Thank you for listening to A Vietnam Podcast by Seven Million Bikes. We share the stories of people with a love for Vietnam. Host, Niall Mackay, has lived in Vietnam since 2016. As the show has grown we now talk to people from all over the world who have a Vietnam story to share. At the end of every episode we ask our guests the same set of questions each time, so enjoy this bonus compilation episode where you can hear a guest answers about where they would go If they could get on a motorbike.
This question was especially pertinent during lockdown in Saigon when we couldn't leave home never mind drive somewhere on a motorbike. This was also one of the worst questions I've ever asked with nearly every guest feeling to understand exactly what I meant. That's my fault, not theirs!
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Thank you for listening to Vietnam podcast by Seven Million Bikes We share the stories of people with a love for Vietnam My name is Niall Mackay And I'm your host I've lived in Vietnam since 2016 As the show has grown We know talk to people from all over the world who have a Vietnam story this year At the end of every episode we ask our guests the same set of questions each time So enjoy this bonus compilation episode where you can hear a guest answers about where they would go If they could get on a motorbike This question was especially pertinent during lockdown in Saigon When we couldn't leave home nevermind drive somewhere on a motorbike This was also one of the worst questions I've ever asked with nearly every guest feeling to understand exactly what I meant That's my fault Not theirs Check out the answers and send us a message on the socials about where you would go If you could jump on a bike anywhere in Vietnam right now Or better still join the Seven Million army Facebook group and post your answer There is a link in the show notes Enjoy
Niall Mackay:
So we'll finish on to these final questions still a little different for most seasons So I've changed them up from the last season And then we try not to talk too much about COVID but they're a little bit locked down related to number one Obviously we are in lockdown We can't go anywhere at the moment We're stuck at home This is Seven Million bait you could get on your bike or anybody Where would you go right now And why
Brian Letwin:
So I thought about this probably more than any of the other questions on this list Like I'm I'm getting older and so long road trips don't really appeal to me So my answer is kind of based on comfort and an underrated place I still think is underrated I really liked looking tell a lot it's not the best beat in the country by any stretch of the imagination But as as a whole it has a lot going forward It's quiet Generally It does have a nice coastline There are like some cool historical vestiges to explore the F and D scene is not particularly robust but it has some some good stuff going for it The seafood is incredible which is a big deal And it's close It's just a couple hours drive So I would I think like at once like that it's just like let's just go somewhere Like let's just get there as quickly as possible I don't think I'd want to go to a resort or anything because that's just another you know like Walden I don't want to exchange my small prison for a bigger prison better food Well maybe not even better food I think I've been cooking a lot and I've gotten a lot better cooking Yeah that's my answer
Niall Mackay:
for the wins
Track 1:
this is a very hypothetical question for me because I don't drive But yeah if I can actually do that in real life then I would love to come back to home So wait wait wait We could get on the back You can get on the back of a bait And second of all you can't go to coin nigh on a bait not comfortably with that like the day like a day or two I mean I guess you could if you had a really nice big bay you made a day trip I mean more about like if you were to just jump on a loo Honda nouveau and you can go somewhere else somewhere where would you go to anywhere and say going on within you know just think about like cause right now right now we can't go anywhere So the question is if you could just go jump on a bike get a grab where would you go yeah because I haven't been out for so long but yeah I have so many I have so many options that I want to do but yeah I would say Like the river Yeah Something something like the river or maybe like the really big part you know because you don't want to let me go home Yeah These are amazingly specific answers This is like when you talk to one of your students our river the park No Oh I can just want to go back to salon Yeah I also have the appointment there and I love that Yeah You got the big big Louis Yeah Yeah The flower the flower bridge Yeah And I've seen that Yeah it can sounds crazy but this is a luxury chart So I would say right now so that that was more the meaning of the question was stuck in LA Then you can jump on a bike Where would you go relatively nearby Cause right now we can leave our apartment No I'm getting good at quinine but maybe I need to explain the question better next time
Tracey Nguyen Mang:
you know one thing that I have always wanted to do is actually trace all the different cities that my parents have grown up or lived in so I've been back to most of them but not all of them so my parents at one point lived in green young I've never been there they also lived to 99 So I went there I went to visit the French academy that my dad used to work at yeah Jang I've been there That's where I was born but there's so many other places that my parents have just had small stopping point In within their lives that I haven't been to and I think I would start with green young I mean I think early in their marriage they had lived there for a couple of years Some of my siblings were born there And so I know and my parents got married young Like my mom was I think she was 20 So you know those are still formative years and I would like to be able to explore some of the places I'd like to be able to check out like The Catholic school that my mom's spent so much of her time in like it wasn't like she was there you know till 2:00 PM I think she said she was there up until dinner time and like basically the Catholic school system raised her so I think those were kind of all the stopping grounds I guess maybe not one point in particular
Track 1:
Personally I think I would head to the beach I haven't been devil bow in about five years That was one of the first vacations My wife and I had took when we were dating And I think I would just drive up the coast I've driven to Delott I've driven to Nim Cathy and I've driven to those areas a few times but the beach the coastline I have not explored as much in the last five years So I think I would go straight up to the beach beach Yeah I think at this point I would probably want to do this here but I was saying to a previous guest as well it was sewing closed and where we are right now I mean I literally would be happy to jump on my bike and go to D four You know what I mean That would be so far right now It would be nice to nice to get out
Jovel Chan:
I want to be in nature So SEPA or Nimbin
Niall Mackay:
say gone every day
Jovel Chan:
Everyone
Niall Mackay:
This is meant to be if you could just get over your house jump on a bike and go somewhere local I've had people see like the seed is you like oh I'd go there And yet Chang
Jovel Chan:
at
Niall Mackay:
Where would you go I specifically said to you the wheel as you go in Saigon
Jovel Chan:
where would I go right now in Saigon I would go to a I would love to go to like a rooftop bar somewhere
Niall Mackay:
Just still not getting this rooftop balls on open wherever you go right
Jovel Chan:
now
Niall Mackay:
Right This second jump on a bike
Jovel Chan:
Either constrict that question I'd be like yeah Yeah
Niall Mackay:
that's good That's the question has been designed like that and you'll just smashing the design go Where would you go back
Jovel Chan:
questions I don't
Niall Mackay:
want to do my estrogen
Jovel Chan:
I would love to go to maybe yes I gone Yeah Oh my
Niall Mackay:
God
Zoonie Nguyen:
I would go to namaha which is the village near where my dad is from I would go there I find peace there I find families and the kids are running after me when I'm on the bike And it's it's it feels like home So I would get on a bicycle not a motorbike I don't know how to use a bike but I love bicycles and I would be cycling around the village
Track 1:
I would go straight to the beach I need nature I miss it A beach would be my first idea My first destination I could consider a countryside nature No no you can't go to Dunlap on a Muto bay Well you can but that's a bit of a trip Literally I mean the beach phone tab is okay I don't mean like the law I asked this question to tween and she was like yeah I go to my hometown of quake and I was like that's like a three day trip No I just mean like you jump on like you go downstairs you jump on your bike We're cause right now we can't do that We can't even do the simple thing of jumping on a date So if you get blades even make it narrow than the beach if you could just go jump on your bike right there Second where would you go at 8 57 Maybe in my afraid restaurant
Track 3:
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