The flame rose high above the freezing days Sapa Vietnam

Today (10/12) have flooded the cold temperatures in upland districts Sapa Vietnam (Lao Cai province) to 4.4 degrees Celsius - the coldest winter since the start of 2011 to the present.In the cold cut the skin, cut flesh, the warm fire where most people congregate. In particular, children of the high school on cold, chores at home to help families, whether to do something well made fire heaters to sit.

According to Luu Minh Hai engineer, deputy director of the meteorological forecast Lao Cai province, hours of the morning on 10/12, additional parts to enhance the cold air down to Lao Cai, causing widespread rain mountainous areas where there is more rain, the sky fog closed unfurl. Cold weather moved deeper in the night and morning low freezing occurs, bad cold mountain, cold mountain with heavy to very heavy damage.

This morning (10/12), the meteorological station in Lao Cai City recorded the lowest temperature was 13.6 degrees C; town of Bao Yen 13.1 degrees C; town of Bac Ha at 8.1 degrees C ; Sa Pa town at least 4.4 degrees C. This is the lowest temperature calculated from the information up to date winter 2011.Forecast 1-2 days, cold air reaches the most powerful, that the lowest temperature of places in Lao Cai province and Northwest continue to fall deeper. There will be rain in some places and mountainous areas where more rain and fog at the higher temperature capabilities down to Sa Pa 2-3 degrees C.

This afternoon (10/12), at the resort Sapa few visitors. However, some visitors from the southern provinces and international visitors were very interested in the cold early winter sweet in Sa Pa.Sa Pa town relatives judged that, with the cold weather like this time I'm here to appear as snow or frost weather to SaPa Vietnam tourists are expected to have the opportunity to explore, enjoy breathtaking.

SaPa Vietnam Dia Lan-selling is not enough supply for Tet

Currently the district Sapa Vietnam (Lao Cai province) there are about 8,000 local orchid flowers but only the 2000 standard made pots for Tet flower market Ren Jin 2012 with prices ranging from 350,000 - 500.0000 copper / branches, up from 100,000 to 200,000 VND / spike compared to last year's festival.

 
Due to unfavorable weather, many potted orchids are not flowering properly address the Lunar New Year.
 According to Nguyen Van Can, in Cat Cat Village, San Kingfisher Ho commune, Sa Pa district - one of the flower business address is known in the local lan said Tran Mong Hoa Kiem local lan is one of the orchid species Most Popular in Sa Pa expensive this year due to unfavorable weather and insect damage, only about 2,000 pots, accounting for 30% of the total geographical spread flowers blooming here right Nhâm Thin Lunar New Year 2012 .
 According to The, until now there were 160 pots of flowers plaited baskets all deposits in Hanoi, which has some beautiful potted orchid sites are priced from 15-30 million / pots.

According to him, some local orchids beautiful pots are priced from 15-30 million / pots.
 Currently, local orchid flower market in Sa Pa are quite exciting because the people playing and flower traders from Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh ... take the car to make garden pots will choose the local lan search Tran Mong flowers, blooming right Nhâm Thin Lunar New Year 2012 with the excessively high cost tens of million / pots.
 At the local flower market spread SaPa Vietnam are now two types of prices, locations of normal pelvic spread from 7-10 branches, the average price of 350,000 VND / special branches and twigs from 20-70, with prices sale of 500,000 VND / stems.
 In particular, the family of Nguyen Van Minh, the second, Sapa has two local lan search pots each pot 100 Tran Mong flowers bloom at the same time someone put $ 50 million / pots.
 Past years, local flower lan Tran Mong Sa Pa Search customers to buy more as gifts or display in your living room blossom right family for Lunar New Year, to be a long fresh.
 Sa Pa United geographical spread is only cultivated in Sa Pa town and commune a few but not many due to technical difficulties in planting, tending not to be peeled and art rot flowers that bloom right brake Tet Spectacular.

Facebook boss walking Sapa Vietnam

 Afternoon 26-12, an employee of the travel company Duc Minh - the organizers of the trip in Sapa Vietnam Mark - let us know before and during the Sa Pa, the group of young billionaire has put a series of requirements to ensure security. The company's vehicles are required to take the stairs of the plane to welcome the delegation from Hanoi to Lao Cai (25-12 pm), the cover glass carefully to avoid a reporter's lens all the time here. Guide and service personnel can not bring cameras and camera phones in use throughout the journey.

Friendly"However, we were taken with Mark and other members of the delegation said after leaving Vietnam will send it via mail because they fear we send pictures to the press" - the employee said. The proved quite difficult to photograph, but sources say Mark is very friendly with staff and local people to.Afternoon 25-12, the team just around town of Sa Pa and at rest at Topas Ecolodge Resort - a delegation of hotel reservation to ensure no harassment. This resort is situated on a hill near the center of Sa Pa 20km, the rooms are arranged in the middle of the hill.All day 26-12, Mark has had a team full days to several villages around Sa Pa town to visit. Instead of the famous places in Sa Pa as the Cat Cat or Ta Phin, Mark chose to go the Ho, Thanh Phu and lunch here with the traditional food of indigenous peoples. Especially since this employee said Mark and his girlfriend with an interest in walking and cycling to explore the village. Only when too tired to call his car waiting to pick up.Late afternoon, Deming Company gave Mark a program that suddenly start riding blindfolded buffaloes and goats. "Mark and his girlfriend are very happy and excited that this is truly an unforgettable" - the employee said.Expected date of 27-12, Mark left for Hanoi to Sa Pa by helicopter before proceeding to the City.While 26-12 pm Youth exchange, Huynh Kim Deprivation - Facebook representatives in Vietnam, a trip reaffirmed Vietnam's Mark Zuckerberg to complete "personal". Therefore, the purpose of the journey and the activities of Mark Zuckerberg did not disclose.

Nguyen Trong Khoa will meet?The attention of the online community is focused on character Nguyen Trong Khoa - who "sell property on the cake at the famous 200 VN domain name" with the information posted on personal Facebook page: "After leaving the North, may MZ (Mark Zuckerberg) will come to Da Nang and Hoi An. Then he will move on South to continue to explore Saigon Phu Quoc island or island before leaving Vietnam on 1-1-2012. "Talking to Youth, Khoa said he has an appointment at City Mark Zuckerberg to talk and "job exchange" (formerly Department was invited to visit Facebook in the U.S.). But when and where the meeting is not known in advance. This is just one-dimensional information from Nguyen Trong Khoa.Also on some Web sites offer information to the U.S. Facebook CEO can meet FPT, but the sources of Youth, the "no appointment for a meeting on".Events CEO of social networking has nearly 4 million users in the U.S. are welcome netizens pretty cool. Because so little information concerning the journey of Mark Zuckerberg, the words to welcome Mark Zuckerberg U.S. netizens use the most. After the event Jolie-Pitt couple to visit Vietnam, U.S. netizens seem calmer in the hunt for information on Mark Zuckerberg. On web forums do not have many curious word spread about the trip of Mark Zuckerberg, as well as predictions about the journey, the trip purpose of this famous boy CEO.

Sapa Vietnam Hard Trekking Two

 Day 1 // Sapa // Y Linh Ho // Lao Chai // Ta Van // Homestay   
Picked up at Lao Cai Station upon your early arrival for over an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa Vietnam. After freshen up and Breakfast in a local restaurant, transfer 6km along the main road to a beautiful spot where your village trek begins.
This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families, watching them doing their daily works. After picnic Lunch, the trail continues up and down hill for about 2 hours as you reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people, paying visiting to local homes, village schools… you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa Valley. Tonight you will enjoy a home stay in Ta Van Village for an unique life experience.   

     • Breakfast and Lunch and Dinner included   
     • Accommodation: Homestay in Ta Van Village   
 
     Day 2 // Ta Van // Giang Ta Chai // Su Pan // Ban Ho   
Leaving Ta Van village after Breakfast and following the foot path uphill, you will pass through impressive terraced rice paddies on the hill slopes before getting through a bamboo forest, a huge waterfall to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples. Walking around the village you will meet many women with their embroidery work to make their traditional dresses, occasionally you can see the blacksmiths making farming tools and even hunting riffles. Passing the Muong Hoa river again and then trek uphill to Su Pan village passing the rocks field with unique carving which is believed to be the messages of the ancient peoples. In this village you will see the special technique to build houses on the steep rocky land. From Su Pan trekking downhill for an hour, Ban Ho valley will opens wide in your sight. Arriving to Ban Ho of the Tay late in the afternoon, check in the spacious local house built on stilts for Dinner and Home stay.   

• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner included   
• Accommodation: Homestay in Ban Ho Village   

Day 3 // Ban Ho // Nam Toong // My Son   
After Breakfast we spend an hours walking to explore Ban Ho, a large village of the Tay peoples who live on spacious wooden houses built on stilts and very well organized before ascending uphill to Nam Toong village of the Red Zao. The trail of this part is really steep but the higher you reach to, the more stunning scenery will open in your sight. The village locates on the top of a hill and almost isolated and the houses are rudimentary but the peoples are very welcoming. After Nam Toong, the trail winds its way up and down hill slopes for an hours to Nam Keng and My Son, the two small villages of the Xa Pho ethnic whose population is only about 4000 in Vietnam. Most of the Xa Pho are still living the most primitive way basing on forest gathering, hunting and practicing slash and burn agriculture. Every family here built a small house on stilts away form their living house to avoid catching fire for store their food and valuable property. You will stay overnight in this village.   

• Breakfast, Lunch included, Dinner on your own   
• Accommodation: Homestay in My Son Village   

Day 4 // My Son // Thanh Phu // Sapa   
Wake up early for fresh air watching local life before Breakfast. The amazing thing here is watching children walking some kilometers up and down hill to school and it seems that they enjoy their school hours very much! Leaving this poor village, walking downhill to the river for a crossing and then uphill again to Thanh Phu, another Tay village where you will spend about two hours wandering around the village before Lunch. In the afternoon, continue trekking for few hours along the way back which offers panorama view of Ban Ho valley before picked up and drive back to Sapa by jeep. Check in hotel and your evening is free.   
    
• Breakfast, Lunch included. Dinner on your own   
• Accommodation: Basic hotel in Sapa Town   

     Day 5 // Sapa free day // Overnight train to Hanoi   
     Today is set free for your own plan to explore Sapa town. Our recommend is to take a walk to Sapa market, where you can meet tribal ethnic peoples such as Black H’mong, Red Zao, Zay… from nearby villages come every day selling their farming, gathering products: Vegetable, bamboo shoot, mushroom… and of course handicrafts for souvenir. Continue walking the steps from the market to the church and then onto the top of Ham Rong Mountain where you can visit an orchid garden and a small museum about ethnic peoples of the Northwest.
Picked up in the afternoon at about 16.00 by mini bus for a transfer downhill to Lao Cai station for taking the night train back to Hanoi which arrive early next morning and your trip ends.   

• Breakfast, Lunch included. Dinner on your own   
• Overnight stay on the train   

Sapa Vietnam Walk and Bac Ha Market

 Day 1 (Friday) Lao Cai // Sapa // Y Linh Ho // Lao Chai // Ta Van   
Picked up at Lao Cai Station upon your early arrival for over an hour drive uphill in a shared mini van to Sapa Vietnam. After freshen up and Breakfast in a local restaurant you will enjoy a free walk around this charming town, paying visit to Sapa market and the old cathedral where you can meet a lot of local ethnic minority peoples such as Black H’mong and Red Zao wearing their traditional colorful dresses selling their farming and gathering products and handicrafts for souvenir. Back to our Sapa office at about 10.30 and begin your exploration trip to Muong Hoa valley. You will follow the main road heading south for about an hour before turning right to a foot path down hill to Muong Hoa Valley. This part offers spectacular scenery of the highest part of Hoang Lien Son mountain range and in a nice day, Fansipan Peak can be seen. Crossing the river by a suspension bridge you will challenge your feet uphill to Y Linh Ho village. Here you will pay visiting to some H’mong families, watching them doing their daily works. After picnic Lunch, the trail continues up and down hill for about 2 hours as you reach to Lao Chai, a large village of the H’mong and then following the river bank to Ta Van of the Zay people. Paying visiting to local homes, village schools… you will enjoy much your cultural discovery of local ethnic peoples as well as breathtaking scenery of the Muong Hoa Valley. Settle down in Ta Van village for an overnight home stay.   

     • Breakfast and Lunch and Dinner included   
     • Accommodation: Homestay in Ta Van Village   

     Day 2 (Saturday) Ta Van // Giang Ta Chai // Hau Thao // Sapa Saturday Market   
     Leaving Ta Van village after Breakfast, you will take the trail uphill, passing fascinating terraced rice field and some small hamlets of the H’mong before getting through a bamboo forest to a waterfall, enjoy a break for magnificent scenery and then continue walking for half an hour to Giang Ta Chai village of the Red Zao peoples which sits on the top of a hill and looks down Muong Hoa river. After spending time visiting the village, making friend with the Zao and experiencing the hospitality you will cross the river by another suspension bridge and then uphill again to Hau Thao village where you will pay visiting to a local handicraft center where H’mong and Zao women gather for exchanging experience and skill of making handicrafts. A late Lunch will be prepare here nearby this center and then you have time relaxing as well as getting acquaintance with local school boys, girls and their teachers as well.
Later a short drive will take you back to Sapa Vietnam, check in your hotel and evening is free to attend the locals at Saturday market in Sapa.


     • Breakfast, Lunch included. Dinner on your own   
     • Basic hotel in Sapa Town   
 
     Day 3 (Sunday) Sapa // Bac Ha Market // Overnight Train to Hanoi   
     Wake up early for Breakfast and check out your hotel at 07.00 for a 3 hour road ride to Bac Ha via Lao Cai. The road trip is long and hard but the landscapes along the way is so beautiful and several stops at beautiful spots makes the journey shorter. Arrival in Bac Ha at about 10.00 at the most crowded time of the market which is very active and colorful thanks to the traditional dresses of the tribal peoples, especially of the Flower H’mong. You will join the locals at the market for your own discovery, taking a lot of photos as well as enjoying funs. Lunch break in a local restaurant before enjoying a walk for about 2 hours to Ban Pho village of the Flower H’mong and Tay which sits on the sides of several hills looking down a stunning valley. The road trip back to Lao Cai station take about two hours and you will arrive in late afternoon. Taking a shower and Dinner on your own before taking the overnight train to Hanoi Vietnam which arrive early the next morning and your trip ends.   

• Breakfast, Lunch included, Dinner on your own   
• Overnight stay on the train