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Two weeks on the Hà Giang Loop
6 min readHà Giang, Vietnam
Limestone karsts, a rented Honda Win, and a hard rule about never riding after dark. Booking the flights this week.
Northern Vietnam in November: dry season, cold mornings, and the rice terraces past their best but the light at its absolute finest. I will take that trade.
The one rule
No riding after dark. Not a preference — a rule. The passes are unlit, the switchbacks are unforgiving, and the trucks do not expect you. Everything else about this trip is negotiable.
- Hà Giang → Yên Minh → Đồng Văn → Mèo Vạc → back the long way
- Homestays only, booked no more than a day ahead
- A semi-automatic, not a manual — I am not proud
- Two spare days for weather, which I will absolutely need
The Mã Pí Lèng pass is 20 km long and I intend to spend most of a day on it.
If you have done this loop and have a homestay you would defend to strangers, I want to hear about it.
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