We met them in a park in central Saigon on our very first day here. After travelling around for a couple of months, you get really tired of people trying to sell you stuff. But these guys were different. They both had books where former customers had written about their tours together and after reading the very positive testimonals, we decided to go on a one hour motorbike tour in Saigon and saw all the sights in the inner city plus the market in Cholon, Saigon's Chinatown.
This proved to be a good idea and after the first hour, we agreed on going with Day and Diamond on a three day tour to the Mekong delta and the Cu Chi tunnels (an old Viet Cong tunnel system 70 km west of Saigon). After the first two day, we decided to extend the trip and go to visit Day's family close to the Cambodian border as well.
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| Me and Diamond |
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| Coffee and relax |
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| On the boat on the Mekong |
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| House boats |
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| Mekong delta |
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| Matthias and Day on the road |
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| 1 kilo fresh (they are still alive here) shrimp for our sunset BBQ |
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| Floating market in Cai Be |
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| Cai Be |
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| Rice harvest |
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| Another coffee break |
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| American bombs, Cu Chi tunnels |
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| Cu Chi tunnels |
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| Dinner with Day's family (yes, it is rice schnaps in that plastic canister. It was full when we started...) |
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| Vietnamese drinking game - Shake the chicken head... |
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| Temple at Ba Den mountain |
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| Cao Dai ceremony |
During our four days with the two of them, we got to see parts of the Vietnamese countyside which were not only stunningly beautiful, but there were no tourists there! The trip was a really good start to our stay in Vietnam and we can only recommend going on trips with local motorcycle guides!
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