Eight expats this week successfully completed the Saigon Scooter Center’s first-ever 2,591-kilometer Saigon to Hanoi Scooter Run.
The scooterists, led by Brit Pat Joynt, puttered through HCMC, Vung Tau, Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, Dong Hoi, Vinh, Ninh Binh and Hanoi between February 6 and 18.
Seven of the team members live in Vietnam, with the eighth a resident of Hong Kong.
The scooter enthusiasts rode old-style bikes, including Lambrettas and Vespas from the sixties and eighties.
“This fascinating trip has been overwhelmed by impressive milestones such as city chaos, baking heat, a Highway One death race of 2,000 trucks, freezing mountains, torrential rain, axe wielding hillbillies and flooded rice paddies,” said Joynt, who opened the Saigon Scooter Center in Ho Chi Minh City in 1997 .
“We have experienced a long hard trip but it was worth every minute, with some stunning scenery, unbelievable vistas, untouched landscapes, hectic driving conditions, drastic weather changes and a crazy oddball mix of participants.”
Saigon Scooter Center is planning a First International South East Asian Scooter Run for next year, which will take in the wider Indochina region including Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The scooterists, led by Brit Pat Joynt, puttered through HCMC, Vung Tau, Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Buon Ma Thuot, Pleiku, Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, Dong Hoi, Vinh, Ninh Binh and Hanoi between February 6 and 18.
Seven of the team members live in Vietnam, with the eighth a resident of Hong Kong.
The scooter enthusiasts rode old-style bikes, including Lambrettas and Vespas from the sixties and eighties.
“This fascinating trip has been overwhelmed by impressive milestones such as city chaos, baking heat, a Highway One death race of 2,000 trucks, freezing mountains, torrential rain, axe wielding hillbillies and flooded rice paddies,” said Joynt, who opened the Saigon Scooter Center in Ho Chi Minh City in 1997 .
“We have experienced a long hard trip but it was worth every minute, with some stunning scenery, unbelievable vistas, untouched landscapes, hectic driving conditions, drastic weather changes and a crazy oddball mix of participants.”
Saigon Scooter Center is planning a First International South East Asian Scooter Run for next year, which will take in the wider Indochina region including Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
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