My trip to Viet Nam, 1994

We first flew to Bangkok, where we arrived early in the morning, in order to take a plane to the airport outside of Ha Noi.

Instead of going to Ha Noi, we took a minibus a short distance to the town Viet Tri.

This place partly fulfills the preconception one can have about how northern Viet Nam can look: Dull concrete buildings in the Soviet style and wide streets.

It wasn't bad really, but hardly a place you have to go to as a tourist. The lack of tourists could also be noticed by the definite lack of postcards. (All tourists wants to send postcards home the first day in a new country, so they can arrive home before you do.)

The next day, we continued to the northwest. One stop at a historical place significant in the founding of Viet Nam as a nation long ago, a quick look at a memorial from the liberation war and a boat trip on a (from my perspective, but probably not in absolute terms) very large artificial lake, feeding a hydroelectric power plant.

That night, we stayed at a hostel in Yen Bai.

The day after, we had a long car trip in front of us, far up in the mountains near the Chinese border. Very beutiful nature.

At long last, we arrived in the village Bac Ha, where

Last modified 1996 Dec 04 by Urban Fredriksson