riding up Hanoi together. We were all ready to leave today, but it turns out he isn’t sure anymore. At the moment, he feels his bike isn’t up to par for the trip. When you feel the bike isn’t reliable enough, not a great feeling when traveling for so long, and for so far. He will try to getting a better bike, and trade in his current one. Hope it will work out for him, unfortunately the Danh at Saigon Minsk doesn’t have bikes for sale at the moment.
I took the day to prepare for the trip. After traveling for 600 kms, wanted to get an oil change. These air cooled bikes are very dependent on the oil yo keep it cool. Danh recommends changing every 1000 kms.
Spend the rest of the day looking for bike gears. The closest things I can find is a jean jacket, yet no luck with finding any boots for feet protection.
Decided to leave tomorrow anyhow and hopefully will be able to meet up with my friends.
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