Jasmine Tours’ 2026 list price for a three-day Ha Giang Loop: 4,276,800₫ self-drive, 5,650,560₫ with a local driver. Sleeper bus from Hanoi included.
International Driving Permit Vietnam: What the Law Actually Says
Photograph taken 31 July 2026. This page will not tell you these machines’ engine sizes from a frame shot at that distance, and will not count riders it cannot see whole. The diagrams and cards on this page are mine. Bikes strung out on new tarmac. What I watch a shop around Hà Giang hand […]
Mã Pí Lèng: The Pass, the Road That Made It, and the Number I Won’t Print
Mã Pí Lèng carries the Happiness Road: 185 km cut by hand between 1959 and 1965, at a cost of 2.24 million person-days and fourteen lives. The sourced version of a history everyone retells.
The Nho Quế River: What the Boat Costs, and Why Your Photo Won’t Be Green
The boat fare is 150.000₫ since 13 April 2026, set by a hydropower company – and the water you are photographing is a reservoir. What the English-language guides still get wrong.
The Hà Giang Border Permit: Who Needs It, Who Buys It, and Why It Isn’t New
31 July 2026. There is no line painted on any of this. The border zone is defined on paper, not on the ground. You will not see a sign. That is the first thing to understand. Somewhere in the first hour out of Hà Giang city you ride into an area where, as a foreign […]
Hà Giang, Vietnam: What It Is, Where It Is, and What It’s Called Now
31 July 2026, late morning. This is the ordinary weather of the place, not a rare event. I was born here, and the question I get most often is still the same one. “So what actually is Hà Giang?” It’s a fair question. The answer has changed on paper since 2025, and almost nothing online […]