Summer Paddy Trekking | Sapa | Vietnam

12.6.13

This SUMMER!

I have a wonderful experience

about

NATURE

PADDY

VILLAGE

CULTURE

we took the train at 9.30pm and it took 8 hour to reach the

SAPA town from Hanoi City. Once we reach the train station at Sapa,

our hotel arrange the transport for us to go to their hotel which took

another 45 minutes.

The scenary along the street

from town to outskirt

from land to top of hill

definitely a different experience!

In our third day of travel in Hanoi,

we actually spend 43 USD to experience the Homestay of Ta Van VIllage

which is the local village from BigMont tribe.

We spent around 6 hour from Sapa town

trekking down to the homestay which located 

12km away.

The scenary along the way cannot describe by words!

PICTURES tell!

is been 4 hour of trekking!

and we have came across 3 hills or mountain or what so ever of journey

( I can hardly remember because I only know it is very tiring!)

You can see the paddy terrace all around, surrouding you,

green, yellow, brown 

in grid and clustred organisation

from up to down

from left to right

Is about GREEN

Is about NATURE

and animals? :D

i still remember during my secondary school time,

i learn the idioms as below,
枯藤老树昏鸦，
小桥流水人家，
古道西风瘦马。
夕阳西下，
断肠人在天涯

 and now, here is the place!

where i actually FEEL it!

here, is our first stop!

so we have our lunch here :)

with the view looking down the river,

rocks, paddy terrace and the villages around~!

By the time going,

we getting nearer and nearer to our homestay!

finally! we reach our homestay! after 6 hour of trekking

which supposed to be 4 hour but due to 

our member problem...hahah...so we delayed =S

here some ... NG scene that delayed us :P

if you are first timer,

u must be thinking who are these women for?

why they are following you all throughout the journey back to the village?

Here the explanation!

without their help,

i dont think my friends can make it!

hahah~

as simple as that,

they travelling to and from 

sapa and their village over years and ages,

and they selling their handmade handicraft 

to earn their daily living expenses!

This is one of the dangerous and unexpected scene i would say,

we some how walk on the cliff

if u fall down.. u may die....

INSIDE THE PADDY MUD!

My friend shoe did die..inside the paddy field...

luckily the local people save her shoe....

Look at the pathway we come across!

is so narrow....

nevertheless,

we do enjoy the paddy trekking trip!

LOOKS!

how lovely they are :D

SUNSET

SUMMER

PADDY

NATURE

CULTURE

thats all nature about!

and of cause!

my personal experience 

standing in between the paddy...

hmmm..is muddy and ...wet!

NICE EXPERIENCE thou!

thats all for the

SAPA paddy trekking trip!

before that!
please remember to bring less thing! 

as minimum as u can!
and SUN BLOCK!!!
A MUST! during this kind of season~!

stay tune for 

more update :)