Today Spend :
Cat Cat village of H'mong ethnis minority is the nearest hill tribe village in Sapa. Many of them walked from their bottom valley houses about 2 km up to the Sapa town. Organised tour from Hanoi includes a visit to this village, to experience and to learn about the culture, their everyday life and how they planted paddies on the steep hill slopes with primitive irrigation from the mountain stream. This village came under the care of the Sapa Tourism Board and a fee of 20000 vnd is levied for every visitor. There is a waterfall (not allow to swim) and a hall for cutural and musical performance, of course you had to pay to watch it for another 20000 vnd. The fee are not expensive if you compared to China, but I found the H'mong people are unfriendly and very seldom put up a smiling face when come to greet the visitors. They only interested in selling their handicrafts, rarely they want to strike up a conversation with the tourists, maybe there is no common languages,shy? or whatever, but the least they can do is to put up a welcoming smile for the many tourists who came here from all over the world. Shouldn't they feel proud and honour for that? Leaving Sapa tomorrow morning for a well deserve downhill to Lao Cai. If time permits, I will cross over to Hekou to stay.
Ticketing booth to visit the village 20000 vnd
Young girls carrying their sisters or brothers
On a winding road down the valley
Rice fields terrace
Black H'mong good walker
Close encountered with the paddy fields
Scenery on the down
Ticket checking station
Even if you want to....
Stoney staircase walkway
Buffaloes blocking the way
Hands,needles and color threads paintings
Handicraft shop
Some of the handicrafts in display
Down to the very valley
Waterfall not allow to swim
Wooden bridge across the stream
Hall for Cultural and musical performance
