VietNamNet Bridge - Dan McAllen bought a motorcycle to travel throughout Vietnam with a duck as his companion.



{keywords}

 

Dan McAllen, 21, was given with a duck when he bought a motorcycle from a fellow Northern Irishman in Ho Chi Minh City. The young man decided to name the duck Rab. 

 

 

 

{keywords} 

Dan and his friends from Northern Ireland put Rab into a crate.

 

 

 

 

{keywords} 

Dan tied the crate behind his motorcycle and brought Rab with him traveling around Vietnam. Dan's team visited nine cities in the country. 

 

 

 

 {keywords}

 

Rab and Dan McAllen take pictures in the countryside with their friends.

 

 

 

 

 {keywords}

 

Dan McAllen and his friends took the duck everywhere, including bars or restaurants.

 

 

 

 

 {keywords}

 

 

 

 

 {keywords}

 

Rab on a boat during the trip to discover the Phong Nha Cave in Quang Binh Province.

 

 

 

 

{keywords} 

 

Rab is considered as a team member. 

 

 

 

 

 {keywords}

 

Dan and Rab have become close friends and they are often photographed together.

 

 

 

 

{keywords} 

 

Dan had to leave the duck in a lake in the Hanoi Zoo after his trip in Vietnam ended. Dan said: "'It was absolutely heart-breaking - he was like a member of the family."

 

Yahoo Travel