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Sapa Trekking Home Stay 2 Days

Day 1: Sapa trekking (B, L, D)

A local guide will meet you at the station and get in a bus. The bus ride uphill to Sapa takes a little over an hour, giving you a glimpse of the stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces. You'll have breakfast in a local restaurant, then drive (30 minutes) to the Golden Stream Valley, stop at Ta Van village. Walk down to the village from the main road and start trekking through Ta Van village to Giang Ta Chai village. The trekking route offers some challenge as you balance on the rice terraces and a small trail on the steep mountainside. The vegetation is dense as the trail leads up to a peaceful village of the Red Dzao hill tribe perched on the Hoang Lien mountainside. Head down hill and relax by a local stream for a picnic lunch. In the afternoon trek about 1.5 hours uphill before descending down to the quaint Tay Hill Tribe village of Ban Ho. After checking into the home stay, your guide will lead you to La Vie waterfall for a fresh shower.  Dinner and overnight in local home.

Day 2: Sapa - Hanoi (B, L, D)

After breakfast you will start the day with an easy trek on dirt paths, enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the valley with its traditional stilt houses and rice terraces. Make your way along a stream to cross a hanging bridge before getting to Thanh Phu Village. In this picturesque valley you'll pass some remote villages of the Tay and Xa Pho hill tribes set amongst the rice and corn fields. After a picnic lunch, you will walk the other way back to the meeting point where our driver is waiting for you to take you back to Sapa (3:00 pm). Shower at a hotel then you will be transferred back to Lao Cai for the night train back to Hanoi.

Includes:

- Home stay with clean blanket, mosquito-net, pillow.

- Meals as mentioned the program

- Land transfer by private vehicle for whole trip

- Tourist trains from Hanoi to Lao Cai and vice-versa

- English or French speaking guides. Other languages are available upon request.

- Admission fees for all sightseeing places.

Excludes:

- Personal expenses (laundry, phone calls etc.).

- Drinks.

- Tips and gratuities.

Packing list: Passport, towels, toiletries, flash light, change of clothes, sun block, sun glasses, sun hat, insect repellent, proper hiking shoes and rain coat.

Local market days' information

The weekly markets of the North are a kaleidoscope of color and excitement, bustling with weird and wonderful activities. We can take you to them so you can witness the trade and camaraderie of the local minority people. A perfect add-on to the last day of your Sapa trip!

Saturday: Can Cau market. Resident: Flower H'Mong, Phula, Black H'mong...

Tuesday: Coc Ly market. Resident: Flower H'Mong, Phula, Tay...

Sunday: Muong Hum market. Resident: Flower H'Mong, Hanhi, Red Dzao, Pa Zdi... (Highly recommended)

Sunday: Muong Khuong market. Resident: Flower H'Mong, Red H'Mong, Phula...

Sunday: Binh Lu - Tam Duong market. Resident: Flower H'Mong, Laos, Lu, Flat top Dzao...

Sunday: Bac Ha market. Resident: Flower H'Mong, Phula..

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What does the Three headed Elephants mean?

What does it mean?i wanted to make sure i got the meaning rite..cause i planing to get a tattoo on it to show my represent my culture..my mom told me it mean Freedom in laos..but if i go to laos with that tattoo i get shot...

"[Indra] rides a large, four-tusked white elephant called Airavata."

"In Buddhist and Jain texts, Indra is commonly called by his other name Śakra, ruler of the Trāyastriṃśa heaven. Śakra is, however, sometimes given the title Indra, or, more commonly, Devānām Indra, "Lord of the Devas"."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra

"The eight guardian deities who preside over the eight points of the compass each sits on an elephant. Each of these deities has an elephant that takes part in the defense and protection of its respective quarter. Chief among them is Airavata of Indra. He is also called 'Ardha-Matanga', meaning "elephant of the clouds"; 'Naga-malla', meaning "the fighting elephant"; and 'Arkasodara', meaning "brother of the sun". 'Abharamu' is the elephant wife of Airavata. Airavata has four tusks and seven trunks and is spotless white."

"The connection of elephants with water and rain is emphasized in the mythology of Indra, who rides the elephant Airavata when he defeats Vritra. This mighty elephant reaches down his trunk into the watery underworld, sucks up its water, and then sprays it into the clouds, which Indra then causes to rain forth cool water, thereby linking the waters of the sky with those of the underworld. Airavata also stands at the entrance to Svarga, Indra's palace."

"Erawan (Thai: เอราวัณ) is the Thai name of Airavata. It is depicted as a huge elephant, having three, sometimes with 33 heads. The heads are often shown with more than two tusks. Some statues show the Hindu god Indra riding on Erawan."

"It is sometimes associated with the old Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang and the defunct Kingdom of Laos. They had used Erawan, more commonly known as "The three headed elephant" as their Royal Flag."

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"The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang or Lan Ch'ang (Lao: "lâansâang : "million elephants") was established in 1354 by Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara (otherwise known as Fa Ngum)."

"The "million elephants" of the kingdom's name was an allusion to his formidable war machine."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lan_Xang

See the flag of the Kingdom of Laos, a sovereign state from 1953 until December 1975 : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Laos_(1952-1975).svg

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