A 2000km Ride from Hanoi to Saigon || Vietnam By Bike

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In 2019 my friend Chris and I decided to bike 2000kms across Vietnam, from Hanoi to Saigon. Neither one of us had any real bikepacking experience, but Chris and I share a love for adventure and slow travel and we knew one thing for sure: we both wanted to take our time with this trip. We were there to experience the country and explore - not just be on bikes but use the bikes to get to places we wouldn’t have found ourselves in usually.
This Vietnam biketour film has been on my mind for two years now so I’m very excited to be putting it out into the world finally. Be sure to SUBSCRIBE for more Vietnam bike tour content, and as always, please leave us a comment below if you liked the video :)
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[@Karamintheworld]

Hey everyone, thank you so much for watching! Videos like this take a huge amount of time and work to create, so if you liked this video, please leave a like and make sure to subscribe cause there's plenty more of this coming soon :)

[@karamnwilati3421]

Looking back at this now makes it seem so long ago! I'm so glad to have finally been able to edit this and put it out there. There's also so much more of this adventure that couldn't have fit into this film, so stay tuned for the series! ;)

[@Karamintheworld]

Get editing baby!

[@bigBlaCkMOnkey2]

Dude this is INCREDIBLE.

[@travelandfilming]

Beautiful video. 5:18 my goto songs in bike packing or even backpacking. Queen is ❤️

[@elenawood9998]

Incredible video Karam! Always in awe of your ability to tell a story so beautifully while keeping it very light and funny. Well done to both of you for making it to the finish line!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks Elli Belly ❤️❤️❤️ Love you lots and lots. always helps when I have such charismatic people in front of the camera accompanying me on adventures like you and Chris! And hey thanks for writing the script ;)

[@BasicStealthcamping]

its not often i see real genuine friendship in these sort of videos and that really stood out to me. you guys really do well together, i hope you managed more journeys together!

[@andrewharris1837]

One of the very best cycling vlogs in a country not often visited by guiloes.your sense of humour,your determination,the bond of friendships and zest for life makes this an very entertaining view.nice job guys 😊

[@reneewanders]

This is such a great snapshot of what it feels like to travel by bike. Vietnam and Southeast Asia are high on my list of places to visit by bicycle. The random encounters, the climbing, how tough it is, and yet how fun it is! Awesome video!

[@Karamintheworld]

that's what traveling by nike is all about! Thank you :)

[@web3wizard381]

wow man, those people have beautiful souls, they fed you and welcomed you like a family member. cant wait to visit one day

[@Karamintheworld]

They absolutely do 💛

[@mikecmoore]

One of the best biking videos I've seen, fantastic.

[@vinvin1082]

Darn! It's amazing! I'm a Vietnamese living in California and I haven't even had a chance to experience life in Vietnam like what you guys did! This gives me a big motivation!

[@SaltcafeRoutevietnam]

Watching it for idea to do it 🇻🇳, fall in love with your video

[@SaltcafeRoutevietnam]

Loved it Man, Im gonna Do it 🇻🇳❤️

[@alkmaher]

Me and Ori watched this video and we found it amazing! Keep on with the good work, your videos bring smiles to people‘s faces :)

[@Karamintheworld]

your comments bring smiles to our faces! Thank you Maher and Ori :) Love that you loved it

[@IowaNinersFan]

What an incredible journey. Thank you for sharing your video and for referring the city by its rightful name: Saigon.

[@cubgsan]

Good day to you. I am a senior rider on HONDA from Japan. Enjoying touring ,camping and video uploading. This is so nice video Awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing! Full supported ! Have a nice day my friend!!

[@Karamintheworld]

this is an amazing comment! thank you so much :) I'm very happy that you like it. I'll also be uploading more adventure videos soon! check out some others!

[@jessicainsogna8086]

Amazing storytelling yet again Karam! You and Chris are awesome - there are some amazinggggg shots in here. Really making me miss traveling but most importantly, can I hire you and Chris to sing to me to lift my spirits?

[@Karamintheworld]

😂😂😂 I'll take that any day over content creation. With voices like ours, it must pay really well! Thanks Jess ❤️ you're awesome and I love you. Thanks for editing the script as well and giving feedback ❤️

[@jolive3743]

tsk tsk, so happy for you,. Being addicted to biking is where life begins

[@maydanlex]

Looks like a fantastic time was had. Kudos to both of you for taking this on. I'm certain you came out the other side all the better for it.

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks! It was probably the coolest adventure but also the hardest we’ve ever been on. Have a good one 🥰

[@maydanlex]

@@Karamintheworld Hills, heat & humidity, retracing your steps to get the perfect shot/video...what's so hard about that?

[@Karamintheworld]

@@maydanlex yes indeed, what are we even complaining about?! A walk in the Park haha

[@bibianhuynh]

You guys are so brave , fun , and adventurous 🤩

[@ycyungcake]

my dad moved to Vietnam just for the biking - reminds me of him. Thank you.

[@Karamintheworld]

My pleasure:)

[@ManishKumarMishra6016]

This was wonderful Karam! I remember following your stories from this trip on Instagram. And I loved it so much that I had made plans to visit Vietnam in April 2020 but... anyway, I hope to be there someday. But for now, it was just so nice to see this amazing video with you and Chris. :)

[@Karamintheworld]

Hey Manish :) I'm so happy to see that you've stuck around from back then!! Fills my heart with joy haha Really glad that you made plans to visit Vietnam after seeing our trip, and I'm really sorry that things didn't go as expected with this Covid shit 😬 I really hope that you end up going and exploring this amazing country! Let me know when you do :)

[@ManishKumarMishra6016]

@@Karamintheworld Haha, I am glad to have stuck around, Karam! It certainly adds another layer to how I see your stories and I find great joy in that. In a world where we are all trying to be somewhere, sometimes it is just a nice feeling to be cheering for someone other than yourself :) Good luck with your plans!

[@Karamintheworld]

@@ManishKumarMishra6016 wow you're so sweet I love it. Thanks Manish :) Happy you're around, it gives me more confidence in knowing that to pursue these dreams of mine ❤️

[@dohaatheexplorer]

What an incredible piece of art! I have waited for this story for so long. I did the same thing in Japan. It was a journey full of unknown adventures. Loved your content Karam!♥️♥️♥️

[@Karamintheworld]

Dohaa! So nice to see you on here :) I'm so happy that you also got the chance to try something similar to this in Japan. That must have been a great trip! And thanks for following along :) we'll be posting the series on here soon for more details of the trip :)

[@augustofernandes9058]

Hi, I already had a similar adventure. 40 days of cycling around Portugal in 2018. Seeing these videos of yours made me remember the feeling of freedom of that experience. I want to go back on the road.Congratulations on the adventure and videos

[@Karamintheworld]

Hey augusto! Thank you so much for this amazing comment ❤ I'm so glad that it stirred something in you and it got you to think back on past adventures. This is exactly what I wanted from these videos :) Your Portugal trip sounds awesome! Where you doing it solo? Where did you go?

[@augustofernandes9058]

@@Karamintheworld Hi, I went with a friend and we literally went around Portugal. I got to know my country like I never thought and the experiences we had would not be so good if they were programmed. I met people, places and traditions that are still in my heart today.

[@howardkantoff5938]

You two are CRAZY! You made it, bravo!

[@4aehwa]

Great vid, great adventure, great friendship! I'm planning to go from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh in January by bike. Already excited and your film inspired me as well. Thx!

[@scepticalbudha2553]

hi. any special reason to cycle from hanoi n not saigon n up?thanks. m hoping to do in feb

[@4aehwa]

@@scepticalbudha2553 Hi, yes I think the weather will get better in Hanoi later in the month. As I come from Europe with my bike it's hopefully saver to catch just the flight from Hanoi back and not a flight in Vietnam aswell. Cause I booked the flight from Europe to Hanoi some months ago and added the flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh later. No reason because of the route, just because of weather in January and flights. Have fun!!!

[@teacherry5559]

Thanks for the video man. I really enjoyed it. This is one of my long term goals to finally travel through Vietnam from top to bottom.

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you! you totally should do that trip :) it's a great time and you'll get to experience some really cool things :)

[@MrBigfried]

Really enjoiayable and well made film - you guys are really likeable! Do more.

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you so much! Hope to do more in the future 💛

[@mickilkr]

Excellent video!

[@jakobeckstein7837]

Wow wow wow Karam! What a beautiful journey, and what a great piece of work. Congratulations!

[@Karamintheworld]

😍 Thanks Jakob!! Feels so good to have this piece finally out there after 2 years. Appreciate the love 🥰

[@Dearsaam]

Lots of love from 🇳🇵 Nepal

[@Karamintheworld]

cheers! just posted the 2nd episode :)

[@nguyenquang3295]

I like your video, It's really fantastic

[@carolreffin4192]

Love love love this 😃. What an eventful adventure you both had. What an amazing achievement. The film and photography ( especially the drone) is phenomenal 👌. Well done guys 👍😊...love Carol x

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks a lot Carol :) this trip with Chris will forever be one of my favourite things I've done, especially now that I have this film to show for it! ❤️

[@dansav]

Wow what a beauty of a video!! Cheers and thank you for documented this and make this beauty!!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you :) I dive so much more in depth into this adventure in the video that I just posted :) check out the second episode!

[@jnordvang]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful stories with us!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you Julia for following along and for always being so supportive ❤️

[@evhelyncedron5624]

Los felicito, mi profesor de ingles Chris me enseñó el video y me encantó, gran experiencia de vida, gracias por compartir el video, nice work !!!!!! Evhelyn

[@NobleEndeavours123]

This brought back so many memories from my own bicycle tours (although mine were in a different place) plus you introduced me to Vietnam which looks like a fantastic place to tour. I always thought of climbing hills like filling a battery so that once you reach the top it's fully charged for a fast, fast, fast descent down the other side. Thanks for sharing!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks for watching! Where were your bike tours? Always looking for new ones to add to our to-do list (which is already very very long haha)

[@NobleEndeavours123]

@@Karamintheworld My biggest tours were a 5 year quest to bicycle around all five of the North American great lakes (one per year). Of those five going around Lake Superior was my favourite (37 days total, 35 riding days, 120 km / day average)

[@Karamintheworld]

@@NobleEndeavours123 Wow that's pretty impressive. If I had to pick one, I'd say lake superior is likely to be my favourite too, it's very scenic :) Well done! that's quite the accomplishment

[@kettegeben]

Very funny cycling movie!

[@TheZaddyzad]

What a nostalgia trip! What I miss most from my trip were the road side banh mi and pho spots!

[@Karamintheworld]

Oh dude those morning bahn mi's from the carts where they cook the eggs and heat the bread at the bottom were pur Crack in the morning.

[@TheZaddyzad]

@@Karamintheworld I was all about the extremely crispy pork belly that was slowly roasted over coals. mmmm!

[@Karamintheworld]

Mouth watering just thinking about it

[@thienaiduongtran4339]

Thank you so much so much for this amazing video. Watching this makes me miss my country so much ❤️

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you for watching! We loved Vietnam so much we ended up coming back the year after for another visit. Truly a beautiful country 😍

[@baptistecumin3015]

Raising the bar again, great stuff! But also holy crap biking up 13km hills in the jungle you guys are nuts

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks Baptiste! Defs proud of this one :) Also lol not like we really knew what we were getting ourselves into haha, trust me if we knew we wouldn't have taken that road, but I'm glad. wedidn't know tbh

[@DawidDgk]

This is what life is for. challenge yourself ;) and then catch memories

[@Biking360]

Lived in HCMC for three years so good to watch this. The drone footage was awesome :)

[@Karamintheworld]

wow that's a lot of time! You must be a Vietnam expert :) Thanks for the compliments! We'll be doing a few episodes for this trip to show it in more details soon!

[@Biking360]

@@Karamintheworld I look forward to that

[@jcsfanatic2235]

Thank you for sharing your journey! I always wanted to visit Vietnam, especially by bike. However, based on my current current fitness level, I'm probably just sticking to public transportation lol.

[@henryguthery5311]

Beautiful 💓

[@casper6234]

Amazing Director.. Producer. Videographer..Human 👍💪😘

[@Karamintheworld]

Yes but let's be real, your on camera presence, your personality and humour is what made this video so much better! Can't wait for our next adventure 😍

[@CanadianSledDog]

Well done boys!! I love bikepacking. It's a bit logistically challenging with a dog but it's worth it.

[@Karamintheworld]

😍 thank you! it was such an awesome trip :) we'll be posting the series in the coming weeks hopefully. also wow yeah I'd love to take tobi (our dog) on a biking trip, looking into doing it with a cargo bike!

[@CanadianSledDog]

@@Karamintheworld that's a great idea. When we did our tour in B.C. we just traveled really slow and mostly on backroads, about 20 km per day. Zora was super fit at the time so she trotted the whole way.

[@matildaskoglosa3816]

awesome video!!!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you so much!! I'm so happy you liked it :)

[@Tonylanh]

Liked your trip

[@slightlyhomeless1257]

I got the idea to do this a few minutes ago, searched it up and found this video! SICK AF. Think I'll go soon! lmao

[@slightlyhomeless1257]

oh and also those first 2 shots are beautiful

[@Karamintheworld]

@@slightlyhomeless1257 Wow nice! You definitely should do this adventure :) It was so sick honestly. And thank you friend :) Appreciate the complements!

[@darkula6665]

Great vid. You guys deserve more subscribers

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks a lot! :) we're in the beginning stages of the channel so hopefully we'll gain a few more subscribers:) thanks for subbing!

[@seungwookang4166]

Awesome job what you guys done!

[@timhobin8490]

Great Vid dude really enjoyed it.

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you! There will be more coming soon I promise!

[@dohaatheexplorer]

So obsessed with this travel story that watching it second time🙄🤠🤡

[@Karamintheworld]

wow i love this! You're awesome thanks for watching twice and for telling us hahah

[@MariusMustermann-rk2lb]

Such a nice video . Do you have a link to your route / gpx? We’re heading to Vietnam in December .

[@BarefeetB]

love the video guys , great stuff - liked and subscribed how many km a day did you guys roughly planning solo trip but south to north

[@Karamintheworld]

sorry for the late reply! between 60km and 120km. it really depended on the day :) Check out the 2nd episode I just posted of this adventure!

[@BarefeetB]

@Karam in the World I will Thanks for the reply brother Safe travels 🙏

[@bertski60]

great stuff! thankyou.

[@scepticalbudha2553]

hi. great video. any particular reason that you chose to do from north to south n not the other way? which month n what was the wind direction?thanks

[@Kanton-4853]

I'm in Alberta right now

[@RyanFila]

Yooo this film is on point! I know the balance between enjoying it and filming to capture the story is very difficult but your shots were worth it bro! I've seen your channel before and appreciate your serious skill. I hope you keep pushing it and creating films. ❤️🙌 Are you heading back to Canada after this?

[@Karamintheworld]

Hey Ryan! Thanks so much dude 🙏 yeah takes a hard working creator to recognize one ;) much love and thanks for the compliments! I'm actually based out of Berlin now so if you're ever around hit me up :)

[@RyanFila]

@@Karamintheworld Don't play with that! I'm genuinely in the pursuit of finding some other like minded individual creators who would be interested in make some films together. Travel creating solo is difficult and there are times where meeting up with others just adds the missing piece. Do you have major travel or creative plans for this upcoming year??

[@Karamintheworld]

@@RyanFila Well it's quite hard to plan things too in advance at the moment but really hoping for a big canoe trip sometime this fall (maybe somewhere in Norway?!). And Karam is actually off tomorrow for another 3 week biketour through Spain. How about you?

[@RyanFila]

@@Karamintheworld Yeah I totally understand that! A big canoe trip would be dope! That man is a bicycle fiend ay? Is he going with the same friend? I'm currently traveling around Peru, and planning to stay in South America for a good chunk of 2021, then in 2022 I'm traveling Asia!

[@bckb604]

Amazing! Great job! Love the graphic you have now at the end of the video with Tobi, Truff Truff and the Bike! So Cute! For the home stays, was that planned? Or did it just happen? Did you pay? How does that work? Excited to see more from this trip!!!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks Irving Pirving lol always so supportive ❤️ The homestays were not planned, usually we aim to go in a general direction or a town in the morning, then when we stop for lunch we look at accommodations cause then we have a better idea if we'd make it to our goal or not. You do pay, basically allows the family to make money and provide tourists with an awesome experience.

[@Karamintheworld]

They basically just make more food than they usually are going to, and they'll have "happy water" which is rice liquor that they make themselves :)

[@thehumanchris]

LADS!!! What a mission, congratu-fucking-lations to both of you!! That was a bangin video and a story to remember for life, well done;) Tons of little bits that I loved in this, I think the comedy really made it refreshing alongside the complaining;) If I have to be honest, I would have loved for the video to have been a little bit longer. Would have loved to hear about the camera breaking story and what happened after you popped the tire at the top ;O But I guess you kept me wanting for more, so it was a good video over all huehuehuehue :3

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks so much Chris! There's so much in this that we wanted wanted include but simply didn't have the time cause we wanted it to be around 16 minutes long. This is why we'll be making an indepth series going over what happened in more details, like logistics, broken camera, broken phone, etc etc. But yeah thanks my dude, feels good to have it published ❤

[@thehumanchris]

@@Karamintheworld PERFECT!!! AGH FUCK I CANT WAIT for those episodes now :OOOOO

[@Karamintheworld]

Can't wait to edit them!

[@jagdishgaikwad88]

Nice Video Dear👌 Can i Cycling Solo in Vietnam & which is best month to pedal😊

[@Chinhnguyen0497]

actually good trip. but you only did one episode

[@nadialeigh-hewitson8610]

Lovely video. Do you have an itinerary of the route you took and the stops you made?

[@Karamintheworld]

thank you! I don't have a list but you can see a map in the 2nd episode that I just posted :)

[@francoisercolano7070]

hi, great story, nice trip, congrats ! do you have a gps trace of your journey ?

[@alexkooiman9854]

Amazing!

[@Karamintheworld]

Thanks Alex! Appreciate all the love :)

[@bethwadley1289]

Hey! I’m planning a similar trip, just in reverse. How safe do you think it is for a solo woman?

[@SaltcafeRoutevietnam]

Can you mention the month you guys did this

[@karupt422]

You have a very friendly and bubbly personality. Were you loved as a child?

[@Karamintheworld]

😂 lol thank you? And very much so 🥰

[@alongtvkeanashley210913]

great advendture i hope one day you may go visit philippines stay safe ride safe new subrscriber

[@Karamintheworld]

🥰 thanks a lot and welcome to the fam! :) Really hope to be able to ride in the Philippines sometime in the future ❤️

[@FelixRelaxado]

Hey Karam how are you?! Me and my family are going to Vietname to cycle and i have some questions, can we get in touch?! Cheers!

[@casper6234]

Awesome 😎. That Chris guy is beautiful and has huge calves

[@Karamintheworld]

Yeah I heard he's really insecure about them and likes to think they're huge when they're in fact tiny

[@joereffin]

Smallest calves I've ever seen.

[@Karamintheworld]

@@joereffin Must run in the Reffin family ;)

[@casper6234]

13 inches

[@stan9636]

What Month did you set off ??

[@Shanbuddy]

How many days totally take ?

[@Karamintheworld]

42 days! we took our time!

[@ramos2094]

Bro your videos soooo cool ehy u stopped?

[@Karamintheworld]

Thank you so much for this! I'm working on launching a new series in the coming months! Stay tuned :)

[@ramos2094]

@@Karamintheworld karam! I wanna do the same alone though lol and without the 20kgs on the bike lmao is it doable? I have no experience at alll

[@Karamintheworld]

@@ramos2094 very doable! Do some research and pack better. You don't need all the shit we took. It's the best way to travel and cheap

[@ramos2094]

@@Karamintheworld thank u so much please share more asap 😂

[@PipinhoSnow]

:)

[@chuckmyntti]

Dude! Why are you wearing BLACK?

[@vietnamese80]

Shitttttttt Do you know how many invaders come here and die by climate, weather, jungle, insects. . . These two aliens must be on a special watch list 😁 where did they go, what they ate, whom they met, what information they exchanged, 😁

[@Karamintheworld]

hahaha we're beasts. Check out the new episode of this adventure that I just uploaded :)

[@MamasBasecamp]

Fantastic video!

[@Karamintheworld]

thank you!! it was such an epic trip :)