James and Richard set off straight away and left Jeremy behind when he failed to start his Vespa. Jeremy's Vespa had mirrors added to his Vespa as well. The next day they met up in a car park to start the journey, with James having a colander and wok as a helmet and Jeremy, a bucket. Richard was the only one who could fit a helmet and as such Jeremy and James went and had some made.

Before they began their journey however, the presenters had to buy helmets. A journey the Americans failed to complete in 10 years, but Jeremy dislikes it. It says that they are told to drive themselves from Saigon to Ha Long City with an 8 day limit. Richard purchased a Russian Minsk, James purchased an ancient Honda 50 Super Cub and Jeremy purchased a Vespa which has no stand. An hour later, they met the American War Museum with their bikes. Later at lunch, they decided to buy bikes with Jeremy reluctantly trying to refuse. Jeremy stood in the rain and asked passers-by if he could buy their car for the money he had. However, they soon discovered that the 15 million dong was only worth 1000 US dollars. This made the presenters happy as they thought that this was a lot of money to buy a car. The presenters were given 15 million Vietnamese dong to buy a car. The trip started in the city of Saigon is Southern Vietnam.

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