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what's up My
Friends Podcast slow and clear cool
what's up English today I'm going to
tell you about my trip to Haag and
that's why I'm sitting to the side so
here I can put pictures and videos for
you guys to see what I'm talking about
now this trip was pretty crazy to be be
honest um so today I'm going to tell you
about the highlights of the trip for
example we got stuck at the bottom of a
mountain for five hours we took a really
strange interesting boat ride and the
third thing is that we literally saved a
guy's life so it's going to be a pretty
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started with the podcast okay so a few
months ago my brother came to Vietnam
from Canada to visit me and on that trip
we did a a trip to hang so it was me my
brother
and my two close friends Luke and Steve
and before you say Carter why would you
go to hang after your brother just came
to Vietnam for the first time that must
be really dangerous but don't worry um
he does mountain biking in Canada he had
an international driver's license for
the motorbike and we did some practice
in Hanoi before we went to hang so don't
worry he had experience and we got
practice in first and he doesn't drive
like a maniac he drives very carefully
and intelligently so I wasn't worried I
know he's a smart guy and anyway so we
started our trip to hang the trip was
about 9 or 10 days and we started from
Hanoi so Steve Luke and I have been to
hang before Steve especially he's been
maybe like five or six times so we all
have some experience going to hang and
after we started our trip from Hanoi we
didn't take a night bus to hang we
started from Hanoi and we drove to hang
so I had my own bike Luke had his own
bike but my brother and Steve they both
rent their own bikes this is important
for the story so anyway we all start the
trip from Hanoi and everything is going
fine and then when we get out of the
city in Hanoi my friend Steve his bike
breaks down it broke down pretty much on
like a a freeway like a long road and it
didn't look like there was anywhere
around us to fix the bike so we went to
this place we walked the bike to a place
where someone was selling iced tea and
we asked him if there was anywhere close
by where we could fix the bike cuz this
was outside of the city like you look
around and there's really not much there
and the guy says just go down that road
about 20000 M and take a right so we
thought okay cool and we started to well
one person was pushing Steve's Bike and
we made it to the uh to the garage to
fix the bike so we got the bike fixed
and we assumed everything was all good
spoiler alert everything was not all
good but we'll see why later so anyway
we go to a home stay and we're staying
there we had dinner had fun had some
rice wine
and we met a big group of Vietnamese
people so we just hung out with them for
the night and everything was fun and
normal so the next few days we stayed at
some different hom stays there was
nothing too special about that so I'll
skip to when we went to the N River now
right before we went to the N River
Steve's Bike broke down again so we had
to go to a garage to get it fixed the
mechanic had to fix his um his clutch
like his clutch discs and I got the
mechanics number because this was the
second time the bike broke down and I
figured it might break down again so
after the bike gets fixed we make our
way to the N River and for anyone who
has ever been to the N River before you
know how beautiful it is from the top of
that mountain because from there you can
see down to the river you can see the
turquoise water and the trail that leads
to it and the mountains on the other
side cuz the river is like between two
mountains in a valley basically and
normally you would buy a ticket to go on
the boats down in the river but we
didn't plan it too well so we didn't buy
a ticket we just decided we'll go there
and then we'll get a ticket or we'll pay
them at the bottom because that's what
we did a few years ago and it was
totally okay before we went down to the
N River uh we took some photos at the
top and some videos and we really
enjoyed the scenery I don't often say
this word but it was like breathtaking
it was really really nice and after we
enjoyed the view we started to head down
to the river now I don't know if you
have been to theway River before then
you'll know but for those who have never
been there when you go down to the river
the path is really like winding and
there are a few parts that are really
Steep and it takes about 20 minutes to
get down to the bottom so anyway after
we got to the bottom we plann to go on
the boat and take a little a little boat
tour but when we got there everybody was
painting their boats so we couldn't do
any tour since we had already driven
down there we figured okay let's just
enjoy the the river a bit let's just sit
here hang out and then we will go back
up so after hanging out for around 20
minutes we decided to go back up and get
some lunch cuz it was around 1 in the
afternoon at that time and we were
starting to get hungry but then after we
got on the bikes to go up the mountain
guess what happened Steve's Bike broke
down again so now we're at at the bottom
of this mountain at the neak river and
his bike is broken down there's
absolutely no way we could push the bike
up cuz it was a really heavy bike and
even just walking up that mountain with
nothing would be a difficult workout but
luckily I had the mechanic's number so I
called him I said please come down and
help us you know we'll we'll pay you for
your time and for your service
just please come down and help us
because we really really need your help
no one in the village by the N River
could fix our bike so this guy was
basically our only hope I getting this
bike up the mountain now luckily he was
really nice and he agreed to come down
and help us so after around 45 minutes
he came and it took around 3 or 4 hours
to fix the bike and during this time we
were just waiting for him to fix the
bike hanging out and people were walking
by staring at us wondering what we were
doing there were cows there it was a
pretty funny scene it even started to
get dark at around like 5:30 or 6 but
luckily he fixed the bike and so we
thanked him we paid him and then we got
up the mountain and went to our Homestay
and by that time we were starving
because we didn't even eat lunch and so
we had like the best dinner one of the
best dinners that I think we've all ever
had and we were not only really hungry
but the food at this home stay was
really good as well so now I'll fast
forward forward to the crazy boat ride
uh now we found this boat because we
were following the maps that my friend
had researched online and it led us to
go through these really narrow Trails
where if you fell to the right then like
it would not be good for you cuz it was
quite Steep and quite high but after we
got through those Trails it came to to a
river where the boat was now as soon as
they saw us they started to bring the
boat towards us it's more kind of like a
ferry for carrying bikes but it's also
pretty much just a raft with made with
uh bamboo sticks maybe I'm not totally
sure and it was moved by man power like
there was a cord there and they would
have to pull the cord to move uh
the boat or the raft I was a little bit
worried because we had our four bikes on
it and there were times where water was
coming up through the raft and I thought
okay I hope it can hold four bikes but
anyway it turned out totally fine of
course the people knew what they were
doing so then after that the next day
that's when the really crazy thing
happened so after that boat ride we went
to our home stay had dinner slept and
then the next day we began riding to our
next destination so on the way to the
next destination we were going down a
long road and as we were going I was in
the front and I could see something down
the road on basically still on the road
and so as I kept going and I could see
it more clearly I could tell that it was
a man next to his bike and it looked
like he crashed and so we all drove up
to him and when we got to him we could
see that yeah this guy definitely
crashed it was really bad his helmet was
completely like destroyed on this side
like scratched and broken he had on on
his both of his elbows both of his knees
his hands basically every like part of
his body looked like it had been damaged
from this crash and when he stood up he
got up really slowly and it looked like
he had hit his head so I asked him do
you know what year it is and he said I
can't really I don't really know off the
top of my head I don't really know so if
he doesn't know what year it is it's
pretty clear that he had a head injury
probably a concussion or something like
that at this point we know we have to
get him to a hospital and luckily there
was someone driving by in a car and we
flagged him down and we asked him where
is the closest hospital we need to bring
this guy to the hospital because he just
had a really bad fall and this guy he
said oh okay like get him in the car uh
I'll drive him to the hospital we said
okay great we we will follow you so I
took the guy's bike the guy who fell
down and I went with Luke and he went on
his own bike so Luke and I followed this
car all the way to the hospital and it
was around 20 km away pretty far so when
we got there um there was pretty much no
one there because this was a hospital in
a really small town so I walked in I was
looking for someone and I didn't see
anyone honestly I just saw a few
chickens walking around so I thought
uh-oh but as I went further into the
hospital uh I found some people
and I told them like hey we found this
guy uh he fell on the road he's
seriously injured he hit his head he's
bleeding uh please help us and the funny
thing was was that they seemed more
surprised about how I could speak
Vietnamese and they were saying like oh
your your Vietnamese is is so good and I
was saying like Okay like thank you but
um we have to check this guy out because
he you know he could be seriously hurt
so that was kind of funny to be honest
and then we brought him downstairs in
this hospital to where the doctor was
and the doctor looked at him took off
his jacket and we saw that he was more
injured than we thought because we
couldn't see under the jacket until he
took it off and uh that Hospital didn't
have any machines like x-rays to check
on him so the doctor said we need to
send him to a hospital in cang and there
they can see uh how he is injured and so
we ordered a truck sent him to that
hospital uh the truck brought his bike
along with himself and I got his
WhatsApp uh phone number so I could stay
in in touch with him and help him if he
needed anything so after he got to the
hospital and got the x-rays done the
next day he told me he had five broken
ribs a punctured lung and a ruptured
kidney along with severe cuts and burns
on his arm but
anyway after that he went back to Canada
and everything is all good so I guess
the moral of the story is that when you
go to uh hang just be careful if it's
you know don't drive too fast be careful
of the trucks everyone says how
dangerous it is because there are so
many accidents but if you just drive
carefully stay on the side of the road
don't try to pass people on corners or
turns or anything crazy like that then
you should be okay so that's going to
wrap up the story here is the last photo
we took uh on that trip of the four of
us together I think it's a great photo
it kind of feels like it sums up the
whole trip right there just we were
tired and uh it had been a crazy week so
anyway that is the story of my trip to
hang I hope you guys enjoyed it uh you
can write in the comments any
experiences or trips crazy things that
happened uh write it and I'll try to
check it out but yeah that's it for this
podcast I will see you in the next one
goodbye
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