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According to exploration of some tourism companies, tourists could choose Northwestern Vietnam as an ideal destination for trekking, cycling, climbing, kayaking, and exploring traditional culture of the ethnic minorities…

Landscape from Mai Chau, Vietnam

Mother nature has given special favour for northwestern Vietnam with grandiose mountains, fanciful caves, lots of bumpy streams and winding rivers. Besides, it’s the unique traditional culture of the ethnic minorities that creates the seductive beauty for the northwest.

One of the favorite traveling programmes for foreigners is trekking through the mountainous villages of the northwest region. This is a new kind of tourism for those who love to discover, experience, and learn about manners and customs from many cultures.

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ATA kicks off Special Summer Promotion 2010 covering all kinds of adventure tours include trekking, biking, motorcycling, kayaking and family adventure in Vietnam and Cambodia. There are eight tours in Vietnam (www.activetravelvietnam.com), eleven ones in Cambodia (www.activetravelcambodia.com) and three others combining between Vietnam and Cambodia. Each tour is provided with unique and special value-added services.

ATA 2010 Summer Promotion

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Some 70 per cent of Vietnam’s population is engaged in agriculture, which uses over 20 per cent of the country’s area and produces 15 per cent of its GDP.

Vietnamese Cultivates Wet Rice

Vietnam has two huge deltas: the Mekong in the south and the Red River in the north. From time immemorial the Vietnamese have known how to build dykes and avoid flooding, creating more land for wet –rice cultivation. Thousands of kilometres of dykes have been built along the Red River to protect this vast fertile delta and its population.
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Wander a tea tree forest the local Mong communities have been cultivating for hundreds of years.

Mai Chau valley, Vietnam

Most seasoned travelers in Vietnam already know the enchanting White Thai communities of Mai Chau Valley in Hoa Binh Province.

But in the same lush valley, a group of ethnic Mong communities have begun opening their doors to tourists in Pa Co Commune.

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Mai Chau is a town in northern Vietnam, which is in the hills approximately 100 miles from Hanoi. Our trek is a three-day, low effort walkabout. 

We left Hanoi at seven in the morning and arrive at Mai Chau at two o’clock that afternoon. It’s taken us seven hours to travel a hundred miles! Our bus stops, and Mr.Tam, our tour guide hops out. We are at the government permit office, where a sign in English and Vietnamese prominently states that this is, “The Place for Tourists to Pay A Money.” It doesn’t say, “Tourist Office,” or anything like that. This is also where our local government guide and cook will join our crew. Our guide from Hanoi, Tam, cannot speak the language of the local people so we need an interpreter. There are over fifty hill-tribe languages and different dialects spoken in the minority villages, each with their own tongue. Our starting point is a half-hour’s drive away. It happens to be literally the end of the road. The bus cannot go any further. The road becomes a narrow path. We disembark, taking our rucksacks. There has been steady rain all day. Our bus has two inches of mud on it. Our energy has diminished since we left Hanoi, as the rain has not let up. The group is still hanging onto the bus as it leaves, almost begging the driver to take them with him.

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Mike and Angie told their travel around Asia. This is the entry about their trekking tour in Mai Chau, Hoa Binh, Viet Nam.

22, Jun 2008 – 25, Jun 2008

It was 5:30 am when the public load speaker outside our village home stay burst into life with the voice of a local party official. “Time to rise – its another fine day. Please make sure the roads are clean and now is a good time to be putting fertilizer on the fields”. Well, that was the translation we were given by Hieu, our Vietnamese tour guide.

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Nicest Sunset We’ve Seen in Years 

This was the highlight among many highlights for the trip.

The night of the 6th turning to the 7th was horrible. A cold from a foreign germ pool has always been one of my worst nightmares, and this one hasn’t disappointed.

You can actually function during the day, but when night comes, “Oh Boy!” You remember the feeling of standing on your head when you were younger? Well, just add a whole lot of face pain so you can’t sleep and you about have the feeling of this one.

For those of you who are as old or older than I, just bend over and touch your toes and stay there awhile.

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Chrislewis7 and his three day tour around Mai Chau is about the article. Read it to find out more.

Me and my guide (Hang) off to Mai Chau

Wednesday, Nov 15, 2006 

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 waiting for me Three days in the middle of rural Vietnam, peace, quiet and a work of art as my companion. I’ll have to be careful what I say as she is helping me write these entries!
 

At the Market

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This is the travel diary in Mai Chau, Hoa Binh of Doandjim. He took part in a trekking tour here.

Tuesday, Jun 27, 2006

Trying to avoid the crowds of Sapa, we went out to Mai Chau west of Hanoi on a recommendation from Jeremy and Agnes, a French couple we met in Sikkim. Like fools we forgot that Agnes was really fit and had found the Sikkim trek pretty easy, and we took the three day option with two nights in tribal houses.

 Te Village, Mai Chau

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Ejgalang decided to visit Mai Chau valley. Except for the bus to Mai Chau, Ejgalang and his friends had a wonderful travel here. Read the article to know more. 

February 23rd 2006

One of things that you have to get accustomed to in Vietnam is that no matter how good a negotiator that you are, being a foreigner, you are never getting the best deal. I can’t count the number of times that a Vietnamese seller laughed when they told me the price. And when you convert the price to US dollars, it’s really not that much money, maybe a$1 or $2. I think it’s just the principle that gets me sometimes. Once you get over this, your time in Vietnam will be filled with good times and champagne dreams or something in between. With that being said, let the good times roll …

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