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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

interesting podcast and and uh I'm going

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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

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
podcast /ˈpɒdkæst/ B1	noun - a digital audio or video file or series of files available for download to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a subscription.
trip /trɪp/ A2	noun - a journey or excursion, usually for pleasure.
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1	adjective - mentally deranged, extremely enthusiastic, or unusual.
highlights /ˈhaɪlaɪts/ B2	noun - the most important or interesting parts of something.
stuck /stʌk/ A2	adjective - unable to move or be removed.
strange /streɪndʒ/ A2	adjective - unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.
literally /ˈlɪtərəli/ B1	adverb - in a literal manner or sense; exactly.
saved /seɪvd/ A2	verb - rescue from harm or danger.
support /səˈpɔːrt/ A2	verb - give assistance to.
quality /ˈkwɒləti/ B1	noun - the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.
products /ˈprɒdʌkts/ A2	noun - things that are made to be sold.
improve /ɪmˈpruːv/ B1	verb - make or become better.
speaking /ˈspiːkɪŋ/ A2	noun - the act of conveying information or expressing one's thoughts and feelings verbally.
pronunciation /prəˌnʌnsiˈeɪʃn/ B1	noun - the way in which a word is pronounced.
fluently /ˈfluːəntli/ B2	adverb - able to express oneself easily and articulately.
naturally /ˈnætʃərəli/ B1	adverb - in a way that is natural or normal.
automatically /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪkli/ B2	adverb - without conscious thought or intention.
experience /ɪkˈspɪəriəns/ B1	noun - practical contact with and observation of facts or events.