Things to remember before traveling

Whether you are a longtime traveler, or a young person preparing for your first experience journey, to have a safe and meaningful journey, you need to keep in mind the following.

Car maintenance before going

You will have to move through a lot of zigzag mountain passes, rocky mountain roads and many bumpy potholes. The main means of transportation are motorcycles. So car maintenance is the first and very necessary note. You should bring some essential items like screwdrivers, wrench, pliers .

Fill the petrol tank

In addition to bad roads, less gas stations along the way are also a concern. Running out of gas along the road is something no one wants. You should fill the tank at each gas station, avoid falling into "dilemma" when you have to take a car along the road.

Carry only essential items

If you think that walking around is like a normal trip, filling a suitcase of clothes and shoes, think again. Phượt is a dusty travel experience. You should only wear essential items for your personal use, and tie them to your motorbike to be safe while driving, to avoid loss.

Learn local culture

Ha Giang is a mountainous province with many ethnic minorities. Each ethnic group has different cultural practices. "Entering customary", and we are, after all, strangers. Learn the culture of the minorities, the locals that you came before going. Part of enriching your cultural capital, in part to avoid causing bad or impolite things when you get there.

Weather note

The mountainous region is where the weather is quite erratic. Many days the temperature is low, the fog is thick. After each rain, there is a possibility of mountain erosion. Driving on a steep mountain pass, in a dense fog or heavy rain is more difficult than what you can imagine without going too much. To be safe for you and your companion, see the weather before each trip. In the case of heavy rain or dense fog, remember to always move slowly and turn on the right turn signal.

A fleet of vehicles is usually safe at a limit of 4-6 vehicles.(Photo: Quang Dung).

Do not go to a large group

This is an absolute must. The crowd caused the difficulty of managing the squad to move when moving. It is much more difficult to ensure safety on the steep mountain passes. In addition, the crowded group is more likely to have disagreements, causing internal disunity, causing dangerous shocking actions.

Choose a trusted leader

A fleet of vehicles is usually safe at a limit of 4-6 vehicles . The leader must be experienced, familiar and capable of leadership and ability to handle good situations. Whether the team has a safe and fun journey depends a lot on how to lead the leader. So, before you go, learn about the leader. If it is a less experienced and infamous person in the community, you need to consider whether or not to join the trip.

Do not drive in the night

Wherever, night driving is very dangerous, in the mountain pass, it is much more dangerous because there are many big trucks and very small crab roads. These vehicles often turn on bright headlights.

Do not go more than 200km per day

Most of the young people in Hanoi often choose to go on Thursday and return to Sunday, leaving Monday morning to work. To be able to guarantee that journey, you often drive all day long. This not only causes muscle fatigue, eye strain, but also the spirit and health will be tired, affecting the safety of traffic. Therefore, you need to review your team's journey and not take trips over 200km in a day.

Precautionary deception

A story that quite a lot of players tell each other that it is the case of TA (Ha Noi) who went to Ha Giang with a group of trekkers in 2013. The car was broken, after taking the car quite a distance, TA was lucky met two young people who identified themselves as mobile car repairers and car repairers.

After that, TA continued to move but not yet to Ha Giang, the police requested to stop the car to search, and was very shocked when he discovered under his car a pack of white powder. The other two youths have used the cars of inexperienced young people to transport trot drugs.

After 3 months of being detained for investigation of " drug trafficking" , TA also proved himself innocent, but lost his job. TA has a deep lesson after this.

You should also be vigilant with tricks along the way.(Photo: Nhomphuot.com).

In addition to robbing and snatching along the road, you should also be vigilant with the deception along the way, avoid the unfortunate situation.

No matter how you travel, you should pay attention to your safety.