The one tip from the article on cycling in Thailand was to check out Lonely Planet, which doesn't seem to have much specifically about biking in Vietnam. Through that site, though, I found this: World Adventures: Cycle touring in Vietnam.
This sounds like such a great idea. If you do this trip with your dad, I hope that you take lots of photos and post them here for us to see!
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10-26-2006, 10:35 PM #1
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10-27-2006, 03:13 AM #2
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Hi,
Just an idea, why not try a co that does small tours in vietnam & supports the local community
www.intrepidtravel.com
I don't know how expensive it is in US $ but can recommend them.
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10-27-2006, 04:19 AM #3
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Wow! Thank you everyone. You always provide such great information. I will see my father this weekend and give him some of this info so we can talk about it some more. More than anything, I'm hoping a planned trip like this with his oh so fabulous daughter
will encourage him enough to get serious about taking care of himself. He has many health problems right now but they are all related to the extra weight he is caring around. So hopefully this will take care of two things at once - the weight and his dream to return to Vietnam to see how it is now. 
And if I do end up going...I will definitely take many pictures and post the adventures!!
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10-27-2006, 08:20 AM #4
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I once read a great book called "Catfish and Mandala" by Andrew X Pham. He emigrated to the US as child and this is story of his bicycle ride through Vietnam when he takes a visit back when he's older. Probably won't offer a lot of advice, but would probably be good reading.
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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10-27-2006, 01:54 PM #5
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Ditto on "Catfish and Mandela", loved the book and interesting to read about his self supported cycling tour.
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11-18-2006, 12:44 PM #6
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Sulis, I did a tour with four friends a few years ago. A short tour, and mainly along the Mekong Delta, but it was an absolute blast...except for the heat. This was my husband's first time back since the war and he did, indeed, get some closure.
We used http://www.tuliptours.com/vietnam-bicycle-tour.html
You can see some pictures of our trip at: http://homepage.mac.com/bhuff123/PhotoAlbum20.html
By the way, I've "lurked" here every once in awhile, and it was your post that got me to register.Last edited by russtaitai; 11-18-2006 at 01:51 PM.
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09-21-2017, 06:10 AM #7
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You can also try cycling tours with the Bike Odyssey team. They are on of the best bicycle touring business in the world. BBC and National Geographic has documented their tours long before.
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