3 Guys and a Motorbike

X Play, f2.0, 1/990, ISO 50, JPG

Bridge

X Play, f2.0, 1/1370, ISO 50, JPG

5.5t

X Play, f2.0, 1/17, ISO 800, JPG

Girl on a Swing

GR, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 8000, RAW

Fire in the Rain

GR, f5.6, 1/20, ISO 1600, RAW

Life at 40km/h

TG-4, f2.0, 1/30, ISO 2500, RAW, 25mm

Hai Van Pass

TG-4, f2.0, 1/2000, ISO 100, RAW, 25mm

Side Street

GR, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 4500, RAW

Han River at Night

GR, f4.5, 2 sec., ISO 100, RAW

Texting

GR, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 5000, RAW

Just a Landscape

GR, f6.3, 1/800, ISO 100, RAW, 21mm

What this photos shows more than anything is that my Ricoh GR is in serious need of a sensor clean.

Fire and Smoke

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 2 sec., ISO 200, RAW, 75mm (Jupiter-8 f2.0 50mm LTM)

Night Over Lang Co

TG-4, f2.0, 1/15, ISO 3200, RAW, 25mm

Cloud Pass

TG-4, f13, 1/320, ISO 200, RAW, 46mm

The Wave and the Dragon

GR, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 9000, RAW

City Gardens

X Play, f2.0, 1/184, ISO 50, JPG

Kids

GR, f2.8, 1/125, ISO 12800, RAW

Clouds

GR, f5.0, 1/180, ISO 100, RAW

Woman on an Electric Bike

GR, f5.0, 1/250, ISO 100, RAW

Lagoon

TG-4, f2.9, 1/250, ISO 250, RAW, 43mm

Working

TG-4, f8.0, 1/500, ISO 200, RAW, 25mm

Hoi An Motorbike Touring

The last tour preparations got me all around Monkey Mountain, over the Hai Van Pass, to Lang Co and back.

Today, I went south to Marble Mountain and Hoi An with the surrounding area.

While Hoi An is quite touristy, its still worth a visit and as soon as you get out of the town, you'll be riding across rice fields and through small villages.

Hoi An is mostly pedestrianized these days so you have to park your bike and walk but it also makes walking around the old town a bit nicer.

Outside of Hoi An, you can find small villages specializing in pottery and other handicrafts.

There are nice temples everywhere and it's worth a stop to see some of them up close.

The most interesting part is however being out in the countryside and watching the locals work in the fields.

On the Dragon Bridge

X Play, f2.0, 1/15, ISO 640, JPG

Motorbike Tour

I spent the day taking photos and driving around Da Nang and all the way to Lang Co to check some routes for my upcoming motorbike tours.

I started off with a drive to Son Tra and around Monkey Mountain in the morning.

Monkey Mountain is great, it has some great roads, it feels like you're in the middle of nowhere at times and there are many different sights scattered around the mountain. You can spend the whole day (and more) exploring all the different roads and paths here.

After a lunch break, I continued to the Hai Van Pass. The Hai Van pass is the must-do for every visitor to Vietnam and especially for everyone renting or buying a motorbike here.

It's a great road (despite he fuel and pig trucks you'll encounter) with even better views, no matter if you get here on a sunny day, a rainy day, a cloudy or foggy day or even at night.

You'll also find some roads to explore here if you don't stick to the main road to go up and down the mountain only.

There are plenty of photo opportunities and it's worth taking your time and not rush too much.

Lang Co again provides great views over the sea, the lagoon and also over the local life if you explore a little bit.

While I usually take my Honda Wave around everywhere I go, I had a Honda PCX for the day to try it out. It's a bit more photogenic and it's good to have a different bike in my photos so they don't all feel the same.

My tours will start soon and there will be plenty of different routes to take and explore with some fully individual tours coming up, too.

My Wave

X Play, f2.0, 1/379, ISO 50, JPG

Forgotten

X Play, f2.0, 1/840, ISO 50, JPG

Advertising Lights

X Play, f2.0, 1/33, ISO 320, JPG

Pink Umbrella

TG-4, f6.3, 1/1000, ISO 160, RAW, 85mm

Alien

GR, f2.8, 1/30, ISO 1600, RAW

Bicycle

X Play, f2.0, 1/17, ISO 1000, JPG

By the River

X Play, f2.0, 1/30, ISO 320, JPG