Tiếu Thành

Last day on the bikes today and it’s bittersweet. It’s definitely been a highlight of our trip so far but at the same time, our glutes are in desperate need for a few days off of a bike.

We have been so extremely fortunate to be able to witness Vietnamese hospitality at its finest out on the Ha Giang loop. We have had local families wholeheartedly opening up their homes to strangers like us and feasting with us like friends who don’t speak a word of Vietnamese. We were never made to feel like intruders and each home stay genuinely appreciated our presence in their homes as though it was their pleasure of hosting us rather than ours for the experience.

Both of us were really humbled by the way of life of the villagers and how they have so little but are willing to give so much to people they don’t even know. They live with the bare necessities and each day is hard labour - building, growing, harvesting, cleaning… The kids also are so happy just roaming around the mountainside or the dirt roads half naked while cars and bikes speed by them, the chickens with their chicks dig at the corn and the buffalo roam around. It’s really a whole other world!Read more