good morning everybody i've got a treat for you today we're going to be driving up some
of the most amazing roads in vietnam in the northeast and today we're going to be going
right literally literally on the border of china and vietnam to an incredible waterfall
but there's lots of things to see and do along the way so i've left my side boxes back at the hotel
i was going to take a rest day but i thought no i'm too excited to do the northeast
plus the weather's okay today and tomorrow it might rain so let's
do it today and get to know one of the most beautiful parts of vietnam let's go
here it is nang cafe
can i get a vietnamese coffee
vietnamese black coffee a little bit of hot sugar on the side and some ice
let's have a taste that is delicious absolutely delicious just before we hit the road as well i
want to say a massive thank you for all of the kind comments and new followers here since we
left hanoi getting the bike getting out into the countryside breaking down it's been an adventure
and i've been trying my very best to document and make it feel like you're with me and on this
adventure together that coffee was amazing let's get on the road and let's have some real adventure
before this trip i'd heard northern vietnam was beautiful sapa and the hai zhang loop are the most
popular and we're going there next so i thought that the northeast part of vietnam would be
good to great at best but my gosh we are in for a treat this little montage is
just a snapshot of the incredible roads i was driving here in north eastern vietnam
wow oh horses hello
so
we don't want to stay on the main road all day um we'll get to the waterfall eventually hello
and these country roads are absolutely ridiculous absolutely ridiculous i
mean look at this valley basically all the roads are in these crazy beautiful valleys
and we're good for time so there's no need to like rush back to the main roads let's
just keep going down these valleys and see what we find the locals who drive past are like what
um so i think it's been a while since somebody from europe anyway took this route
kind of want to go up on the meadow with the buffaloes but the steep incline i don't
think this bike would make it up there i'd need like a a motocross bike or something
okay i'm just making sure that um my helmet and everything is in order because we're heading down
this steep road according to my research there's a mountain with a hole in it
and it looks quite beautiful so this is going to be our first off-road adventure on this bike
very steep very muddy and uh wish me luck because if we get down here in one piece
then uh we should be rewarded with something quite spectacular
but obviously this bike is not built for this kind of stuff but the locals use these bikes so
it must be fine logic there we go hopefully that was the worst part
um if you're looking for amazing roads to drive in northern vietnam don't worry i'm
writing everything down i'm saving every little viewpoint every cool road i find all the best
guest houses and everything is in the book the guide linked in the description below
if it's not out yet it's because i'm writing it and saving
beautiful spots like this and giving you detailed information hopefully but anyway concentrate
you can hear all the birds and the bugs there's a random toilet just there
which is good in case we oh bugger
i think the road is flooded there's the tracks that lead to where we need to go
oh
see the plan was to come along here and oh in the distance as you can see you can see the
mountain with the hole let's just fly the drone and we'll get a perspective because i can see it
it is absolutely beautiful but the gopro is not really doing it justice for you so
let me get the drone up let me show you the hole in the mountain and we'll pick up more towards
the waterfall which is still two hours away from here and we've got about four hours of sunlight
okay success we are here 40 000 to get in
now obviously the road was incredible and the journey well worth it no matter what
the destination but jesus titty christ i've just seen i've just this is unbelievable
mad scenes let me just give you a quick tour so in front of me the huge waterfalls with the
massive amounts of mist splashing off the layers going hundreds of feet into the air
and then there's more waterfalls to the left there seems to be six or seven more
and there's a little bridge and we'll walk across there in a minute now this is the most interesting
part to me these boats you pay 50 000 and you can go out and probably you know get the spray
and across the river that's china you can see the flag flapping in the wind they have the
chinese version although there's nobody there because right now they're in a crazy lockdown
so the only people are here enjoying the waffles are the vietnamese and a
few backpackers have seen a couple of people who've driven here on their bikes and there
must be some amazing engineering structure going on on the chinese side along the mountain cliff
there's a zigzag and it's coming down to this area that must be the way that they get down
there mustn't be a road i don't even know what that is that must be the world's biggest craziest
escalator i mean this is just unbelievable and the sun's come out this is mad scenes
let's get a bit closer that is so nice oh come at me mist you want to feel the mist get ready
yeah can you see me what did you get where oh you got wet wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
okay i really hope you enjoyed today's adventure you know my job is to try and make it like
you're with me and that took a lot of hours extra to get here drone shots passing the bike shots
the road to get here unbelievable and to get rewarded with a sunny blue sky
massively full waterfall on the chinese vietnam border is something else i'll never forget today
i've got the privilege now to drive that road same road back to the town in the afternoon light
i'm going to save that for me we've got the hijan loop coming next massively popular route
apparently more beautiful than this so i'll save that for the next one thanks for watching
wow
you