Cycling Vietnam: One word, many meanings

Hanoi to Bangkok: Intrepid Travel and Peloton Against Plastic, teamed up to put the cycle in re-cycling. Photo / Supplied, Instagram @peloton_against_plastic_

The intricacies of the Vietnamese language, in which tonal variations can change the meaning of a word, were brought home for Travel Editor Winston Aldworth last week while cycling in the south-east Asian country.

In this video, cycle guide Son Hung Nguyen demonstrates how "Ga" can have six different meanings, from "chicken" to "giving away ones daughter". Aldworth and Nguyen were riding with Intrepid Travel (intrepidtravel.com) on the Peloton Against Plastic (pelotonagainstplastic.com).