Surreal scene from the first big day of riding. We started in Hue, riding through the chaos and honking of city traffic. Half an hour later, it was like riding into the pages of National Geographic...a narrow farm road, no traffic, and all these crazy burial mounds that seemed to stretch on for miles across the misty landscape. This is when it really kicked in for me that I was very very far from home. Photo by G. Huntley

Photos and videos from a 26-unicyclist tour of Vietnam, March 2008, starting in Hanoi and ending in HCM City/Saigon, with riding from Hue to Nah Trang. Epic adventure! The main tour site is at http://www.uninam.net

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hayope > A couple of kids with my Hunter 36. I stopped to fiddle with something, and they appeared out of nowhere. I couldn't convince them to try to ride it, but they had fun ringing the bell. This tour was all about kids with big grins, which of course included the big kids who were doing the riding.

hayope > Surreal scene from the first big day of riding. We started in Hue, riding through the chaos and honking of city traffic. Half an hour later, it was like riding into the pages of National Geographic...a narrow farm road, no traffic, and all these crazy burial mounds that seemed to stretch on for miles across the misty landscape. This is when it really kicked in for me that I was very very far from home. Photo by G. Huntley

hayope > Team Blue, unicycling bane of Team Orange. L to R: Me, Matthew (USA), Bruce (NZ), Ken (NZ), Nic (Australia), Andy (USA)

hayope > Jason (USA) tooling across the Bridge to Nowhere.

hayope > Sid (India&Australia), rocking out on his ever-present I-Pod.

hayope > A still unscathed Nic (Australia). About 10 minutes after this photo was taken, he took his first big fall of the tour. Good thing he didn't hit his head, since he had forgotten to wear his helmet that day.

hayope > Louise (USA) making good use of a lunch stop hammock.

hayope > Big pile 'o unicycles and locals trying to decide which ones to test drive. Photo: G. Huntley

hayope > This guy was seriously asleep. The Vietnamese demonstrate Advanced Scooter Skills on a daily basis. Photo: G. Huntley

Surreal scene from the first big day of riding. We started in Hue, riding through the chaos and honking of city traffic. Half an hour later, it was like riding into the pages of National Geographic...a narrow farm road, no traffic, and all these crazy burial mounds that seemed to stretch on for miles across the misty landscape. This is when it really kicked in for me that I was very very far from home. Photo by G. Huntley