Cao Bang in 2 Days from Hanoi: Is It Enough?
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Short answer: mostly no, and it depends entirely on what you mean by two days. That sounds like a dodge and it is not. From Hanoi, “two days in Cao Bang” describes at least three different trips, one of which works well, one of which is tight but real, […]
12 Day Northern Vietnam Itinerary: Ninh Binh to Cao Bang
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Twelve days is the length at which northern Vietnam stops being a highlights tour and starts being a proper trip. It is enough to do three genuinely different landscapes without rushing any of them, and short enough to fit inside most people’s annual leave. The three are Ninh Binh, […]
Ha Giang Loop from Bangkok: Flights, Visas, Route
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Two hours in the air, no visa to apply for, and no time difference at all. Of every international riding trip available from Bangkok, this is the least complicated one to organise and probably the most rewarding. What you land in is a limestone plateau in the far north […]
Phong Nam Valley: Where to Go After Ban Gioc
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Ban Gioc is the photograph. It is on every poster, it is why most people come to Cao Bang, and it deserves the attention. It also fills with domestic tour groups around the middle of the day and empties again by late afternoon, and a lot of visitors see […]
Ha Giang Loop from the UK and Europe: Jet Lag, Timing and Cost
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Northern Vietnam is a long way from Europe and it is closer than most people assume in every way that matters except the flight. No visa to apply for if you hold most European passports, a currency that makes the trip inexpensive once […]
Ha Giang Loop Group Size: 8 Riders vs 20 and Up
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Every operator on the Ha Giang Loop says “small groups”. Almost none of them publish a number, and the difference between a trip with six other people and a trip with twenty five other people is larger than anything else you will choose. […]
Ha Giang Loop in the Rain: What a Jeep Day Is Like
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents You have a trip booked, or you are about to book one, and you have just looked at a ten day forecast covered in rain icons. That is why you are here. Here is the honest version, from people who run these roads through the wet season every year. […]
Cao Bang vs Ba Be Lake: Which to Add to Your Trip
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours You have worked out that northern Vietnam is worth more than the Ha Giang Loop, you have two or three spare days, and you have narrowed it to these two. It is a good shortlist and they are almost nothing alike. Cao Bang […]
Riding the Ha Giang Loop on Your Period: Real Talk
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Nobody writes this page, so women planning a three or four day motorbike trip through mountain villages end up guessing about the thing that will actually shape their days: where the toilets are, what they are like, what to do with what you […]
Ha Giang Loop from Seoul, Taipei and Hong Kong
Facebook X Reddit Table of Contents Learn more: Ha Giang Loop Tours Northern Vietnam is closer to you than most of the places you already fly to for a long weekend. From Hong Kong it is roughly a two hour flight. From Taipei a little over three. From Seoul it is under five, which is […]