Sa Pa

Sa Pa

Saturday 11 July

We slept on the train from 22:30 - 5:30 and arrived at. 6:00 pm to Lao Chai, a town very close (2 km) on the Chinese border. So when we looked north, so we just entered in the People's Republic. We then drove the 38 km up the hill, it was like driving in a Norwegian mountain landscape, high mountains and deep valleys. We arrived at our hotel in Sa Pa Lotus kl. 7:30, but could only get rooms at. 9:00. The hotel is just close to everything, so it was not us, and we have also tried it before. We used therefore the waiting time to visit us a little about the Sa Pa, it's just one big marketplace, and with lots of Vietnamese, for they have holiday now (many of them!) Soon appeared that some sellers up Hmunger Black, Red Dzauer , etc. And they were just to follow us back to the hotel where they stood and waited until we were on trekking and we should at. 9:30 despite the fact that we only had 2 rooms (out of 8) at the time. We have become a large group because there are both Luu befall the family, family and Khoi Hoang family. Khoi is our guide, but has taken the wife and little daughter in-laws. We are probably 18 adults now, but not all would trekking, we were shown 14 of trekking. It went away, it was hot, so we should all have the cap / hat on and sunglasses and butter into the sun tan oil. And for those who are on the wagon, also myggespray. The situation here is such that it would make a list of all of us with names, sex and nationality. Furthermore, we should pay 15,000 Dong per. person. We were probably 34 of trekking, Black Hmung'erne came with the whole way. They helped with parasol and asked all the time whether we would not buy anything because they all had baskets on their backs with good selling goods. They tried to make agreements to only buy from them, but were otherwise friendly enough. They could just English and asked for our age, children, etc. To cope with the trip, we had a lunch with the hotel, and well water. Luckily were sold drinks on the trip, so with 3 Tiger Beer (the store) and 1 liter of water it might just be possible to get helskindet forward. On the way we were surprised by rain, so we sought shelter inside something we thought was for cattle, chicken or similar, but it was really a very primitive housing equipped with bedroom, kitchen and living room. Primitive as 300 years ago in Denmark apart from 2 phones and a television. We found out how Black Hmung'erne make their black suits. They use the thin skin from the hemp plant - they put so these thin peelings into a long thread on which the weaver. The black color comes from Indigo and they have their softness and strength of example. being cooked. We could not avoid getting a little compassion for them (especially small with big brown eyes), why was purchased part. We were back at the hotel. 16:30 and missing still 4 rooms. But we must also be allowed to keep our tomorrow for kl. 16:00. Evening Dinner was taken at a restaurant called Mimose approx. 100 m from the hotel. We had Hot Pot with chicken (ie chicken, I did not quite, because Table 2 stole our chicken). It was again a good culinary experience.

Market in Sa Pa:

Khoa's daughter:

Hennings friend May from Darvin Village with Hoang Mays and sister-in-law:

Our local guide
Chi:

Nature trekkeing scenery from our trip:

New shoes for a Black Hmung - gift from Denmark:

Henning gives shoes away to a small Black Hmung:

Chau with Black Hmung:

Group moves for once bluntly:

Hennings 2 helpers:

Group on the way down the mountain:

Hoang and Jame (the wizard from the spring trip):

Tissues as we crept into hiding to rain weather:

James mother:

James
little daughter:

Girl get a Danish winter coat:

Little boy with impoverished father get English clothes:

Hot Pot restaurant in the evening at Mimosa:

Sunday 12 July

We slept long, for we had the place at first. With breakfast at 9:00. 8:00. Breakfast is quite different than back home in Vietnam, here we eat nudelsuppe with either beef, chicken or fish. In addition, a large mug Lipton tea and a cup yoghurt. It thundered and rained at night and morning, but when we had the place made it up. We had to drive 12 km to a Red Dzau village "Darvin Village". When we got to the village we were greeted by a very large number of Red Dzauer who would follow us on the hiking trip in the mountainous terrain and over the paddy fields. It is something of an adventure with all the vendors, and they select carefully who they should follow in order to sell them. "Buy from me!". We visited and came into the 2 houses, and when we were invited inside, we could not be known other than to buy something from the hosts. So was purchased part. Return trip went over paddy fields and it was a wet ride, because you can not just go on the breakwater, there are several rivers to be pushed. But when we came through all too Henning, who quickly took 2 Black Hmung'er to support them. We rode the bus back to Sa Pa, where we have a good lunch at the market. 12:00. After lunch, we went a bit around on the market until the clock was 13:30, because when we started on a small hike, behind the town and down many stairs to a Black Hmung village where we saw how they lived and worked. Perhaps we could buy a little, but they were remarkably unobtrusive. We continued further down to the bottom of the ravine, where we went over a suspension bridge and to a waterfall. There was also a water and 2 water-powered grain painters and a wonderful nature. We had all spent our legs for the second day in succession, and could subsequently labeled. We drove the motorcycle back to Sa Pa and go to our hotel. Fast in the shower and we were out of our rooms at. 16:30. We were at the bus. 17:30 to Lao Chai where we arrived at. 19:00. At the restaurant Nha Nang near the station we got a nice 5-course dinner + a Halida. Kl. 21:00 ran our train to Hanoi, where we arrive tomorrow morning at. 6:00 fresh and rested.

Across river between paddy fields: