Day 4: Muong Nhe - Sin Tha
u (Ta Kho Khu) - Ha Nhi hill tribe peopleWe started to ride our motorbikes on awfully stony, dusty and muddy road. Crazy bumpy! Sometimes we meet local motordrivers in the opposite direction who offer us understanding smile. Crossing 4 streems (in which crossing one by bamboo raft) seemed to struggle with big slippery large rocks under water.
Rafting lady is about 32 years old waded across the rather deep streem (water level is approx. her waist) pulling me with motorbike on the raft. It's really difficult to keep balance for the old raft.
This is Nam Ma streem of Trung Chai, 18 kms west of Muong Nhe town
Mo Phi streem where we have to cross to get in Sin Thau village.
Sin Thau is a small village of Muong Nhe district. Most people here belong to Ha Nhi ethnic minority. They are very nice, generous and friendly. We learnt a lot from them about their daily life, culture and customs. Difficulties always cover their poor living conditions.
Children from remote villages have no way to school in flooding days, lack such hundred things for their study as workbooks, notebooks, and information, pens, ...I was sunk in rice wine and endless stories with their heartfelt feeling for us.
House and kitchen of
Ha Nhi people
To be continued...
