Hà Giang - Part 3 (Đồng Văn & Lũng Cú)

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April 25th 2012

Published: April 25th 2012

15 & 16/4/2012 – Day 2 & Day 3 of the 5 day trip to Hà Giang (the northernmost province of Vietnam). We arrived at Đồng Văn town at 5pm. Next to our hotel there were 3 big motorbikes which we saw when our mini bus had problem on the pass. It turned out that these motorbikes were owned by 3 Thai travelers. Anyone would dream of having such a comfortable motorbike to travel in this wonderful ... Read Full Entry

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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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Traditional dress of white H'mong women

As I wrote in my previous blog, H'mong women wear white shirt and skirt and they are called "white H'mong people".

Red lanterns

Inside the "Old town cafeteria" (Cà phê phố cổ).

Đồng Văn town

A man is roasting a pig.

At H'mong King's castle

Đồng Văn market and old houses

Photos of H'mong King in the early 20th century

Vương Chính Đức was the King of H'mong people in Hà Giang province in the early 20th century. He has 3 wives. The Wang family ("Vương" in Vietnamese) was wealthy owing to producing and exporting opium.

At H'mong King's castle

An old house in Đồng Văn town

Every tourist seems to take a photo of this house so this is my updated one.

Storage of opium at H'mong king's castle

Storage of opium with some fake samples of black opium inside a glass case. (Kho thuốc phiện trong dinh nhà họ Vương - Vua Mèo với mô hình thuốc phiện màu đen)

Entrance gate to H'mong King's castle

Musical instruments

Inside the "Old town cafeteria" (Cà phê phố cổ).

View from Lũng Cú flag tower

Inside the "Old town cafeteria" (Cà phê phố cổ).

Fossil of an insect at Lũng Cú flag tower area

It was found that this insect had existed millions of years ago at this area.

An old house in Đồng Văn town

Lũng Cú flag tower

The words mean "Socialist Republic of Vietnam - National Flag Tower - Lung Cu - Dong Van district, Ha Giang province"

At H'mong King's castle

Stairs to the flag towers

The tower is placed on the top of the Dragon Mountain. There are 704 stairs to the flag towers and totally 839 stairs to the top of the flag tower.

At H'mong King's castle

25th April 2012

Deirdre
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What a great trip
I'm so enjoying your account of your trip. I went to Ha Giang in 2010 but didn't go any further because I got a bit scared about the roads. I'm not good with heights. Of course now, after reading your blog, I'm quite keen to go and see it for myself.

25th April 2012

Rob_n_Lorenza
Rob & Lorenza B

yet another great blog and photos. great stuff and thanks so much for sharing your travels with us again.

25th April 2012

Graciela
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Hi friend.
Vietnam always has something new to discover. I would like to go back.

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