>>3732957>Don't be a cocky and cut your trip short by being an idiot. Renting / buying motorbikes is seriously one of the best ways to explore a good chunk of SEA...but you'll see so many mangled backpackers in hostel lobbies with legs and arms in casts lamenting the fact they have to go home cause they YOLO'd a bit too hard on motorbike. Go slow / at the pace of traffic, beware of gravel, and don't fucking throttle in a curve. The slower you go (within reason) the more you'll take in and see.Wise words. I nearly ruined a trip trying to keep up with my speed racer friend. Luckily I ended up in a dusty ditch but even a small accident on a motorbike can be really serious. Also, third world hospitals aren't a great place to spend any time of your vacation.
>Crash motorbike>Get myself fixed up alongside a dusty road by a woman who operates a pharmacy out of her house>Have serious cuts and scrapes on my left arm and left leg>Finally go to a hospital when I get to a bigger town>Doctor rips off my self-administered bandage on my left arm>Due to partial scabbing and the force at which he ripped off the bandage, the wound reopens and blood goes squirting down my arm and onto the floor>I scream like a bitch and try not to curse or make a bigger scene then I already have>It's corona time and everyone in this small town is kinda iffy about seeing Mr. Vanillaface anyway>Nurse and doctor have no reservations about laughing at me>They tell me to just take medicine and not wrap it up, that'll prevent healing>I'm beside myself>"Don't wrap it? What about infection?">They're adamant: "Wrapping the wound will prevent it from healing">Not sure if germs work differently in Vietnam>He alcohol swaps my arm and tells me to go buy medicine>"Wait doctor, what about my ankle?">Your ankle is fine>My ankle is clearly swollen, I kick off my flip flops and put my two ankles side by side for comparison >I get a few xrays for about $6 and all my bones are in one piece 