Rider Testimonials
400+ Stories From >700 Rides
Riders recount their adventures on Asia’s most spectacular routes with Explore Indochina.
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Helen and Tim
(UK)
1999 ·
Fluent in Vietnamese and having toured this area extensively, Digby had an excellent rapport with the people we met, which heightened the feeling of discovering and experiencing Vietnam in a way that would have been impossible without 2 wheels and an excellent guide.
Phil Bosley
(Australia)
1999 ·
I had an excellent and truly memorable, challenging experience. This was the first time I really believed I was the ‘first foreigner to pass through this village’. Hanoi will see a fantastic reunion soon, I promise.
Rossie O’Neil
(Australia)
1999 ·
The whole trip was wonderful, I could not pick any one highlight. The scenery was breathtaking, and the company was great. Vietnam is so beautiful, and I will be back for another bike tour.
Ursula Bycroft
(UK)
2000 ·
The last two weeks has been fantastic – I have seen the most spectacular scenery I have ever witnessed in my life – from winding mountain passes, cruising through seasonal forest and traditional agricultural holdings, to lush green valleys dominated by paddy fields.
Tom Ground and Olly Milling-Smith
(UK)
2000 ·
If you want to experience beautiful landscapes, meet the friendliest people and generally feel alive, make sure you do it straddling 125cc of raw Minsk. Digby’s Vietnamese and motorbike repair skills came as a godsend at almost every interval.
Tim and Helen
(UK)
2000 ·
Digby being fluent in Vietnamese and having toured this area extensively he had an excellent rapport with the people we met which heightened the feeling of discovering and experiencing Vietnam in a way that would have been impossible without 2 wheels and an excellent guide.
Geordie Cahill
(UK)
2000 ·
We were treated with nothing but respect and kindness by the people, some of whom had never met anyone from the West and others who had only met on the field of battle during what the Vietnamese people call “The American War”.
Sianne Malone
(UK)
2000 ·
The people were so friendly and the landscape was amazing. The rice wine was good and strong, the pickled bear cub was kind of weird and the snake was definitely hot! We’ll be back! Cheers oi!
Neil, Olly, Jamie and Gareth
(UK)
2000 ·
A truly special experience. Bike riding is much more fun than any rollercoaster. The scenery is incredible but the people we met amazed me even more. Everyone was extremely smiley and friendly. Just make sure you visit the snake village in Hanoi too. Thanks very much for an amazing tour.
Sianne
(Australia)
2000 ·
Definitely the best trip I’ve ever done. Having a ‘long nose’ [foreign] guide who can speak Vietnamese opens doors you don’t even know are there. We’ll be back! Cheers oi!
Geordie, Mark and Jaffa
(UK)
2000 ·
After a few hours, we began to climb up through the hills of northern Vietnam, riding through gorges and valleys. To describe the scenes is difficult and to capture its beauty on camera was impossible. This was our Garden of Eden.
Ursula
(UK)
2000 ·
The last two weeks have been fantastic – I have seen the most spectacular scenery I have ever witnessed (and unfortunately ever likely to witness) in my life – from winding mountain passes, cruising through seasonal forest and traditional agricultural holdings, to lush green valleys dominated by paddy fields.
Mick Hill
(Australia)
2000 ·
Thanks for the tour and the all-night beer hoi before I left, it was the perfect farewell to Hanoi, and I hope you didn’t damage yourself too badly. I really miss Hanoi, all you guys and my beautiful Minsk.
Russ Waters
(UK)
2000 ·
This is my second visit to Vietnam, both times on tour. Few places remain where you can have the whole of the countryside to yourself, just you, the guide and your trusty Minsks. Cheers Digby and keep up the good work.
Rosezane O'Neill
(UK)
2000 ·
The whole trip was wonderful, I could not pick any one highlight. The scenery was breathtaking and the company great. Vietnam is so beautiful and I will be back for another bike tour.
John and Penny Smith
(UK)
2000 ·
Will holidays ever be the same? When we look back at our photographs of Cuc Phuong, Mai Chau and the mountain passes over which we traveled we pinch ourselves and ask whether it all really happened.
Nick and Nouria
(UK)
2000 ·
Winding up into the mountains, down into bright valleys covered in rice fields, the whole route punctuated with tiny villages full of some of the most hospitable and friendly people we have ever met! We had an unforgettable trip.
Neil MacGregor, Oliver Burns, Gareth Russell, Jamie Morris
(UK)
2000 ·
Some of the most beautiful people, scenery, experiences. Who would have thought it would be possible to have a lads’ tour in the far northern hills of Vietnam. Thanks for the best holiday ever. I will be back!
Lars Lange
(USA)
2000 ·
I’ve been telling everyone about the excursion, a definite highlight. Thanks again and hopefully we’ll meet again in Hanoi in the not to distant future.
Justin Youens
(UK)
2001 ·
This was the Vietnam i had always imagined visiting and having Digby as a translator made the experience that much more rewarding. It was the ultimate holiday and a real adventure.