Hà Giang - Part 2 (Phố Cáo & Sủng Là)

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April 23rd 2012

Published: April 23rd 2012

Afternoon 15 April 2012 – Day 2 of the 5 day trip to Hà Giang (the northern most province of Vietnam). After lunch in Yên Minh, we traveled 14km to Phố Cáo. Both Phố Cáo and Sủng Là communes, which we were going to visit, have preserved typical architecture and traditional culture of the white H’mong in Hà Giang. The population of Hà Giang province is 800,000 people, of which 21.3... Read Full Entry

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H'mong village in Phố Cáo

Tombs of H'mong people

This is a cemetery at H'mong village in Phố Cáo.

"Don't come into the house"

If H'mong people hang the round plate, it means strangers or visitors cannot come into their house. They have some personal reasons for this action, perhaps family matters.

Column with stone foundation

Another decoration of column foundation.

Sharing bread to H'mong children

After visiting H'mong village in Phố Cáo, a woman on my tour gave bread to the H'mong man and he was going to share it to the children. It seemed little to them as the kids ate up very quickly.

House of Lô Lô ethnic group in Sủng Là

Our minibus had problem at this point

We are 28km away from Đồng Văn town and still have two more sites to visit. The mini bus had a problem and couldn't go on, so the tour guide decided to order another car from Đồng Văn town.