Before leaving the US, I had many offers of visitors from everyone and their mother. And I'm not exaggerating, even my friends' mothers want to come. (Erin, you and your mother and very welcome and your room awaits you :)
So now that I have my first confirmed visitors arriving in April (a double high five to brother Andy and sister-in-law Amber and to Dad and Jean for watching A&A's children for over a week), I thought I'd start to put together some websites for you all to check out as you think about where you'd like to go.
Northern Vietnam trip ideas
1. Ha Giang is a plateau complete with hill tribes, mountains terraced with rice paddies and tourists are just starting to come.
New York Times travel article on Ha Giang
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| photo from New York Times article Justin Mott for The New York Times |
Place to stay--Ecolodge Pan Hou Village
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| from Pan Hou Village website |
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| from Pan Hou Village website |
2. Sa Pa--the most popular place Hill Tribe area, whose inhabitants the French called les montagnards.
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| from Trip Advisor tourist photos |
3. La Vie Vu Linh--in Yen Bai province, a 4 hour drive from Hanoi (much closer than the others). A Canadian friend has been here twice and can attest that it is a sustainable tourism project and has good treks in the area.
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| the 'studio' from the La Vie website |
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| the stilt house communal accommodations from the website |
4. Cat Ba (discovered by A&A)
travel agency/outfitter Blue Swimmer Adventures
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