In recent years, traveling by motorbikes has become a very popular way of visiting and exploring. Not only Vietnamese young people but also foreign visitors come to the beautiful S-shaped country and experience by themselves. But what is the truth behind this seemingly “hot” ways of transporting?
Until now, whenever mentioning to travel in the country or abroad, most people think about which airline ticket to buy, which train to fly, and which airline to fly, not to mention traveling by car machine. Since the concept of "self-tourism" became more popular in the community, people often think about going by motorbike more.
Traveling by motorbikes is getting more and more popular in Vietnam
In fact, self-sufficient traveling, self-scheduling, self-selecting destinations, selecting attractions, traveling by motorbike is an extremely experience for its own reasons. Here are the facts about traveling by motorbikes that everyone should know.
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Traveling on motorbikes mean you can stop anywhere, anytime
First, it is obvious that if you travel by your own vehicle, you can stop wherever and whenever you want. You see a quiet beach on the way and want to stop to jump down and dive in there to relieve the summer sun? Easy, just stop the ride and rush down. You stumbled across a village on the mountainside with children playing innocently and wanted to record those images? Or simply you decide tonight we will stop here, camping on this grass hill and watching the stars in the sky. Find a place to pull over!
You can stop anywhere you like to take cool pictures in Vietnam
You do not like the big roads but only the trails that indigenous people often go in strange lands. You want to go to all the attractions in this area but only 2 days left but cannot find any bus going across all? Riding a motorbike, you can just proactively draw a route through all the places you want.
If you want to stay in the land for a few more days, stay there for a few more days without having to worry about late flight schedule, late schedule for trains. The ride is yours, you can come and leave anytime you wish.
Traveling by motorbikes helps you feel free
Stop anytime or anywhere you want means you are completely free. When you are traveling by motorbikes, no one can forbid you to stop at a beautiful bridge to take photos, or sometimes just sit still watching the mountains. When traveling, no one forced you to go to Ha Giang to queue for solid dragons, to check-in at the rocky concrete block, or go anywhere you wish.
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Going on a motorbike trip, you will not need to scratch your head thinking about where to stay, what to eat... It all depends on your emotions: eat what you like, sleep anywhere you can put your back, take pictures wherever you find beautiful. The absolutely free feeling is something you cannot find in anywhere else.
You will feel absolutely free when traveling by motorbikes
Enjoy the fullest nature when traveling by motorbikes
If you are sitting in a car, you will be separated with nature outside by windows. If you are sitting on a motorbike, your eyes will be able to see 180 degrees everything around, see the horizon in the distance and the rays of the sun shining directly into your eyes, your ears will hear the sound of birds singing or the rustling of leaves on the road.
Traveling by motorbikes help you enjoy nature to the fullest
Not only that, but your nose will smell the light sweet scent of flowers and leaves along the way, your tongue will taste the salty taste of the sea, your feet will feel the bumpy but bumpy road, the cold numbness as you glide in the fog on the high hills, or experience endless rain shower. Everything you can feel only on motorbikes instead of sitting inside cars.
Motorbike trips improve your independence and patience
Do not think that just backpacking and hop on a bicycle is enough. You have to take care of hundreds of things, from food along the way, car repair tools, maps, basic schedules and many more. You will have more responsibly over yourself and other ones that come with you.
You will improve your independence and patience greatly
Sometimes when riding a motorbike, you will lose your way, out of patience, the only feeling left is only fatigue and pain. However, only the one who dares to move forward can enjoy the most wonderful view along the way. When traveling by motorbike, your body and spirit will sometimes be put into extreme stress and fatigue, that’s also the time when your patience must increase gradually. After the trip, you will feel much stronger and more patience.
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Going on a motorbike trip is when you escape from the usual safe cage, push yourself into the adventure that sometimes contains extreme danger and stress. But it is from those moments that you understand yourself better. The trip not only temporarily dispels the anxiety that is not worthy in normal days but also tells you your limits.
You can meet new people when traveling by motorbikes
Once you get on the motorbike and follow your own journey, I am sure that you will meet a lot of people on the road, such as the men who sell gasoline, the women who sell food along the way, local police officers, auto mechanic, other bikers or nice hosts let you stay overnight or simply offer you a meal. This is a great opportunity to learn about the life and culture of the locals.
You have the ideal chances to meet new people on the way
These people are not people who work in tourist areas, most of them are not in big and noisy cities, they are real indigenous people and will treat you with sincere. When you meet them, you will tell your story and they will tell your story, everyone has their own feelings, that’s when your view of the world and people will be more opened.
So that’s all the facts you should know about traveling by motorbikes. The facts that not everyone knows, but once knew, all of them are excited and hyper for a motorbike trip. How about you, are you ready for an awesome motorbike trip of your life?
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