Nghĩa Lộ

I drove a scooter for the first 400km. I think I was lucky and I got a good one. The traffic here its really different from the europe. There are not so many rules. It's a bit chaos. The first rule I leant was, that who has a stronger, heavier car/motorbike, the one drive first. But, if you get use to and try to drive like a local, it's ok and even a fun. Man just need to alwais pay attention.

The last 3 nights I spent in a little town Nghĩa Lộ. It's not so touristic yet and therefor, still autentic and very nice. I drove every day with a scooter into mountains and I found there what I looked for. The breathtaking view on the rice fields, the local mountains people (minors) wirh their poor life and the roads that were sometimes aspahlt, sometimes concrete but sometimes just a clay and stones.

The most beautiful part was probably in surrondings of the waterfall. It just happend, that I somehow took a local "guide" and he drove me to the waterfall, with a scotter through the path, where would nobody drive a scooter. Was so nice, so unexpected!

Also the minors in the mountains are very intresting. They live the old fashion way of life. That means, work on the rice fields, where they work with a boffalos. They wear the traditional colourful clothes and have a somehow boring, but maybe for them happy life.

I am glad, that I stayed for a bit longer here, because in the next days there will be a much more touristic places and here I was the only foreginer far away.

Next stop: Mù Cang Chải and maybe Sa PaLeggi altro