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J'aimerais savoir où on peut se procurer une carte routière de la région nord Vietnam, plus précisément Ha Giang et les environs ?
merci de votre aide
Marijanick
Carte routière du nord Vietnam
by Marijanick
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
Vous trouvez ça a Hanoi au 1er étage de la librairie ex-Savina, maintenant TRANG TIEN BOOKSTORE (la rue Trang Tien est celle qui part de la poinre sud du lac Hoan Kiem et va sur l'opéra de Hanoi): vous avez un petit atlas très bien fait avec des cartes de tout le Vietnam comme les Michelin et dfes kilométrages étonamment exacts (couverture bleu foncé avec une photo d'un pont suspendu illumine ; titre "GIAO THÔNG DUONG BÔ VIÊT NAM. On peut trouver une carte régionale à Ha Giang mais elle n'est pas très lisible ; la carte de l'atlas suffit vu qu'il n'y a que quelques routes '"carrossables"
Méfiez-vous de la vie, car les ratés ne vous rateront pas!
Vous trouvez ça a Hanoi au 1er étage de la librairie ex-Savina, maintenant TRANG TIEN BOOKSTORE (la rue Trang Tien est celle qui part de la poinre sud du lac Hoan Kiem et va sur l'opéra de Hanoi): vous avez un petit atlas très bien fait avec des cartes de tout le Vietnam comme les Michelin et dfes kilométrages étonamment exacts (couverture bleu foncé avec une photo d'un pont suspendu illumine ; titre "GIAO THÔNG DUONG BÔ VIÊT NAM. On peut trouver une carte régionale à Ha Giang mais elle n'est pas très lisible ; la carte de l'atlas suffit vu qu'il n'y a que quelques routes '"carrossables"
merci pour l'adresse
merci pour l'adresse
Marijanick
bjr
pour ceux qui ne vont pas au nord et qui ne passent pas par hanoi (ben oui il y en a qui font ça , je sais c'est une erreur car pour moi hanoi a plus de charme que saigon mais bon ............) donc pour ceux qui restent au sud et qui veulent malgré tout acheter ce guide routier , il est aussi en vente a la librairie FAHASA a saigon , ça se trouve tout près de ben thanh marcket , en partant du gros rond point situé devant ben than il faut emprunter LE LOI en restant sur le coté gauche de l'avenue (en tournant le dos a ben than) faire environ 300 /400 metres et la librairie fait un angle avec une rue et la rue LE LOI
attention en achetant ce guide , regardez bien toutes les pages , le mien a une page double avec les routes et les rivières imprimées dans le bon sens mais c'est comme si ils avaient imprimer les noms en retournant le bouquin , mais sinon c'est un très bon guide routier !!
cdlt
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dans presque toute les librairies des grandes villes, saigon, hanoi, nha trang, huê, etc.....
voici la dernière édition que j'ai acheté l'automne dernier en 2013.
je l'utilise depuis des années, et c'est relativement précis, je me suis jamais perdu🤪
bonne utilisation a+
voici la dernière édition que j'ai acheté l'automne dernier en 2013.
je l'utilise depuis des années, et c'est relativement précis, je me suis jamais perdu🤪
bonne utilisation a+
http://lessampaniersduvietnam.org/
il reste toujours un peu de parfum à la main qui donne des roses
confucius
bjr
pour ceux qui ne vont pas au nord et qui ne passent pas par hanoi (ben oui il y en a qui font ça , je sais c'est une erreur car pour moi hanoi a plus de charme que saigon mais bon ............) donc pour ceux qui restent au sud et qui veulent malgré tout acheter ce guide routier , il est aussi en vente a la librairie FAHASA a saigon , ça se trouve tout près de ben thanh marcket , en partant du gros rond point situé devant ben than il faut emprunter LE LOI en restant sur le coté gauche de l'avenue (en tournant le dos a ben than) faire environ 300 /400 metres et la librairie fait un angle avec une rue et la rue LE LOI
attention en achetant ce guide , regardez bien toutes les pages , le mien a une page double avec les routes et les rivières imprimées dans le bon sens mais c'est comme si ils avaient imprimer les noms en retournant le bouquin , mais sinon c'est un très bon guide routier !!
cdlt
kaoua
Bonjour Kaoua,
Oui je la vois très bien cette librairie, mais comme depuis quelques temps la rue Le Loi est devenue un chantier à cause de la construction du métro..... si jamais elle était inaccessible ou fermée, il y a, sur l'avenue Nguyen Hue une autre boutique du même nom (une succursale sans doute) - lorsque l'on prend, au bout de Le Loi, l'avenue Nguyen Hue, sur la droite, et en empruntant le trottoir de gauche, on trouve cette librairie à peu près à la moitié, presqu'en face de la tour Sunwah..
Bonne soirée - cordialement - Kimtwo
Bonjour Kaoua,
Oui je la vois très bien cette librairie, mais comme depuis quelques temps la rue Le Loi est devenue un chantier à cause de la construction du métro..... si jamais elle était inaccessible ou fermée, il y a, sur l'avenue Nguyen Hue une autre boutique du même nom (une succursale sans doute) - lorsque l'on prend, au bout de Le Loi, l'avenue Nguyen Hue, sur la droite, et en empruntant le trottoir de gauche, on trouve cette librairie à peu près à la moitié, presqu'en face de la tour Sunwah..
Bonne soirée - cordialement - Kimtwo
Le vent et les turbulences sont l'oeuvre de Dieu, mais la voile et le gouvernail nous appartiennent..
Voyager c'est aller de soi à soi, en passant par les autres (proverbe touareg)
Voyager c'est aller de soi à soi, en passant par les autres (proverbe touareg)
C'est bien l'atlas dont je parle, que j'utilise depuis des années et qui est impec ; seul problème ; il faut sauter d'une page à l'autre quand on fait un circuit, sans vue d'ensemble. La même maison d'édition publie les mêmes cartes en plus régional ; il y en a une de tout le nord-ouest (titre "ban do van hoa du lich Tây Bac") qui couvre toute cette région de Hanoi à Bac Ha, mais pas du nord-est
Méfiez-vous de la vie, car les ratés ne vous rateront pas!
J'aimerais savoir où on peut se procurer une carte routière de la région nord Vietnam, plus précisément Ha Giang et les environs ?
J'ai toujours une carte papier, en dernier recours, mais ça fait des années que je n'ai pas eu à m'en servir un smartphone +une puce 3G (une dizaine d euros avec de la 3G pour 1 mois)= googlemaps avec des niveaux de details inegalables en carte papier+ une mise a jour inegalable en carte papier+la vue satellite quand tu t engages sur des pistes non reportoriees sur googlemaps + la fonction recherche de google inegalables en carte papier + la fonction itineraire (moins cruciale si on sait lire une carte, encore que le fait que les moindres petits chemins soient repertories te donnera des suggestions non envisageable avec des cartes papier a trop grande echelle PS: comme deuxième roue de secours avec la carte papier, j essaie toujours avoir des cartes téléchargeables au prealable au cas ou le reseau fasse defaut. les cartes google maps du vietnam sont disponibles pour un telechargement en cache: https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650347?hl=en J'ai même souvenir en 2009 ou 2010, t'avoir déjà trouvé de la 3G dans une vallee non cartographiée, sans route, pas loin de la frontiere chinoise au nord-est de bac ha. La liaison fonctionnait suffisamment bien à l'époque pour soutenir un Skype vidéo avec mon père en France, et lui faire profiter des paysages. À l'époque, c'était une chose impossible en France pour cause de blocage de Skype, et de toute façon inenvisageable par le simple fait que la couverture 3G se limitait aux grandes villes, et surtout pas aux montagnes et aux vallees perdues
J'ai toujours une carte papier, en dernier recours, mais ça fait des années que je n'ai pas eu à m'en servir un smartphone +une puce 3G (une dizaine d euros avec de la 3G pour 1 mois)= googlemaps avec des niveaux de details inegalables en carte papier+ une mise a jour inegalable en carte papier+la vue satellite quand tu t engages sur des pistes non reportoriees sur googlemaps + la fonction recherche de google inegalables en carte papier + la fonction itineraire (moins cruciale si on sait lire une carte, encore que le fait que les moindres petits chemins soient repertories te donnera des suggestions non envisageable avec des cartes papier a trop grande echelle PS: comme deuxième roue de secours avec la carte papier, j essaie toujours avoir des cartes téléchargeables au prealable au cas ou le reseau fasse defaut. les cartes google maps du vietnam sont disponibles pour un telechargement en cache: https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650347?hl=en J'ai même souvenir en 2009 ou 2010, t'avoir déjà trouvé de la 3G dans une vallee non cartographiée, sans route, pas loin de la frontiere chinoise au nord-est de bac ha. La liaison fonctionnait suffisamment bien à l'époque pour soutenir un Skype vidéo avec mon père en France, et lui faire profiter des paysages. À l'époque, c'était une chose impossible en France pour cause de blocage de Skype, et de toute façon inenvisageable par le simple fait que la couverture 3G se limitait aux grandes villes, et surtout pas aux montagnes et aux vallees perdues
J'aimerais savoir où on peut se procurer une carte routière de la région nord Vietnam, plus précisément Ha Giang et les environs ?
J'ai toujours une carte papier, en dernier recours, mais ça fait des années que je n'ai pas eu à m'en servir un smartphone +une puce 3G (une dizaine d euros avec de la 3G pour 1 mois)= googlemaps avec des niveaux de details inegalables en carte papier+ une mise a jour inegalable en carte papier+la vue satellite quand tu t engages sur des pistes non reportoriees sur googlemaps + la fonction recherche de google inegalables en carte papier + la fonction itineraire (moins cruciale si on sait lire une carte, encore que le fait que les moindres petits chemins soient repertories te donnera des suggestions non envisageable avec des cartes papier a trop grande echelle PS: comme deuxième roue de secours avec la carte papier, j essaie toujours avoir des cartes téléchargeables au prealable au cas ou le reseau fasse defaut. les cartes google maps du vietnam sont disponibles pour un telechargement en cache: https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650347?hl=en J'ai même souvenir en 2009 ou 2010, t'avoir déjà trouvé de la 3G dans une vallee non cartographiée, sans route, pas loin de la frontiere chinoise au nord-est de bac ha. La liaison fonctionnait suffisamment bien à l'époque pour soutenir un Skype vidéo avec mon père en France, et lui faire profiter des paysages. À l'époque, c'était une chose impossible en France pour cause de blocage de Skype, et de toute façon inenvisageable par le simple fait que la couverture 3G se limitait aux grandes villes, et surtout pas aux montagnes et aux vallees perdues
Bien noté pour cette possibilité. Merci
J'ai toujours une carte papier, en dernier recours, mais ça fait des années que je n'ai pas eu à m'en servir un smartphone +une puce 3G (une dizaine d euros avec de la 3G pour 1 mois)= googlemaps avec des niveaux de details inegalables en carte papier+ une mise a jour inegalable en carte papier+la vue satellite quand tu t engages sur des pistes non reportoriees sur googlemaps + la fonction recherche de google inegalables en carte papier + la fonction itineraire (moins cruciale si on sait lire une carte, encore que le fait que les moindres petits chemins soient repertories te donnera des suggestions non envisageable avec des cartes papier a trop grande echelle PS: comme deuxième roue de secours avec la carte papier, j essaie toujours avoir des cartes téléchargeables au prealable au cas ou le reseau fasse defaut. les cartes google maps du vietnam sont disponibles pour un telechargement en cache: https://support.google.com/gmm/answer/2650347?hl=en J'ai même souvenir en 2009 ou 2010, t'avoir déjà trouvé de la 3G dans une vallee non cartographiée, sans route, pas loin de la frontiere chinoise au nord-est de bac ha. La liaison fonctionnait suffisamment bien à l'époque pour soutenir un Skype vidéo avec mon père en France, et lui faire profiter des paysages. À l'époque, c'était une chose impossible en France pour cause de blocage de Skype, et de toute façon inenvisageable par le simple fait que la couverture 3G se limitait aux grandes villes, et surtout pas aux montagnes et aux vallees perdues
Bien noté pour cette possibilité. Merci
Marijanick
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Cheers,
PA
I'm seriously considering heading to Nepal to do some nice motorcycle loops... my goal is also to do the Kailash Yatra round trip from Kathmandu, in a small group with a guide, in May '26... but here's the thing—I'm solo! So if you're up for sharing a similar adventure, hit me up... Cheers, Frankoys
It's all in the title: I'm heading to Krabi soon and want to rent a scooter for a few weeks, but after reading comments about all kinds of scams, I'm reaching out to ask where and how (read: *the right way*) to rent one.
Thanks for your tips and advice.
Hello everyone! Like every year, a winter migration is on the horizon (revised plan): this time, it’ll be Dakar, or even Abidjan, via Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal.
Looking for an experienced motorcyclist or pillion rider—small build preferred—on a GSA 1250 with a comfy seat and luggage setup, available from early November to late December 2025. I’d like to plan the trip together (important to me) to make sure we’re on the same wavelength.
Don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Didier
Hi everyone...
Looking for travel companions to ride from France to Senegal by motorcycle.
I’m Paul, 37, and I’ve already done a bit of riding in Morocco.
For now, I’m solo, riding a 1998 SUZUKI DR 650 with some basic gear to keep things smooth. I’ll have a tent so we can do a few nights under the stars. We’ll need to coordinate departure dates—"ideally in November."
I’m currently checking out routes to take. Any tips would be welcome! :)
Have a great day, everyone!!!!!
Looking for travel companions to ride from France to Senegal by motorcycle.
I’m Paul, 37, and I’ve already done a bit of riding in Morocco.
For now, I’m solo, riding a 1998 SUZUKI DR 650 with some basic gear to keep things smooth. I’ll have a tent so we can do a few nights under the stars. We’ll need to coordinate departure dates—"ideally in November."
I’m currently checking out routes to take. Any tips would be welcome! :)
Have a great day, everyone!!!!!
Hi there!
I’m heading to Vietnam and Laos with a buddy next week for a month. We’re thinking of renting motorbikes, especially to do the Ha Giang Loop. We don’t have an international license, just our Belgian one. Is that enough? If not, is it risky?
Thanks for the info! !
I’m heading to Vietnam and Laos with a buddy next week for a month. We’re thinking of renting motorbikes, especially to do the Ha Giang Loop. We don’t have an international license, just our Belgian one. Is that enough? If not, is it risky?
Thanks for the info! !
Hi there,
In January 2026, I’m planning a motorbike trip through northern Vietnam for 3–4 weeks.
Must-dos: Hanoi, RC4, Dien Bien Phu, and of course the must-see landscapes.
I’m looking for any great tips, ideas… and maybe even a riding partner.
Cheers
In January 2026, I’m planning a motorbike trip through northern Vietnam for 3–4 weeks.
Must-dos: Hanoi, RC4, Dien Bien Phu, and of course the must-see landscapes.
I’m looking for any great tips, ideas… and maybe even a riding partner.
Cheers
Hi everyone,
In November, we’re planning to do the Ha Giang loop and the RC4 by motorbike without a guide. 😎 We’re looking for a decent place to stay/rent in Ha Giang.
If anyone has any info, we’d be really interested.
Thanks in advance! 😉 Ladava
In November, we’re planning to do the Ha Giang loop and the RC4 by motorbike without a guide. 😎 We’re looking for a decent place to stay/rent in Ha Giang.
If anyone has any info, we’d be really interested.
Thanks in advance! 😉 Ladava
Hello! We’re planning a motorcycle trip that will include a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau in June 2026.
We’re unsure (still debating) whether we should stay at a hotel on-site and get to the memorial with an Uber (leaving our bikes at the hotel) and book a guided tour, or base ourselves in Kraków and take a tour that includes transport.
One thing’s for sure—we’d prefer a guide in French since we don’t speak English 😅.
Could you share your experiences or advice? I understand we need to book online rather than on-site. Thanks in advance for your replies!
Could you share your experiences or advice? I understand we need to book online rather than on-site. Thanks in advance for your replies!
Hi everyone,
I’m planning a road trip in Cuba and was wondering if there are any bike rental places (125/500cc) with reasonable rates—not the Harley rental places!
Thanks for your help. Wave of headlights! !
I’m planning a road trip in Cuba and was wondering if there are any bike rental places (125/500cc) with reasonable rates—not the Harley rental places!
Thanks for your help. Wave of headlights! !
Hello,
Next October we’re planning to ride the Ruta de la Plata by motorcycle—a historic Spanish route that runs from Gijón to Seville, also known as the N630.
Has anyone here already ridden it?
Unfortunately, I’m worried that parts of the N630 may have disappeared or merged with the A66 motorway, forcing us to ride long stretches of highway, which we’d rather avoid.
Thanks in advance for any tips or details about this route!