Ha Giang Loop Day 1

First day of the Ha Hiang Loop
Seems a bit cooler this morning, Got our bikes and riders and we’re ready to go straight after breakfast. There are 8 of us in this group. Bit of a mix of young ones and a couple of older ones.

My rider is the Captain so we are out in front and then Graham”s must be the 2 in charge. He has the first aid box anyway so that has to count for something.

They had some rain last night so it’s a little clearer this morning, and I was wrong it’s hot. Took us a little while to get out of Ha Giang itself but then we started climbing almost straight away up into the mountains .

I could go on and on but suffice to say the views over the mountains were just amazing.

The clouds started brewing over the peaks just before lunch and we all had to don our rain gear. Made it so slippery I felt like I was going to slide right off the seat. It didn’t actually rain until we got to lunch and we had a lovely meal while it bucketed down.

So when we got back on the bikes I only put the boot protectors and the jacket on. It was still a bit drizzly and my pants got wet but at least I stayed in place.

We’ve got a nice little home stay here for two nights and dinner is just up the road where we all did numerous Vietnamese toasts with Happy Water which take about three times as long as anyone else’s. .

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