I started searching for
information about this
pristine mountain. To
make it clearer, we came
to the site and asked locals
living around there. On
dirt roads, we tramped to
the villages of the ethnic
Dao people in Den Sang
with the small houses
of Ha Nhi and ones in
Chung Chai, Pha n Can
Su and Phin Ho before
meeting H’Mong residents
in Ngai Cho village, Y
Ty commune. We are
familiar with friendly
H’Mong people, who are
good at trekking, and the
wonderful beauty of Y Ty.
However, the journey to
Lao Than is memorable in
a new way.
From Ha Noi, we traveled
to Sapa by coach. Sapa
greeted us with her
tranquil and picturesque
beauty of vaporous dew
and sluggish clouds above
the lake. Right after leaving
O Quy Ho and following
the route connecting Xeo
village, Ta Giang Ping,
Muong Hum and Den
Sang, we had the chance
to immerse ourselves in
the clouds. We met our
two funny guides - A Ho
and Lu in the center of Y
Ty and started preparing
luggage with rice,
vegetable, chicken, pork
and thousands of other
things for the long days of
trekking.
We approached the
mountain foot from an
old airport of the French
colonial period in Phin
Ho. We went through
unwinding hills of
imperata cylindrical grass.
Some natural trails are so
flat as if they are covered
by large white stone. A
strange layer of white dust
covers some paths. Ho
shared that in the rainy
season, villagers often
graze cattle in this area,
making it an immense
grassland.
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