A Vietnamese motorbike cyclist carries hula hoops This image is featured in Hans Kemp's photo series, 'Bikes of Burden.' (Hans Kemp)

Maneuvering a motorbike through a crowded city may seem difficult, but add carrying a load of hundreds of fresh eggs, baskets of pig entrails or rolls of barbed wire and the task sounds downright impossible. Dutch photographer Hans Kemp documented these incredible (and sometimes, dangerous) feats in Vietnam for his “Bikes of Burden” photo series.

Kemp first discovered the beauty of the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 1991, just before the Vietnamese New Year celebration.

“There was an incessant stream of motorbikes on the road in front of me. I mean dense – thousands. People were all dressed up, entire families on a bike, guys in suits, girls dolled up,” explained Kemp. “I stood there mesmerized, intoxicated by this all-permeating scent of petrol mixed with perfume, sound, color and motion.”

But, not until he moved to Vietnam in 1995 doing commercial photography, was the “Bikes of Burden” concept born.

One of Kemp’s clients asked for him to take pictures of motorbikes around town as they were carrying huge loads as a farewell present to one of the company’s senior managers.

“I took some images and it really hit me how amazing this part of life in Vietnam was,” said Kemp. “Funny how you can live somewhere and settle into this ‘normality’ mode, because you see things every day, you get used to it that you don’t really see it anymore. So this small job was like the seed and it really rooted in my head what a great and unique part of everyday life! I had to document it.”

(MORE: 50 Stunning Aerials That Will Make You See the World in New Ways (PHOTOS))

Two years after that special project Kemp hit the streets on his own motorbike taxi looking for interesting photos of motorcyclists carrying crazy loads.

“Standing on a street corner was not an option. Maybe you’d get a few lucky shots,” said Kemp.

He went out in morning to capture the bikers in the morning light with his driver, Mr. Minh.

“Motorbike taxis in Vietnamese are called Xe Om. This literally means vehicle hugging. You had to hang onto the driver, hug him, hold on for dear life if you had a guy with Grand Prix aspirations,” he explained.

Kemp’s driver always “played it safe,” which isn’t the case with a lot of the drivers.

“Most drivers get paid by the load, so the more they deliver, the more trips they could do, the more they could earn,” he said. “When I traveled to other cities of locations, I hired a local Xe Om and I certainly didn’t feel as comfortable with them as [I did] with Mr. Minh.”

After talking hundreds of photos, Kemp edited them and collected them for a book, “Bikes of Burden.” To see more of Kemp’s work visit his website.