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Mai Chau is located in
Hoa Binh
province, approximately 135 km from Hanoi and 60 km from Hoa Binh. From the top
of Cun Mountain, one can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by a
green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group,
live in Mai Chau.
Stilt houses border both sides of the roads. The houses are quite large with
palm leaf roofs and polished bamboo-slat floors. The kitchen is located in the
center of the house; the cooking as well as the making of the colorful tho cam,
the material used by
Thai minority to make their clothes, takes place in the
kitchen. The windows are large and decorated with patterns. Each house also has
a pond to breed fish.
The Sunday market brings a lot of people into town. People from different
minorities living in the mountains come to Mai Chau market to sell their
specific products: honey, bananas, corn, and tho cam made by skilled Thai women.
The Sunday market is also an occasion to enjoy traditional Thai dishes and to
participate in traditional dances.
Mai Chau can be a base for some trekking tours to the villages around, this is
with home stay overnight on the traditional houses of the
H'Mong and the Thai.
Worth a guided trekking tour there.
Hoa Binh is a mountainous province located in the North. It is bordered by
Son
La in the West,
Phu Tho and
Ha Tay in the North,
Ha Nam and
Ninh Binh in the
East, and
Thanh Hoa in the South. The culture of Hoa Binh combines six
minorities with their own languages, traditional literature, and festivals.
Tourists especially enjoy the minority specialty dishes including rice cooked in
bamboo and grilled meat. They also enjoy watching traditional dancing, music
performances (bronze, drums, gongs), and Thai minority singing and dancing. The
remote minority villages are attractive sites for tourists
Also See:
Hotels in Mai Chau
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