Thung Khe pass to Mai ChauMoc Chau
(Son La province) While we waited for Jan's visa, we packed the most necessary things for a 2-Week
trip, leaving the rest at the hillside and Sa are.
On the way to
Moc Chau, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery with rice paddies,
mountains / hills and the various locals. We have already drunk so many
sugarcane drinks in Vietnam and now we have seen for the 1st time the plants
themselves. We were not even sure until we asked the saleswoman. You have to
peel the cane first before you can use it. We bought a whole sugarcane for
10000d. The saleswoman is cut into small pieces for us so that we can just chew
the juice out. Also we saw that very young children (about 6 or 7) already
guarding the buffalo herd. Very small children are placed in a basket behind the
mother's back and so they go to the field.
3km before Moc Chau village we found the Pha Luong Guesthouse. The whole Guest
House Sahr very classy. We thought it would cost a lot more. In the evening we
tried the specialty of Moc Chau "Be Chao" (translated little cow = veal). As
always Vy first asked for the price before we ordered something. Suddenly she
broke soup, salad, pickled in vinegar vegetables, rice and a plate Be Chao. We
thought it's worth the price, but after dinner we wanted to pay and she expected
us for the dish Be Chau 140000d (is very much for a plate), plus everything
else. So we had to finally pay on 200000d. We thought they kidding us, but when
we asked in our Guest House, they said that's ok like that. But we find it an
impudence that we simply should provide, without that we ordered it. Janu ...
but we were tired.
Paddy field in Mai Chau
The next day we got up early to see the sunrise. Unfortunately, on the day of
fog, so no beautiful sunrise. We packed our things together again to draw later
on. After breakfast we toured all the sights. We had quite the way to the
waterfall ask because it was not really labeled.
In return we saw women wearing a wooden blind with his head. How strong must the
Nackensein to so carry a heavy bag can? (see photo) Arriving at the cave we were
very disappointed because it's not really a nice Cave was. Perhaps we have seen
too many caves on our trip. So we went already back on quickly. Our next stop
was the Tea Heart. That it already rained all day, it made the search even more
difficult. When we arrived and the tea factory doorman asked where the heart is,
he said we should come to the house and wait until it stops raining, because it
just rained heavily. He offered us tea and we could rest a bit us. Luckily it
stopped after a while raining so we could visit the heart.
Back at our Guesthouse we tied our luggage on a motorbike and drove towards Mai
Chau.
Notes:
The Pha Luong Guesthouse costs only 150'000d
Mai Chau
Hoa Binh province - In Mai Chau, we were able to live in a homestay, that means we live with a
family where we were able to experience their daily life with.
Homestay in Mai Chau
The grandmother had already Vy really liked and then the woman, so we decided to
stay straight without asking further.
On 1 evening they cooked the food for the tourists, but after we asked them for
us their own food cook, so we were able to try their food. At 18:00 clock we
heard a drum. This means for a specific dance group for young women and men to
make themselves at 19:00 willing to maintain their appearance. We wanted to also
go look. The grandmother said that it would cost too much if we only 2 would
rent the whole dance group. Since the niece was also in the dance group, brought
us the grandmother at 19:00 to the Guest House of the performers group. We stood
in the distance and watched. The tour guide invited us to enjoy with them. So we
saw again different traditional clothes and dances.
The next morning we ate breakfast with us and watch the daily life of the
villagers. Since it was raining heavily this morning, was fun for us to watch
the people on the scooter. Just drove with one hand and the other hand they held
the umbrella. The woman sat down with us and we chat for hours together. Since
she lived very far from the city, they still knew quite a bit because they took
all the information on the TVs. We learned that they were originally Thais, but
they are in Vietnam since 5 generations and they talk together Thai. This
village was originally founded by the rice workers. At that time they had set up
tents in order to guard their rice fields can. Then the community informed on
the land. Per person you got a piece of land. So who have then had more
children, received more land. So they built the houses and the village was
established. There were 2 villages, the others are already so built for
tourists, gave restaurants and shops. At noon it stopped raining and we we took
our scooter to visit the surrounding area. We drove through the village 2nd and
we were glad that we were at our homestay. It does not look more out
originally. The scenery was quite visible. The wide rice fields and then
suddenly a "mountain", bamboo houses obliquely lay almost in the water, and
children who fish in the river.
Back in the homestay, trained the woman Vy weave. After about 30min Vy could
weave itself already. It made her so fun is that as long wab until it got dark.
For dinner we had a huge feast. The man sat down to us and Jan rice wine at
bat.
The next morning we had already further, so that we were able to achieve all
our goals.
Notes:
We stayed at homestayNo. 1, after the rice field the 1st house on the right.
The night costs per person and per meal 50'000d again 50'000d
By vyandjan