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...TRAVEL Vietnam: Riding the 'Old Buffalo...
...TRAVEL Vietnam: Riding the 'Old Buffalo...
...Vietnam's highlands are renowned for their spectacular scenery, waterfalls and rich hill-tribe culture. But there's another ubiquitous sight along the north's twisting mountain roads: the smoke-belching, gear-grinding, Eastern bloc motorcycle throwback that Vietnamese call con trau gia (the old buffalo). First imported from the Soviet Union in the 1960s, the Minsk's two-stroke engine and body have hardly changed over the years. Northern Vietnam has undeniably become Minsk country, and the old buffalo are used for everything, from personal transportation to hauling pigs, cows and chickens to hill-tribe markets...
...TRAVEL Vietnam: Riding the 'Old Buffalo...
...TRAVEL Vietnam: Riding the 'Old Buffalo...