"Beautifull Trecking Colorfull People" Ta Van by galy

Ta Van Travel Guide: 7 reviews and 12 photos

Black Humong girls at LaoChai

Trecking for Everyone

Trecking around Sapa, staying in a family house in TaVan, and visiting more minority villages and houses, was one of the highlights of our Vietnam tour. If you need a better map of the area, just drop aword and I'll be glad to send it to you

Red Dzaw lady

Pros and Cons

Pros:All this colorful people
Cons:up and down, and up agian, and down again...
In a nutshell:Don't be lazy, go for it

Last visit to Ta Van: Jan 2003
Intro Updated Jul 7, 2006
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Reviews (7)

TREKKING from SAPA Favorites (1)

TaVan is one of the villages where you can stay when you go trekking from Sapa. We were trecking with a local guide... more travel advice

LOCAL HANDCRAFTS Shopping (1)

Seems like every female you will meet from the age of 5 and up, will try to sell you hand crafted goods. (Why only... more travel advice

HIKING SHOES What to Pack (1)

Take the minimum. You don't need much. If you stay with locals, you don't need a sleeping bag. The best hiking shoes... more travel advice

HOME COOKING Restaurants (1)

We had a great dinner at the family house where we were staying. They prepared french fries for Dany who didn't eat... more travel advice

Things to Do (3)
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Comments (9)

XenoHumph Jul 1, 2004 at 12:59 PM Report Abuse

Wow! Some of these costumes really make me think of what I saw in Yunnan! Great page!
hooiluangoh Jun 14, 2004 at 4:06 PM Report Abuse

why only ladies ..... because they are more persuasive and can be ... .. very nice.
filipdebont Feb 3, 2004 at 8:15 AM Report Abuse

Fascinating page, great pictures of the locals, very colourful
A2002 Sep 21, 2003 at 7:43 AM Report Abuse

Excellent page with beautiful pictures... TaVan looks like a fascinating place...
chaistarr Sep 10, 2003 at 10:17 AM Report Abuse

great pages on a cultural minority of china....fascinating!
Maline Aug 28, 2003 at 11:44 AM Report Abuse

Great page and really colorful photos!!
xaver Aug 4, 2003 at 12:41 AM Report Abuse

seems you really had a great time! Thanks for sharing.
RVbuilder Jun 27, 2003 at 11:03 AM Report Abuse

Sounds like an inviting place and Galy did wet our appetite to go and see it.
dsantosh Jun 10, 2003 at 1:29 AM Report Abuse

Excellant presentation...superb narration..pages filled with exotic and beautiful pictures..Wealth of highly useful and relevant touristic information..Also full of nice tips..extremly useful to a traveller..Fantasic job