well, there's your answer. you have a friend in saigon who happens to be a biker.


can you say "ấm ṿi sen chủ nhà"?


roundtrip to saigon, spend the first day there with your friend recovering from jet lag, get some riding advice from friend, ask friend to store your boxes for a couple weeks, spend 10-12 days riding tropical southern vietnam while your friends back home are freezing their "mông"s off, return to friend's place, pack and fly home.


should be plenty of options around hcmc to keep you occupied. alternate would be to fly into phnom penh (visa on arrival), then cycle to saigon (need visa in passport first), have your friend get some bike boxes ready, fly out of hcmc.


you can arrange your visa for vietnam online if flying into the major airports. if crossing by land, you need a visa in your passport from an embassy first.