I have to start with an apologize cause I don’t have much linguistic inspiration for the moment… I am too buzzy with my project of a documentation corner, ( I will tell you later about that) But I don’t want to keep my pictures that I made in the peacefull valley of Mai Chau… so [...]
We are off to Mai Chau which is a district of Hoa Binh Province in the northwestern region of Vietnam. The district is located at about 160 km from Ha Noi. We are picked up by a 4×4 outside the hostel and already theres a Canadian lady and her daughter sitting tightly in the back [...]
The more I am discovering this country, the more I am curious, the more i’m learning, the more i’m loving it! We went on a motorbike trekking for 4 days. Itinerary: Hanoi to Tam Dao, Tam Dao to Mai Chau via Hanoi, Mai Chau to Cuc Phuong and Cuc Phuong back to Hanoi on Tuesday. [...]
September 2nd (Independence Day) is one of the few public holidays in Vietnam, and one of the rare occasions our school is closed. We decided to make the most of the holiday and head for the hills (and then a valley). Our destination was Mai Chau, a little village nestled in a valley about 3 [...]
Our guide Canh very kindly arranged for us to visit his home village and have lunch with his parents, sister and brother-in-law. His father and mother appeared to be in their 80s. They greeted us with great kindness. His mother’s teeth were dead black from chewing betel nut, a mild stimulant that is a habit [...]
Well I wanted to get off the beaten track, and I did – literally and metaphorically, as the only way to access some of the place I’ve come back from are on foot or mortorbike! The people there don’t see many tourists, and so you aren’t regarded as an opportunity to make a lot of [...]