Mai Chau Landscapes | Mai Chau Trek

Mai Chau shoot by Lyse_e (II)

Drove into the hill country, a 5 hour trip from Hanoi. Then went walking thru the countryside, passing villages where the Black Thai people live. All along the way we met children who came out to see us.

The Highway of Hell

You may be wondering about the title when the pictures are so beautiful. To get to Mai Chau you have to take the infamous Highway 6…’the forgotten highway’. Yes, they forgot to resurface the roads and forgot to teach the locals basic road safety.

Village People in Mai Chau

Just getting here was an adventure in itself, we got on the delivery bus which stops every few hundred metres to pick up some goods – chicken, vegetables, bricks, fish, etc.. – with a planned delivery in Mai Chau. Hardly any people and the one girl we spoke to tried to rip us off by [...]

The road less travelled

Having planned a route through Northern Vietnam utilizing the basic Vietnamese Road Atlas we had purchased at half price, Tilly and I searched around Hanoi for someone who would rent us a Russian Minsk motorbike. We had learnt from our research that this bike was the only true motorcycle capable of tackling the steep mountain [...]

Fanciful scencery of Hang Kia village

Coming to Pa Con in Hang Kia village one spring day when the day has come, visitors will be overwhelmed with fanciful scenery of clouds floating along the hill and mountain. Some pictures taken by Hai An:

Stunning lanscapes of Mai Chau

Mai chau is a beautiful valley of the Thai people – one of the largest group in 54 ethnic minorities in vietnam. This region covered by rich tropical forest, limestone panoramas, and beautiful rice paddies with water wheels and enjoys breathtaking scenery.