The Cao Bang Loop: Vietnam Vietnam's Untamed Spine for Bikers and Photographers

NO GUARDRAILS. Riding Vietnam's Deadliest Pass 🏍️⚠️ (Implies: "Read the full log to see how I survived")

(The "Edge of the Map" Vibe) 🇻🇳 Riding the edge of the map: Cao Bang Loop.

Just the bike, the limestone, and the silence. My full solo ride is live. Includes route details, bike struggles, and safety tips for the border. 🏍️🗺️

#Motorcycle #AdventureBike #Vietnam #CaoBang #SoloRider

Cao Bang loop will be on Substack next week. This is only one piece of the journey, the kind of road that reminds you why you start riding in the first place.

Wide view of God’s Eye Mountain, a limestone formation with a large circular hole through its center.

Honda XR150 parked with God’s Eye Mountain in Cao Bằng, Vietnam in the background, a limestone peak with a large circular hole through its centre.

Water buffalo standing in an open valley beneath limestone mountains near God’s Eye Mountain, Cao Bằng.

XR150 parked near God’s Eye Mountain in Cao Bằng, Vietnam, with limestone karst peaks and green valley landscape.

Northern Vietnam to God’s Eye Mountain, Cao Bằng. A hole through its centre, surrounded by water buffalo. Motorcycle travel always leads somewhere unexpected. This felt like stepping off the map that didn't render in time.

#motorcycle #photography #travel #Vietnam #nature #Southasia #Motosky #Solo

Yh I'm happy I'm home, I do love Scotland make me cry every time I land home. I'm looking getting a smaller bike the price of fuel anyway.

Back home now 33 days in Vietnam had my flight cancelled home because of the war, I had to fly via China nightmare to get home.

Wow I wish I could be in Asia longer. I have been a photographer for 20 years now, most got lost over the time. I plan make booked of my photos, I been to 26 countrys lived in 10.

I take photos of everything, not for likes, not for anyone else, so I won’t forget. Photography drives me more than two wheels ever could. Here are moments from my trip through North Vietnam, captured to keep the memories alive.
#vietnam #travel #asisa #solotravle #motobike #motorcycle #adventure

Temple offering table outside Đền Bắc Mục with incense burning and gifts of sweets placed by visitors as offerings to the gods

Inside Đền Bắc Mục temple showing brightly coloured gold statues of the gods surrounded by offerings of fruit, sweets, and incense.

The small historic building of Đền Bắc Mục temple, showing its aged structure and careful maintenance after hundreds of years.

Close-up of decorative details and Chinese characters carved into the structure of Đền Bắc Mục temple.

Đền Bắc Mục, Date back to the 1738 (Lê dynasty), Holy Mother (Vietnamese folk belief)

#Vietnam #Temple #TravelPhotography #Asia #VietnamTravel #CulturalHeritage #Travel #Photography #blueskyart

Person standing inside Doha Airport terminal with a neutral expression, bright overhead lights and departure gates in the background.

Just hours before an attack in Doha, I was there waiting for my flight to Vietnam. I had no idea. Now I’m stuck asking…risk flying home or wait across the world in 2 weeks? Read the full story in my substack
#WorldEvents #Geopolitics #TravelReality #Doha #Vietnam

I’ll be here all day to talk about history of vietnam. I plan to cover the North first, then come back to explore the South. Sadly, I don’t get paid to travel, so you’ll just have to catch updates and vlogs as they come out. Raw not fake and polished.

Same here..... I’m excited to see it. I hope to learn more about the war history if I have time. The history there is amazing, and Ho Chi Minh sounds like an incredible leader who did a lot for his people. I’ll mostly be in northern Vietnam, making vlogs, videos, and photography along the trip.

7 days to go until Vietnam 🇻🇳. Three weeks on the road, chasing adventure, expecting breakdowns, stories, and the unexpected. After a 2-year reset, I’m heading out again with a camera and a plan. 20 years a photographer, time for a new chapter. Join in #Travel #Photography #Vietnam #Adventure

Thanks you ☺️ I'm just little annoyed at blue sky cropping the top of the light house in the thumbnail.

Lady tower afternoon sun lighting it, reflexion in the water pools below.

Golden Hour at Elie Ness Lighthouse, Fife

My Dubby running freely along the beach, basking in the warm sunlight. Golden sands, sparkling waves, and endless energy, a perfect sunny day by the sea.”

Siting watching the tided going out.

Dog’s beach adventures in Elie sun. Running paws, golden light at Elie Ness Lighthouse and Lady’s Tower watching the tide roll in. Fife magic.

#LandscapePhotography #TravelScotland #Photography #blueskyart #scotland #dog #dogphotography #pet #dogwalk #petphotos #DogLife #Beach #Lighthouse

Triumph motorcycle in Glencoe with Buachaille Etive Mòr (Stob Dearg) towering behind, rugged and mist-covered.

You don’t have to solve your whole life today.
Just get outside.
Glencoe triumpyh in it natural habitat.

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#LandscapePhotography #Nature #Hiking #Scenic #TravelScotland #Photography #blueskyart #scotland #motorcycle #Motosky

A few more shots from the holiday last year, this time from the Shimanami Kaido cycle route. Not really a bike person, but that was probably one of the best days of the holiday. Will return and do the whole route eventually, as I didn't have the time on last year's trip.

BSA Bantam? I always wanted one 😔 shame you didn't know, regret it later. Old bsa are bit of a old skill and understanding. Never go wrong with a honda as well.

I know meant I regret selling, like people, we only have for for a season, a year or a decade or for life. I do have 2 bikes are for life.

Got love old 90s smokers 😍

60s one, I love to own one. I like tr6 in blue.

I dident know triumpyh did a starfire, I know bsa did. Intersting. Must be really rear.

Self-portrait of a rider leaning against a Triumph Scrambler 900 motorcycle outdoors, taken using a tripod, with a reflective and slightly nostalgic mood.

What’s the one bike you regret selling?
Mine’s this. Triumpyh scambler 900 2013.

#LandscapePhotography #Nature #Hiking #Scenic #TravelScotland #Photography #blueskyart #scotland #motorcycle #Motosky

Wow lovely balance 😍

Mine coming up soon. I am flying to Vietnam for mine. Got to treat yourself, even if no one is cheering.

A camel caravan at sunset in the Erg Chebbi dunes, Morocco

Sunset over Erg Chebbi, Morocco

#HumansOfBlueSky #Sahara #Morocco #Sunset #Merzouga #EastCoastKin #BlueSky #blueskyphotography #photography #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky #landscapes #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #camels

Thank you, Limted editon one in triumpyh scambler 900 2013. My borther own it now.

I think it so underated.

Rolling hills and open moorland in the Scottish Highlands under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Corgarff Castle landscape with cattle – Rolling Highland hills with cattle grazing, looking down toward Corgarff Castle, a 16th‑century tower house built to guard the region during the clan wars.

Corgarff Viewpoint with motorcycle , A motorcycle parked at Corgarff Viewpoint overlooking vast Highland moorland, with Corgarff Castle visible in the distance beneath wide Cairngorm skies.

A motorcycle parked on a winding road through the Cairngorms, with mountains and mist in the background.

Riding Scotland this year? Skip the A9 and take A93 through Glenshee & Braemar. Sweeping bends, Cairnwell Pass, epic Highland views, and wildlife along the way 🏍️

#LandscapePhotography #Nature #Hiking #Scenic #TravelScotland #Photography #blueskyart #scotland #motorcycle #Motosky

Commerce and Daily Life at Cholon Market (Binh Tay Market) in District 5, Chinatown, Ho Chi Minh City formerly Saigon, Vietnam, Southeast Asia,
Travel Photography - Documentary in Vietnam
Captured with the Sony A7 IV paired with the FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II
#photography #Vietnam #streetphotography