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The best day! Motorbiking up the coast of Vietnam - Cambridge Medical Elective #12

2017-08-24 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali · recording, 5:56 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Other · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

On his 2017 elective trip, Ali motorbikes about 170 km up the coast of Vietnam from Hoi An to Hue, over the Hai Van Pass and past the Elephant Springs waterfall, through sun and a downpour, and calls it maybe the best day of the elective so far.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Today's mission: motorbiking from Hoi An to Hue

  • ★★ Ali and his companion motorbike up the coast of Vietnam from Hoi An to Hue, about 170 km and four and a half hours non-stop by Google's estimate, stopping on the way for sights. — 00:00:00 · Hoi An, Vietnam

00:00:40 — Petrol, food and views at the top of the Hai Van Pass

  • ★ About halfway through the journey, Ali stops at a little restaurant near the top of the Hai Van Pass, which has striking views. (hedged) — 00:00:40

00:01:54 — The view; a dip at the Elephant Springs waterfall in prescription goggles

  • ★★ Ali says the view from the Hai Van Pass is out of this world, like a place seen on Google Images that one never thinks exists in real life. — 00:01:54
  • ★★ About three quarters of the way to Hue, they stop at the Elephant Springs waterfall and get in the water, a dip Ali says they needed. — 00:01:54
  • ★★ Ali recommends prescription goggles to people who need glasses: you can see underwater; he thanks his aunt Tito (as heard) for his pair. — 00:03:31

00:04:05 — Rain, ponchos and the last stretch

  • ★★ With over an hour still to ride, rain hits them; ponchos they got at the waterfall save them from about half an hour of painful rain on bare arms. — 00:04:05
  • ★ By 6 pm, near the end of the ride, they have been on the road since leaving at half past eight in the morning. — 00:04:34

00:05:00 — Arrival in Hue: the best day of the elective so far

  • ★★ Ali recommends the motorbike trip from Hoi An to Hue to anyone visiting Vietnam. — 00:05:00 · Hoi An, Vietnam
  • ★★ Ali says the ride may have been the best day of his medical elective so far, for its scenery and its extremes of sunshine and torrential rain. (hedged) — 00:05:00

Mentioned

Central: Hoi An · Hue

Also: Elephant Springs · Hai Van Pass

Only in the description or credits: Vietnam

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