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Homestay with Red Dao Ethnic Minority Family in Sapa
After our first day of trekking through the Sapa mountains, we arrived at the house of a local ethnic minority family. This is where the local homestay will take place for us. Co, our Sapa O’Chau guide, brought us into…
Vietnam – Trekking in Sapa (Day 2)
On the first day of our trekking in Sapa we were on the road for about 5 hours, weaving through the rice fields and mountains, meeting some locals along the way and a lot of animals. It was an easy…
Vietnam – Trekking in Sapa (Day 1)
My favourite part of the Vietnam trip when I travelled in October was the 2-days trekking in Sapa with Sapa O’Chau which included a 1-night homestay with a Red Dao (pronounced as zao) family. The homestay was an incredible experience. You…
Ethnic Minority Market at Lung Khau Nhin
Although I didn’t have a lot time to explore Hanoi, still I decided to get away from the city and head towards the mountains. On Sapa O’Chau’s website, I saw that they organise trips to weekly markets of the ethnic…
Vietnam and Chengdu in October 2014
Since my trip to Germany in December 2013, I have not done any travelling this year. BUT, in October I will be taking 2 short trips to Vietnam and Chengdu! Vietnam This will be my first time visiting Vietnam and…