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Travel Blogs from Mai Chau, Vietnam
The Peace of the Paddy Fields
... strikingly raw villages and good company made for another great afternoon. Apart from the much more occasional beep of a horn in Mai Chau, the soundtrack is nothing but peace - bird song and noises of nature. Having really settled in here we ...
White Thai
Hello again, Mai Chau is located in the mountains of northwest Vietnam. A trip here is primarily to visit the hill tribe people. It's a traditional culture that goes back generations. The patriarch of one of the surrounding villages is Mr. ...
Te village, Mai Chau
Our last night before returning to Hanoi was spent in a homestay in the village of Te in the Mai Chau area. This involved a 2.5 hour walk into the village, arriving late afternoon. Very picturesque. Our hosts were actaully the parents-in-law of ...
Gettin' lost in the fog on the way North
... the junction where I had taken a break to talk to some guys on the side of the road led to a small highway that led in Mai Chau's direction. The guys pointed me that way, so I went for it. This road was very different from the nice smooth HCM highway I ...
Bamboo Long Houses N Heavy Machinery
... was everywhere and it was such a new visual experience for us. The treks end brought us to a hill tribe village near Mai Chau. Here several villages prosper from having foreign guests stay at their homes. The people were so beautiful, the village was ...
Mai Chau and heading back to Hanoi
... noise of the animals and a guy snoring in a bed on the floor below and I didn't get all that much sleep. Our last day in Mai Chau and we decided to make the most of the peace and quiet before heading back to the noise and hassle of Hanoi. We went ...
Me and my guide (Hang) off to Mai Chau
Up early to prepare for my trip to Mai Chau. I had booked a private trip for 3 days with my own driver and guide. I expected to have a middle aged bloke to accompany me for the trip but when I got to reception I was amazed to see a beautiful young girl ...
So Many Warm N Welcoming Smiles From The Hill Trib
... football, sand bag and several other games. It was such a great day. We made it back to our longhouse accommodation near Mai Chua to yet another huge colourful feast and luckily for us, COLD BEER! Beers N Cheers toya...shane *****for photos see ...
Mai Chau
... up the top was still not in sight. Finally after 1203 steps we reached the cave. From the top there was a fantastic view of Mai Chau, the hills that surround the area and the road down the hillside that has been cut into the rock. After the exertions ...
6 Km to Top
... top as the fog thickened and it became cooler at the top. Then there was the exhilaration of descending the 18 kilometres into Mai Chau where we dropped the bikes at a washing station, then walked to our home stay location. It is a beautiful home ...
Mai Chaun markkinoilla
... meidän bussille ei tapahtunut onneksi muuta kuin että siitä lähti sivupeili. Omalaatuinen bussimatka paikalliseen tapaan palkittiin ihanasti. Mai Chau on noin 12 000 asukkaan kaupunki, joka koostuu kuitenkin pienistä kylistä ja kylän asukkaat ovat ...
In the Thick of IT
... the border. But as this is a super long weekend all tickets for the buses there were booked out and I ended up going to Mai Chau... which turned out to be an awesome thing. Mai Chau is only three hours from Hanoi, a very scenic area (see the ...
Adventure Trekking in the Mai Chau Valley
Today we were collected by car and driven about 18km out of Mai Chua where we were dropped off for a day of trekking. We walked for about 2 hours before we stopped at a small village where we had some green tea and watched village life go by. We ...
A giant, a feast and sleepy water puppets
... arrived back in Hanoi about 5pm and were able to relax a fair bit in the car which was great. We met a family from England whilst in Mai Chau and the son (who works in Hanoi) told us about a place to eat dinner. It was sort of like eating on the streets ...
To the hills!
... was the insistence that they made it on the old loom in the back. We met many other travellers doing the northern loop of Vietnam with a private tour guide, it sounded like the way to do it since we were finding it quite expensive and tiring having to ...
Beautiful valley
... last five or so kilometres, we were forced to pay about a fifty percent surcharge for two motorbikes to get us into Mai Chau proper. Even after nine months away, we still get relatively indignant when this happens. Getting annoyed is highly annoying in ...
One day in Mai Chau
... planning, but not really, sort of a 'I need to get of Hanoi and do something mindset'). So basically I booked a bus ticket to Mai Chau through my hostel, and a homestay for one night. I had the presumption that I was just on a travelling bus - turns out ...
A Trek Too Far
... to quit - air conditioning, hot showers and comfortable beds in Hanoi were calling Despite our failure to finish, I would definitely recommend Mai Chau, but maybe when it is a bit cooler. The company we used, Ethnic Travel (www.ethnictravel.com.vn), ...
Checking out some ethnics
... to check out some of the handicraft shops, and accidentally wandered onto a Vietnamese film set. Apparently, the traditional houses in Mai Chau were particularly useful for films set in older times. It turned out that one of the actors was ...
Ein Tag der Erholung
... werden wir freundlich begrüßt, insbesondere auch von den Kindern, die ersten Brocken Englisch ausprobieren wollen. Wir wurden aber in Vietnam noch nie von Kindern angebettelt, wie man es sonst ja so häufig findet. Auf dem Rückweg ...
DAY 5: Heading north
... on the overnight sleeper train to Sapa in the far north of the country near the Chinese border and in the most mountainous part of Vietnam. We had a bit of a wait, so made a camp outside the station in a little pop-up cafe and drank tea whilst watching ...
Day 30 - Mai Chau
A 3.5 hour bus journey to Mai Chau, south west of Hanoi. On arrival we had lunch and we walked it off exploring the village, the animals and locals. We then took the bikes out as a group and went further out of the village, past paddy fields and around ...
Village hospitality
... This morning it was a quick trip to the ATM to get out a few million dong! Today we were heading to the countryside to the town of Mai Chau. We thought it was about a one and a half hour drive but turned out to be more like three and a half hours. Note to ...
Mai Chau in Spring
... company to rent a car, but mostly rent a car from drivers who often go with us in volunteer activities. The way to Mai Chau was really interesting. We talked together, sang together and see the sightseeings along the roads. We arrived Ban Lac ...
Xin Chao Vietnam
... era bastant més decent. Hanói només ens va acollir durant unes hores i l’endemà al matí ja estàvem de camí cap a Mai Chau, un poble al nord-oest del país. El poble en sí no tenia res d’especial, però nosaltres ens vam allotjar en ...
Away from the noise
... Phu, I staggered on board a mini-bus heading South so that I could make my way to my next destination of Mai Chau. Travel in Vietnam seems to take forever in the North because the roads wind through the mountains, so although the distance isn't long in ...
Von den Nebelbergen zu den Reisfeldern
Nachdem wir jetzt beide wieder wohlauf sind, steht für heute wieder eine längere Wanderung auf dem Programm. Ab zunächst geht es mit dem Auto ca. 1000 Hm hinauf nach Pa Co (1350m), wo wir den Sonntagsmarkt besuchen wollen. Die Fahrt dauert ...
Arriving in Mai Chau
Today we were driven the very long 3 1/2 hour journey to the village of Mai Chua. Upon arrival we were taken on a 2 hour bicycle tour where we rode through villages and visited a toothpick and skewer factory. The locals were very ...
Northwest Loop, Mai Chau
On the motorbikes for real. Our first day started out navigating Hanoi traffic...phew. Followed by the beauty of Mai Chau, fresh after a ...