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This is written for someone about to do their first motorbike trip in the northern highlands. Not a packing list copied from elsewhere, but the things we watch travellers get

Most visitors to Ha Giang ride the karst loop and go home. Hoang Su Phi lies in the opposite direction — the western side of the province, towards Lao Cai

“Du vay” rice cakes — a mid-year Tet with the Red Dao on the slopes of Tay Con Linh A cultural report — Ha Giang Experts We left Ha Giang

A hellish motorbike tour through China’s heavenly Tibet region: 4,300km of hills and chills By Ian Lloyd Neubauer The thermometer reads eight degrees below zero Celsius and my fingertips are numb.

From Tibet to PNG, touring Asia-Pacific on two wheels – Asia Nikkei Hanoi — In the West, motorcycles are less means of transport than a recreational pursuit. People use them

Riding into Tet: Ha Giang, Dien Bien and Lai Chau at Lunar New Year Tet is the one time of year when Vietnam genuinely stops. The cities empty, the workshops

This section is where we post information with an expiry date: road conditions, route changes, festival and market dates, changes to the fleet and to border-area rules. It is not