Things that you should bring when joining our motorcycle tours Vietnam

Here are some things that you should bring when joining our motorcycle tours Vietnam.

1. Bluetooth Headset

Adding a bluetooth headset to your helmet is both easy and fairly cheap. Adding the ability to have turn by turn navigation or to talk with your buddies when your gas light comes on or when you're looking for a bite to eat when you pull into town is well worth it.

2. Ear Plugs

Most of riders never like riding without ear plugs. They are ESPECIALLY nice for road trips. It's amazing how loud the inside of a helmet can be, and subjecting your ears to that for hours on end can lead to a greater level of fatigue much faster than when wearing ear plugs. Plus, if you're using a good bluetooth headset, it helps to diminsh some of the tingy sound of the cheapish speakers.

3. Second Pair of Gloves

There is NOTHING worse than soaking a pair of gloves and having a long day of riding ahead of you. Anytime you go on any kind of Vietnam motorbike tours, you should always take a second pair of gloves (usually to fit some other kind of temperature range). Your hands and neck are two of the biggest places where you can control your body temperature and having the appropriate gear for both is very important.

4. A Physical Map

Yes, please use online maps whenever you are planning motorbike tours in Vietnam. That doesn't mean that won't leave you stranded when you make a wrong turn and don't have service, which is why it's important to always bring a physical map. Their maps are designed for motorcyclists, by motorcyclists and are the best resource for the best roads for any kind of riding and they include some of the best places to stop along the way.

5. Tool Kit

Motorcycles break. It's part of life and being a motorcyclist (even if you're a journalist and spend most of your time on new bikes). Another part of motorcycling is riding for pleasure, which often includes remote and deserted roads. Combine the two and you have a wonderful recipe for sitting on the side of the road. We take a small toolkit anytime we venture away from our day to day riding, and we recommend you do the same. Ride something that isn't new? That toolkit is as necessary as your helmet.

6. Cash

Some places in the Vietnam motorbike rides don't accept credit. It's just silly not to keep a decent amount of cash on you should you need to buy something in some remote area that doesn't take card or need to bribe someone to open early, stay late, or help you out in whatever sticky situation you've gotten yourself into.

7. Battery Pack

If you're reading this and under 30, you probably feel the need to Instagram/Tweet/Facebook every single part of your trip. If you're over 30....I don't know, we're all too immature to act like real adults but I'm sure you have to check in with someone to let them know you're ok or heading home or something. Either way, having your cell phone or bluetooth headset die mid trip is a bummer when you get into a new town.

8. Headlamp

Well sometimes those things happen at night. Make sure you have some spare batteries as well.

9. Another things that you find them necessary

A towel, bandana, good book, sense of adventure, rain gear, fishing pole, visor cleaner, a support truck with a spare bike, a hat to hide your helmet hair, a fake mustache, and whiskey (for after you've finished the day's ride obviously)…

Bring them from your country when joining our Vietnam Motorcycle Tours for they are better in quality than you get them from Vietnam

Today, we will introduce you about the funeral of the Red Dao

One of the main reason for customers who want to book our Vietnam motorbike tours is that they want to learn more about the traditional customs and habits of the local people in the North of Vietnam to have the best adventure.

After hard day Vietnam motorcycle tours, they always spend their days on walking around to see more and learn more about the ethnic hill tribes. Sapa attracts visitors a lot for it has a beautiful scenery and friendly people. And you will find many Red Dao women who come to center town for working and selling things.

Today, we will introduce you about the funeral of the Red Dao, and you will learn more during your Vietnam motorbike rides:

In every funeral, there is always a man who called thay tao playing an important role in the funeral. Any family has a death, the family members of the death will invite him to supervise the rituals and fine a piece of land for the grave. The deceased will be wrapped in a mat and placed in the coffin inside the house. Then it is carried by strong men to the grave which built of earth and lined with stones. In many different places where the Read Dao live, the dead body is cremated if the deceased is older than 12 years old of age. Funeral rituals will be celebrated to ensure that the deceased rests in peace. It will be taken in many years after the burial. The ceremony usually coincides with initiation rites for a Dao man of the family. Each celebration will be lasted for at least three days. The first day is to liberate the spirit of the deceased (which like the death will break from jail. The second day is to worship deceased in his/her house.

The last day is for the man’s initiation rite take. It is so special and so different from other hill tribes is that the man has to sit on a throne at the highest place in the village until he falls into hammocks hanging below him. This represents him falling down from the sky to be born on earth, another symbol of the Dao belief that they are the direct descendents of God.

For more details, join our motorcycle tours Vietnam and you can asked directly about the Red Dao funeral procedure.