Ha Giang province’s beauty allures foreign visitor

Girl and grandmother – On board the train, between the cities of Hue and Vinh.

They shared a cabin with Ben for thirty-six hours

Spirals of incense ash – Bach Ma temple, Hanoi

Counting up the week's donations – Bach Ma temple, Hanoi

Rest stop en-route to Dong Van – Ha Giang province:
Ben took a 7-hour bus from Hanoi's My Dinh bus station to Ha Giang city then hired a motorcycle to Dong Van. He noted that he must be brave because “the mountainous roads between Ha Giang city and Dong Van are as beautiful as they are terrifying”.

View from the Vietnamese 'North Pole' – Lung Cu, Ha Giang province

Hill tribe family and scenery – North of Dong Van, Ha Giang province

Young child and grandfather at the local store – Dong Van town, Ha Giang province:
Ben said in his article that he has never made so many adults smile and yet so many small children burst into tears (sometimes at the same time) as he did in Ha Giang.

Lone biker on Ma Pi Leng Pass– Ha Giang province:
“I hiked very slowly, camera in hand, and watched the sun come up here. I watched the fog roll in between the peaks, sometimes revealing these jagged giants, other times masking them all together in subtle layers of grey”, he says.

Girls from the Hmong hill tribe take a rest – Ma Pi Leng pass, Ha Giang province

A mother bird protects her nest – Meo Vac, Ha Giang province

Hill tribe lady with dazzling dental work – Ma Pi Leng pass, Ha Giang province

Early morning on Ma Pi Leng Pass – Ha Giang province:
“Take me back to Ha Giang” is a solitary sentence which repeated in Ben’s head.