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We live in an era of checklist tourism. We have apps that tell us where to go, influencers who tell us what to photograph, and high-speed trains that whisk us from city to city in a matter of hours. It is possible, in 2024, to "do" Vietnam in ten days. You can wake up in Hanoi, sleep on a train, take a selfie on the Golden Bridge in Da Nang, and be drinking a cocktail on a rooftop in Saigon the next day.
Northern Vietnam is a realm of verticality and myth, where limestone peaks pierce the heavens and the clouds dance between jagged canyons. While the "Happiness Road" has become a global legend, most travelers only scratch the surface of this UNESCO Global Geopark from the back of a motorbike. However, for those who seek the true soul of the mountains—the silence