Travel: Ha Giang | Vietnam

Two photographs from Ha Giang Province in northern Vietnam.Riding a motorbike on the great northern loop has become increasingly popular in recent years, but when I first traveled to this region, it felt like the end of the known world. My friend David and I rode through the mist-shrouded mountains with nothing but a hand drawn map and the names of three towns we would see along our way. Our cheap bike rentals would break down and we were chased by wild dogs and one night, stoned on mountain hashish, we followed the music of a town's loudspeakers, convinced of some midnight reverie just beyond our hotel walls. On the bus ride back to Hanoi, someone tried to steal David's phone while he slept. Overall an incredible trip. It's not often you can feel so small and paled against the world, so happy and lost in wild abandon.
Ha Giang | Vietnam

Two photographs from Ha Giang Province in northern Vietnam. 

Riding a motorbike on the great northern loop has become increasingly popular in recent years, but when I first traveled to this region, it felt like the end of the known world. My friend David and I rode through the mist-shrouded mountains with nothing but a hand drawn map and the names of three towns we would see along our way.  

Our cheap bike rentals would break down and we were chased by wild dogs and one night, stoned on mountain hashish, we followed the music of a town's loudspeakers, convinced of some midnight reverie just beyond our hotel walls.  

On the bus ride back to Hanoi, someone tried to steal David's phone while he slept. Overall an incredible trip. It's not often you can feel so small and paled against the world, so happy and lost in wild abandon.