Mộc Châu highlands

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May 5th 2010

Published: May 5th 2010

April 30 and May Day were our national holiday, plus weekend, so we had a long holiday this year. Two Vietnamese girls and I rented a 4 seater car with a driver and traveled 192km to Mộc Châu Highland in North West Vietnam. Mộc Châu is a district in Sơn La province and this place is off the beaten track. It's also home of some ethnic minority groups such as the Thai, H'mong, Muong etc. At a... Read Full Entry

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theRedRiver

I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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5th May 2010

Hideyuki Kobayashi
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Mộc Châu highlands
Thanks for your interesting story on minority villages, that we never find here.

5th May 2010

John Strathearn
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Moc Chau
Thanks for the interesting photos. The countryside looks beautiful - I have heard that the area is popular for short trips from Hanoi. This is your first blog without a photo of you in an ao dai I think? Perhaps because the ao dai is not suitable for the countryside? Interesting to see that they have black and white holstein type cows. I know they are more productive, but I prefer the beautiful small brown cows that I have seen in other parts of Vietnam.

5th May 2010

theRedRiver
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Not for Moc Chau
My Ao Dai would be OK, but the long white trousers may be ruined because of the red soil on the hills. So as you said, the dress was not suitable for walking in this area, although Ao Dai would look so beautiful in such a great scenery.

5th May 2010

Graciela
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blue h´mong
It seems there´s an endless variety of minorities. You visited a lovely place and, what I always consider very important, much more important than anything: people!!!! Love, from Argentina.

6th May 2010

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

Oh we forgot to mention - we agree with your comment "In the big cities we have too much food and wasted them. At least they have some things that we don't." It is the same in Australia and people who live the city life forget there is a beautiful and natural world away from the noise and traffic. Your break away from Hanoi must have been wonderful.

9th May 2010

Tillu
Aditya Kelekar

plums for you
Very charming notes and splendid photos, hanoi girl! The part about the lady getting the plums for you'll to eat and refusing money is very touching... I've met with similar situations...Difficult to return such favours, you can just give them your biggest smile!

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