Yeah, I know, it seems kinda crazy. I'm going to see if I can rearrange the flight out of Ho Chi Minh to leave Hanoi instead and then make my way up the Vietnamese coast instead of down it. I clearly didn't know what I was doing when I booked the flight. Luckily, it can be changed for free once I leave. Regardless of the corkscrew plan, still seems awesome to me...
Quite an ambitious itinerary, just as we would expect of you. I'm sure you'll do it all plus some. We'll be reading your posts.
This trip will be sick. Maybe I'll meet you on the Beach!