Some Roads Don't Let You Go: Notes From Vietnam
Posted by Hank Caldera on Feb 13th 2025
Some Roads Don't Let You Go
There is a moment I keep coming back to. I am standing in a river in northern Vietnam, water up to my thighs, both hands death-gripping the bars of a Honda XR400R that very much does not want to be in this river. Somewhere behind me, Evan is shouting something I cannot hear over the current. Somewhere ahead of me, Andrew is doing what Andrew had been doing for the better part of ten days, which is making a bad situation slightly more complicated.
On the bank, a group
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