In the first weeks of the new year, Ha Giang has seen an overwhelming influx of visitors, with traffic jams frequently reported on mountain passes like Tham Ma Slope, Bac Sum Slope, and Ma Pi Leng ...

So when I heard about the Hà Giang loop – a 300-mile motorbike ... black volcanic boulders scattering the landscape and rice paddies carved into the slopes in majestic, lush-green swirls ...