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When you are motorbiking in Vietnam, the police will pay attention to 4 main things: drivers license, speed, red lights, and less commonly with foriegners but still something to be aware of, drunk driving. Speed Limits and Red Lights Since 1st Jan 2025, the fines for...

Vietnam is still a cash bank society, especially with foreign bank cards. This means that small restaurants, petrol stations and homestays might not take card at all. Hence always have enough cash on you for any curcumstance is a good idea. The banks in Vietnam often...

30km southwest of Hanoi lies Hoa Binh province, in the heart of which nestles a quaint little district called Mai Chau that is known for its boundless rice fields highlighted by the distant layers of mountains. 12km north of Mai Chau is a very large Hoa Binh lake and directly to the southeast is Pu Luong national park. These locations make the area a great place to explore via motorbike from Hanoi. 

Thac Ba Lake is a very large mannade lake due to the hydroelectric dam build in the 1960s. It has over 1,000 small and large islands as well as some caves in the surrounding limestone mountains.

At 160km from Hanoi it is a short motorbike trip away and can easily be done in a weekend. The lake has many homestays situated right on the bank of the lake offering a great view and easy access to the lake.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=7s9CP3B-U7k Thanks to our customers Dan, Rainy, Legg and Tuscany for sharing their video with us. They spend time in the north with a Honda XR 150cc, then headed south with 2 Detech Win 127cc. In the video you can...