Newsletter - June 2006: Vietnam Travel Update on Active Travel Vietnam

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JUNE 2006

This month is a great time for World Cup 2006. But for ones who like travelling Vietnam instead, we offer Motorcycling the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Get the Ball, and Score!!!

In This Edition

• Motorcycling the Ho Chi Minh Trail
• About the Minsk
• De-military Zone (DMZ) in Quang Tri

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Ho Chi Minh Trail: A real exploration of Vietnam - the trip of a life time

Motorcycling:
The Ho Chi Minh Trail

The legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail was the supply line used by North Vietnam to link North and South Vietnam during the American War. Soldiers, ammunition, weapons and supplies were carried by hand, bicycle and truck for hundreds of kilometers through the otherwise impenetrable jungle that covered Vietnam’s mountainous border with Laos. A testimony to the ingenuity, fortitude and commitment of the northern Vietnamese, the trail slipped from use at the end of the war and was taken back by the jungle. Recent road work that follow original sections of the trail have changed this.

Besides incredible driving, deep in the Vietnamese countryside, this ride takes in the charming ancient trading town of Hoi An, Khe Sanh battle site and DMZ. We also take time to stay overnight in a traditional Thai hill tribe and visit to some tribal villages on the way.

	Trip Notes
	Duration: 11 days, 10 nights Group size: max 6 persons Depart from: Hanoi End at: Da Nang When: year round Activities: motorcycling 90%, transfer 10% Grade: moderate Transportation: Minsk bike, Support vehicle Accommodation: 01 night at homestay & 09 nights in hotel Tour guide: 01 ATV tour guide Support crew: 01 mechanic Meals More trip notes and testimonials of other travellers are available here. Highlights: • Beautiful and challenging route • Just you, no others travelers • Charming ancient trading town of Hoi An • All inclusive

Motorcycling tips: About the Minsk

The two stroke, single cylinder Byelorussian Minsk is a 125cc dirt bike capable of getting you anywhere in Vietnam. In its manual it says: “These motorcycles are especially suitable for service in the country-side with bad or no roads.”

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Land in focus: De-military Zone (DMZ) in Quang Tri

In 1954, Ho Chi Minh’s government in the north and the French colonial administration in the south agreed an armistice that involved a ‘temporary’ partition of Vietnam. The Ben Hai River, in the extreme north of Quang Tri province, became the arbitrary line dividing the two halves of the country. When the southern ‘government’, backed by the US, reneged on the national elections promised in the agreement, Quang Tri became the theatre where most of the important scenes of the Vietnam War were staged.

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