People say that A Pa Chai is a place where a cock singing cans alarm citizens of both three neighbor countries: Vietnam, Laos and China. That's why I decide to take a moto-trip to realize my dream of seeing that Western pole of Vietnam.Departure on 8 Oct (same time last year I made my motorbike riding trip to Lung Cu, the Northern pole of Vietnam) by night train to Lao Cai and send my motorbike with another train that leave 1 hour later.
Arrived in Lao Cai at 6.30am, we took our motobikes no sooner than 8h30. Driving to Sapa via pictoresque scenery of yellow ripe rice fiel on mountain sides, we took a lot of photos when we had stopped at each pass top.
After a coffee stop in Sapa town to refresh ourselves, we take a move to Sin Ho via Tram Ton pass, O Quy Ho, Binh Lu, Tam Duong, Giang Ma pass. Funny lunch on the way (prior to approaching to Giang village of Lu tribe).Overnight in Sin Ho at a nice hotel.
Day after, we left Sin Ho early in the morning when fog was covering the town. The Sun came up when we were driving up to Lang Mo pass, but all the things were sunk in the fog. No photo was taken here. Right after leaving back Ma Thi Ho pass, we can see a marvelous scenery of continuous mountains and valleys.
We drove through Chan Nua, Chieng Chan, Muong Lay to Muong Cha town for lunch.
From Muong Cha, the road became worse and worse. It seems to ride a horse but not a motorbike on endless bumpy and zigzag road. Finally we had to cross a streams named Muong Toong to get into Muong Nhe small town. Dinner at a local food shop then overnight at Post Office. people are very nice and helpful.
to be continued...
