My FIRST time riding a MOTORBIKE (In VIETNAM...🇻🇳)

Vietnam. It's f****** mental mate. So what happens when you pop two Welsh people in a country on a pair of motorbikes and set them free? What could possibly go wrong? I'm just driving off on a bike. This is a death trap. Holy s**t. I don't want to do this. What is happening guys? We're Craig and Amy and you are watching Kinginit. We have made it to Vietnam and our mission is to get ourselves some bikes and travel the whole country starting with the north. The plan is to set off from Hanoi and head towards the beautiful mountains in the north, around the Ha Giang loop and then make our way down towards the coast. And finally completing the 1500 odd miles all the way to Ho Chi Minh City. If you're new around here, let's give you a quick background on Kinginit. Our favourite thing on planet earth is seeing a country in its undiluted form. In the past, we've travelled the length of India in a rickshaw. We've driven across the planet on the Mongol Rally and a camouflaged banger of a car through Iran, all of the Stans and over the Pamir Highway. We've driven the length of New Zealand. We've even driven our bus Custard all the way to the Sahara Desert in Morocco. Our mantra is rule your own world. So we always go out there and live our lives to the fullest and give you an unclouded version of wherever we're travelling. For this adventure, we're going to be taking on one of our biggest challenges to date. Driving the length of Vietnam on motorbikes. This is going to be one heck of a personal challenge. I usually rely on Craig to take me places, but this time I'm actually getting my own motorbike. I just hope my anxiety lets me and that we don't fall off. Joining us on this trip are our good friends, Chloe and James. James and Chloe are on the opposite end of the scale on the excitement meter. James, what's your thoughts on this adventure? Can't wait. We're going to delve deep into the culture, into the country. It's going to be amazing. I think I'm going to get my own bike. I'm excited, I'm nervous. The last time we were all together, we were stuck in Morocco with our camper vans. And the only way to get them out was to ship them out and then fly out ourselves. That went pretty well, didn't it? No. Oh, for God's sake. James, James, stop. No. It's not going to work. It's ridiculous. So as a team, we've got a pretty shoddy record. So wish us luck. Tomorrow morning, we're going to go and get ourselves some sturdy steets. Whey! Today's the day, Trev. How are you feeling? Ill. Why? I've got this anxiety. It just pops its ugly head up when it wants to, and I'm feeling rather sick about today. As you get older, you don't, you get more comfortable. You don't do as many things outside of your comfort zone. So we always try and push ourselves, and today is a big push. I am excited for today. We're about to jump in the taxi to go meet the guys. Got to go to a motorbike spot, take our bags, keep our fingers crossed, and hopefully we can get bikes and get on the road today. Here we go. Out into the oven. I was way too excited for this, but I think Amy knew deep down how much of a mission this was going to be. This is a huge challenge for anyone who is new to riding motorbikes. It was around 415 degrees, and with fresh jet lag and a steamed up camera, we headed out into the unknown. Please, baby Jesus, make this a good day. Hang on, let me turn my aircon on. It's so sweaty, man. We've only been here one day, so we haven't had a chance to acclimatise yet. Hopefully, when we get on the bikes, the faster you go, the cooler you stay. We paid the man the equivalent of a pack of Percy Pigs, and asked the first motorbike shop we saw, you got any motorbikes for us, mate? I've got a big doll. The crew was pumped. We met a great guy called Johnny, who sat us down and took us through everything we needed to know about buying a bike, renting a bike, how much it was going to cost us, and how to keep our wits about us on the road. He also took us through the map and showed us some brilliant places to stop off that we just had to add to our itinerary. And then this silly sausage walked into the shop all bandaged up. Which put Amy right at ease. OK, so Johnny has given us a bit of a route. He's told us the prices, and there's a warehouse five minutes away in a taxi. So we're going to go over to the warehouse, test out some bikes, get some helmets and some gloves, and then we're going to get on the road. With the heaviest bags known to man, we were on our way to sudden death. I'm only joking, we were just going to the bike shop. This is how warm it is, you get out of the taxi with the air con, and your glasses are steaming up. So, which one do you want? I'll change you boys up, give you a little rev-kip. The guys at Style Motorbikes were class. We spent around an hour testing out different bikes, seeing what felt right, what engine size we wanted, and which ones we thought would stand the test of time, or the 1500 miles to Ho Chi Minh. What's your name, sorry? My name's Keung. Keung, Keung, yes. Nice to meet you, Craig. I'm Craig. The usual choice of motorbike for anyone wanting to take on the country, is a Honda Win. I say Honda, and they say Honda, but it's not a Honda. It's a cheapo Chinese knock-off, it's called a D-Tech, that's been ridden by hundreds of backpackers and budding bikers for bloody centuries. Dusty as f**k, mate. I think we're all going to get our separate bikes. Chloe's going to give it a go, she's never driven a motorbike before, but we're going to give her a couple of lessons. I also need some refresher lessons, because it was a while ago that I did it. We've got a bike at home. How many times have I been on it? Once. And I've never been on the road. So this is a little bit scary. With the heat and the jet lag, I just feel so disorientated. I'm hoping that I can pick it up really easily. It's 180 for the month to rent, and I think around 400 to buy, which is really good. I'm looking forward to getting on it, but I'm also really not. So, pray for me. Did you not see that? No. I was literally sliding down the road there and trying not to come off. Why? Oh my God. I pulled the clutch in and tapped the brake, and it just started sliding everywhere. Oh, s**t, Craig, this doesn't fill me with confidence. Well, this is because it's the Suzuki, I think. All right, everyone's ridden the bike apart from me, and I'm sh**ing my pants. Oh, maybe we shouldn't film this. It's so hot. Oh, easy, easy. Nice and slow, babe. She's got it. Like riding a bike, even though I nearly came off. Oh, they're mad here, though. No helmets, they just put the key in and go take it for a spin. Unbelievable. Look at some of the bikes they got as well. Look at this bad boy. Look at that. Come on, babes. I don't know if I like it. Why? This is, I don't know, it feels a lot, it's either a lot looser than the one we've got at home, or a lot quicker, but we've got 125 and this is a 110. I just feel like this pulls me more. You just be easy on the clutch on and off. Yeah, yeah. How's it feeling, Chloe? It feels all right, yeah. Yeah? I feel okay on, like, obviously on this road, I'm just going to keep going. I know. How's that one? Yeah, it's all right. They're so loud, though. Like, the exhaust is so loud. At least people will hear us coming, though, I suppose. How are you feeling about these bikes, mate? Can't wait. Yeah? I think they're going to be, I mean, these guys feel, you know what they're doing, don't they? Yeah. I feel like they're quite reliable. We've got a bit of a problem with James's bike. All right, well, I hate it, but I think that this is the one for me. Yeah? Yeah. Okay, 110. A 110 DTEC for the boy. Big heads. We spent the next half an hour finding the right helmet to fit our very large heads. James has got massive heads. It's not that big. Helmets were around £45 brand new, but you can rent them for cheaper. But we thought that we'd be on the safe side. You're going to look a little bubbly. Sure? Fits. What's that? Sunshine? Look! Hi! Hello! How are you doing? It must be boiling. Small. Rebel. Killer. Killer dog. Killer. All right, so I've got myself a DTEC Win 110cc for $180 rental for the month. It does say here, it's a Vietnamese-made copy of Honda. Thus, they are more prone to issues, even on the new bikes. So that's really cool. We signed our lives away, hopefully not literally. Sorry, Mum. And set up our helmets with our new Cardocom system, so that we could all chat to each other while we drove on the roads. All right, it's 3.20. We should have been on the roads hours ago. We haven't strapped the bags to the bikes yet. That's the last job. But we're all starving and probably massively dehydrated. Did I mention it's really hot? So we're going to go and get some fried rice now and then get on the roads. Sunset's at 7.20. So we've literally got about three hours and the drive is about three hours. We don't want to drive in the dark. Just as our food arrived, the heavens opened. It rained. And it rained full-on golf-ball-sized raindrops. And it rained some more. And we started to think, what on earth are we doing? The rain stopped. Well, at least you know the torrential rainstorms won't last that long. And I've already had practice in them, which I loved anyway. I'm going to put some Christmas songs on. It's going to be fine. I'm boiling. Like, there's no point in bringing makeup on this trip. I've got no wigs. I'm filthy because I was playing with the dog and she kept jumping on me. We're going to stink. And it's going to be one of those trips where we don't care. Funny little puppies. We were given a ton of bungee cords and luckily our bikes already came with bike racks. But if you choose one that doesn't, they can weld one on for you in no time. Jonny, where's the fuel gauge on this? Where's the fuel gauge? There's no fuel gauge. Are we ready to? Okay, let's go. It's that time, guys. We're leaving. Okay. Right. Come on. You know how to drive it. Okay. Doing this for everybody that's got anxiety, that wants to try and eat it. It's a quick start. Okay. Thank you. See you. Let's go and see Vietnam, baby. All right, we're off. We're off. Oh, that breeze is amazing. Oh, but it has been raining, so I'm a little bit nervous of the wet floor. What's Captain B doing? You all right? I don't know. You'll be all right. I think so. I think so. Just need some practice. Oh, no, I've stalled. Can you just go nice and slow, Craig, yeah? We're on the road. We're doing it, lads. We're doing it. I hope Captain B's all right. Oh, Jesus Christ. Santa Fe. Let's just chill. Okay. I think we're only going to do about an hour today. We left very late. We're very slow packers. It's like five o'clock. But, yeah, we're going to do about an hour, find somewhere to sleep, and then, fingers crossed, I won't dream about this or have nightmares about having to do a big drive in the morning. I think as soon as we get going, I'm going to have so much fun. I know there's so many of you out there that are just screaming at me like, you're going to have the best time ever. I wish I was doing this. So, yeah, I'm doing it for you guys as well. I'm not sure if I can do it, Craig. Don't panic. It's fine. I can't get up this hill. You've got a foot brake. I can't do a hill start. No, I can't do that. Okay, everyone can just wait. Also, this helmet is massive. We're on the highway. No dramas. Amy's freaking out a little bit, but she'll be all right. Amy, if you're watching this, super proud of you. I know this is way far out of your comfort zone when you're doing it, kid. You're an absolute champion. Gasoline? Petrol? Ah, okay. I feel like my head's going to explode with this helmet on. It's nearly dark. It's taken us 45 minutes to find petrol. Can you hear me? Yeah? All right, we've made a group decision. We didn't get very far, so we're going to get a hotel. We had a little taste, though, didn't we? Yeah. Jimmy. Come to Vietnam, EJ. Come here. Jimmy. Jimmy, get in here, kid. You did well, babes. I mean, I didn't die, if that's what you mean, but other people nearly did. Honest to God, they drive. They just pull out. They don't give a **** if they're going to get run over by somebody else or not. I do feel like I'll end up killing someone on the strip. All right, so we're calling it. We're calling it. That was a throw you in the deep end hour. It must be rush hour, because that's madness. Yeah, man. Literally, I had like three noodles and two pieces of papaya today. So hangar, busy traffic, and driving in the night is a bad idea. So we found a little gap called the Lucky Buddha Hotel. Ah, okay, perfect. Guys, there's this one. Morning, team. Still in Hanoi. Still at 5,400 degrees Celsius. So we popped back to the shop this morning because my bike kept cutting out. So it was literally 10 minutes down the road. Yeah, we didn't get very far. We just did a big loop of the city trying to find petrol. We saw Johnny today and he said that he thinks we should head up to Ha Giang this morning, which is a six-hour drive, but we're going to just see how we go. No pressure. I feel a little bit better now we've done a bit, you know, and we've probably done the scariest bit, like being in the city. So I just know that coming out now, a lot of people have said that these next few days have been the best of their whole trip, which makes me really excited. And I'm really, really excited for like big stretches of wide roads with not a lot of people on them. I just think it's going to be sensational. But yeah. The guy in the hotel asked this morning, he said, you go to Ha Giang today, it's going to rain. It's no good for you. No good for you. I was like, sweet. Thanks, Jimmy. So it's either we take our time and miss our flight home or we balls to the wall. Here we go again. Okay, let's get some breakfast in. It's a much cooler day today though, thank God. You know, when you do like your hazard protection for your driving test and things come out of nowhere, every single second, that's happened completely. Fake breakfast spot. The old fake-a-roo. You have to be really careful about where you choose to eat. Because some of them just don't exist and a lot of them don't exist. So... It's supposed to be there, I think. You turning around though? Yeah, I just have a quick look. All right, we found ourselves on the Vietnamese motorway, which you'd think would be super scary, but it's actually okay because we've got our own lane. I just plugged in a random bridge, which is like an hour and ten minutes. But as long as six hours. So it's 1.49 p.m. and nobody's had breakfast yet. So as soon as we hit any kind of restaurant, we're just going to stop, pull over, have some food. Sorry. Please turn in. No indication, classic. Maybe we should all do a tally on our bikes. How many times have we nearly died? I think Craig Viking Winner is doing it. Yeah. All right, we've just pulled in off the motorway. We found a spot that does fried rice, tofu and vegetables. Get in. So we're going to get a proper meal today, which is class. It does feel badass, like all of us on the bikes. One of the game-changing things that we've got is Cardo have hooked us up with these headsets. So we've got communications between all four of us. So they're attached to the side of our helmets and we can literally all just talk. It's amazing. Because otherwise, if you're just driving for so long, like hours and hours on your own, you're only doing hand signals with people and you don't know what's going on. So we're able to say like, watch out, there's a car coming or there's a roundabout coming up or whatever. It is literally a game changer. So if you're going to do this trip and you're going to do it with a friend, get yourself some comms. This Cardo, we've got the pack talk edge. It is next level. Thanks for the hookup, guys. Appreciate it. Chloe's ordered some venomous tea. What do you mean venomous? Well, James thought she said venomous, but she actually said Vietnamese. Oh. But she said it's quite bitter. And she wouldn't give us any sugar. Yeah, she said don't have sugar, so. Are you alright, mate? Looks pretty decent. You like chips? Yeah, chips. Chips as well, mate. They taste like homemade. Chips for breakfast. Yum. And we've got some tofu with stingy nettles. Ha ha ha ha. Road, full bellies. We've had tofu. Oi. Here we go. Okay, we've got a hundred kilometres to go. And then we'll be halfway to Ha Giang. Where's James? We've got our first breakdown of the trip. We lost James. Oh, no. Hopefully it's an easy fix. We called Donnie from Style Motors for some advice. We've got a bit of a problem with James' bike. It's like cutting out, similar to what mine was doing. Bloody hell, James. Ha ha ha ha. Just spoke to a mechanic who spoke to a local who told us that there's a mechanic a hundred metres down the road. So we're going to go and see them, see if we can sort James' bike. He put us in touch with a local mechanic that took James and his bike to his garage a hundred metres down the road. Results. Alright, so James has gone to a mechanic's in a little estate around the corner. So we're all just pulling, people eating sweet corn and eggs, smoking bongs. I'm pretty sure the guy's smoking a bong bong here. So we're just going to hang about now until he comes back. Jimmy, how are we doing? Oh, can we not? Let's not do that. He swapped the spark plug. Okay, nice. Oh, it's a spark plug. I could have done that, mate. Running better? Feels alright. The gears are changing better. Paid him a hundred. Oh, nice. Double. Yeah, three quid. Happy days. All these things you don't factor in, which is like the bike's breaking down. You get on the road and you're like, yay, and then the bike breaks down. You're like, oh yeah, we're on untrustworthy motorbikes. This is what he brought us on this trip for. Cameramen. We've got another buffalo crossing. Excuse me, lads. Ha ha ha. How's it going, champ? It's going alright. My hand is killing. My head is killing. I think because it's a new helmet. It's really tight, so it's hurting my ears a lot. My back's sore, my bum's sore. And we've only done about 0.2 part of the country. Quick petrol stop. Scenes around here, they just keep getting better and better. We're coming into the mountains now. There's rice paddies, there's water buffaloes. This is what I was hoping for Vietnam, and it has not disappointed. Holy ****, look at those mountains. Absolute scenes. We're not even in the best bit yet either, and it just looks incredible. After driving around five hours, the sun was going down and we were all getting very tired. This was when everything started to go wrong. Chloe and her bike almost ended up in the river. Look at her, mate. Oh my God, I lost the GoPro, wait there. I'm going to run over it. You alright? I was going to go with it. Oh ****, the birds. So Chloe nearly lost her bike in the river, and herself. I was just like, I must have been pressing go and I thought that I was just holding on. I'm like, let go, let go, let go. There's always one. I'm tired, it's been a long day. First battle wounds. Nice socks as well, they're nice socks. Not the socks, mate. Nike ones. Alright, we've decided we've had enough. We've just spotted a hotel just by there, so we're going to go and see if they've got any rooms. Yeah, fingers crossed. This is a proper adventure now, we're not even using the internet for hotels. Are you going to be alright getting over there, Chloe? Do you want to get a taxi? Oh, I would get a taxi otherwise. We rocked up to the Phuong Dong Hotel, where they had just freshly washed down their patio. Amy! Amy just crashed her bike into the floor. It's going well, it's definitely time to stop. Amy's crashed her bike into the floor, I just burned my leg and Chloe's cut her leg. All in the space of about 10 minutes. It's a cool little day. Okay, hotel doesn't have a name, but it's got an ice rink for a floor. They must have just washed it all down, because when we all came in it was like Bambi on ice, and obviously I took a tumble. Can you sort of say the name of it? There we go. Phuong Dong Hotel. How much is a hundred? A hundred is about three pounds. Six pounds a night? Six pounds a night. So it's really nice actually. I don't know, let's keep the bikes inside. Yeah, we're moving all bikes inside. Not that I've got any qualms with them being stolen, but we rented them, so just in case. We haven't even paid for the rooms yet. We walked in, she gave me a room key, an aircon remote control, and a TV remote control, so I guess we're staying. Why are you staying here? Because there's not a lot of bikes. Oh, what a day, kid. You are a flipping champion. Yeah. Well done, baby, so good. Well done to you too, baby. Sometimes you come across gems, so we found this one. It is six quid a night, en suite bathroom, air conditioning, double bed. Amy's after the mosquitos. This is the problem with being in a tropical place now. I'm stuck back, sir. He's huge. I've lost him. What's the view like? Well, it's dark, isn't it? Oh, wow. Wow, look at that. Holy smokes. How do you open them? This way. Wow, look at that view. Six quid, mate, are you joking? That's amazing. Have you seen this view, mate? We've seen the view, yeah. We've got a view of the bloody air conditioners. Two problems. First problem is we've just ordered food through Google Translate. She didn't seem very confident in what she was about to cook. Second problem is we've just got on the bed. It's hard as rock, baby. Honest to God. Like, because we got a cheap spot last night, it was quite... The bed was quite hard then. And I was like, I can't wait for, like, tonight's sleep because it's going to be better. It's not. And this is our blanket. This is our duvet. Good for the back, though. You need a mattress on those shoulders, kid. I need a different boyfriend and a different life. Oh, take it back. Privacy in this hotel is next level. Next time on Kingin' It, we finally make our way towards the remote far northern region of Ha Giang with its incredible luscious green mountains, rivers and winding roads. I am loving life. But Amy finds herself in a bit of a predicament. Like, the pressure that it's had on my body now, it's sore. And that's what I'm not enjoying mainly. Yeah. I feel like I'll be letting myself down. We're going to have a change of plans with the vehicle set up. Oh, look at this.