Trekking Bac Ha And Staying At A Local Homestay – Better Than Sapa?! (episode 4)

Trekking Bac Ha And Staying At A Local Homestay – Better Than Sapa?! (episode 4)

[Music] I’m [Music] my [Music] so we at Bac Ha  and this this is our first morning here so we   are going to go on a hike the hike we’re going  up and down the mountains it will take about 15  

To 18 kilometers uh I think it will take about  5 to 6 hours not too sure um I’m hoping to see   some beautiful mountains along the way at the  moment I’m we’re just waiting for breakfast uh  

So we have the Vietnamese coffees drip coffee here  setting up dripping away yeah at the moment I’ve   packed my bag you know it’s going to be a two-  day one night sleeping over at the mountains   with all the equipment gear is pretty heavy yeah  hopefully it will not straight my shoulder my  

Shoulder have been already aching pretty badly  uh from the long riding motorbike I’m still not   used to it you know I’ve been trying to do some  stretching off my upper back now we’re going to  

Get some bread uh to carry for the road so that  we can eat it the next morning at the mountain so   at the mountain I think they just going to give  us some sticky rice and I’m not a very big fan  

Of sticky rice so let’s get some rest so Rene’s  backpack actually dropped off from his motorbike   yesterday while we were riding up to Bac Ha and we  told our hotel manager about it and he posted it  

On a Facebook group and someone actually found  a bag and we received the news while we having   having breakfast we were so happy to hear the  news so it’s a student who found him back and  

She will be returning it to us tomorrow uh I’m  pretty happy man all the stuff are still there   wow of course the money is gone but that’s  okay uh about all my cards and everything   yeah we begin our hike really late and by the  way this is Pang our tour [Music] guide [Music]

Come in Middle wait come in the middle okay I’ll   get in the middle why are you  guys so sweaty wow ready one two we stopped by this house for arrest and  I thought this was the final destination   but I was so wrong this is not  even the first halfway point and  

Look at this cutie dog oh my God he  looks like a little lion doesn’t he [Music] May don’t back like  looks like R gentle hike [Music] r [Music] [Music] hello hi all happy water like nice same same anywhere

Everywhere going all the way down and afterward  you go all way up halfway almost there about 1   hour more to the destination so now we just  going to have lunch along this route you can   see a very beautiful Lake over there I mean  the mountain views are very nice going to get  

A drone up in a sec let’s see what is for lunch  smells good nothing for you bro come on what is   this rice sticky rice how does it taste um  nice very very beautiful unique you can see  

Some corns inside they always oh they a lot a  lot of snacks too and they have eggs oh my God on Okay going to cramp when  the bike is coming [Music] up security guy security yeah [Music] careful after a long and  tiring hike we finally reached our   destination have a nice day walking like [Music]

This hey so I just took a shower uh it was a  very long hike actually like you know it was   like 18 km hike and there were a lot of very  steep hike up and I almost cramped and had  

To do some stretching like when I was about  to reach here our whole hike took about um 6   hours you know we’re actually thinking it will  take about four hours all in all I think it was  

Quite enjoyable hike a lot of beautiful mountain  views we had our lunch on the roadside and that   was really fun and this is our home stay at the  back so living with this family here in uh this  

Village called havenu is a very small village you  know you can see the village right now is about   5 p.m. maybe we will start having dinner about  600 and uh H Uncle told us that there will be  

Karaoke and there’s a lot of beer waiting for us  so going to be a fun night tomorrow we will hike   back down and the hike back down will take about  another 6 hours and another 18 km hike and this  

Will be through a different route this time H to  be honest is not really looking forward to that   you know it’s really tiring and I have a aching  right shoulder pain so I was joking that maybe  

Halfway through I’ll call a grab B with the  grab back it will only take about 15 minutes   so but I’m kidding or not let’s see tomorrow if  it is too difficult for me yeah I’ll just call a taxi course so

Happy the students are practicing for a Vietnamese  women’s day performance in your school [Music] tomorrow good morning guys so we woke up early  at 5: to catch the sunrise but we couldn’t find   a very good spot so we came back and took  a nap and now it’s about almost 8:00 and  

We’re going to have breakfast now and then hike  back down to the city of Bac Ha and the hike is   going to be about 18 km and similarly I think  it will also take about 6 hours so it’s going  

To be a very tiring hike you know going to  be very tiring and going to be pulling some   muscles back muscles leg muscles along the way  SOA have to do some stretching uh so now I’m  

Just going to go to the back of the house the  home state and then try to get some coffee and [Music] breakfast [Music] so we are on the way  back to Bac Ha Village and we just started the  

Hike back down and at the very beginning we are  already starting with a very very steep hike up a great start yeah nice view but no [Music] energy [Music] here we go deep deep valley here wo wo what I want to show you is right  here you see it say hello guys nope

Nope [Music] what I think it’s just machete  a machete I’m not very sure I think TI back up oh after for you guys yeah thank you for you  guys look at the looks like he’s going to Jos at us catching up I’m a bit behind I doing this on purpose The Village po there inside Village

Po so we entering a small village called  123 no 124 and think we’re going to have   lunch here most probably far yeah can see  built around the mountain lot of houses like this they’re actually very near here the Chinese  hello helloo yeah we’re coming to the new the place so

Tiring stuff chicken yeah  this is actually coffee with C inside I was so drunk I don’t  know what what what was the reason I think don’t want to waste for now I like my   GoPro it’s small it’s easy like  something what you have in your P just reach back at Bac ha tired but coming down was a lot easier so  going take a shower and just relax for now later   going to the bike mechanics to change the engine  oil and yeah top up the petrol and that’s it at Bac Ha all right

Nice finally after a lot of like  fall so after we had out coffee we   just called it a day at Bac Ha and went  to pump petrol so after which Renee and   our hotel manager dong actually went  and collect the bag that the student  

Found a few days ago we are so grateful  to dong for helping us in the [Music] trip

We went on a 2 day 1 night trek from Bac Ha to Ta Van Chu village, and sleep over there for a night at a home stay.

This trekking route is less well known than Sapa and less commercialized.

Our trekking guide can speak english well and we enjoyed our conversation with her. You can find her here – https://www.facebook.com/tuorguidebacha.pang?

Our Bac Ha hotel manager Tran Dong if you need accommodations – Tran Dong +84 96 965 80 80

We get ready to set off to Ha Giang from here.

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