Come to 'Golden Stream' to experience sleeping in the wind and clouds

In the middle of the sky, the top of Son Bac May at an altitude of 1500m, "Suoi has gold" - Mong Sin Suoi Ho village is known as a slow living place hidden in the clouds.

In the middle of the sky, the top of Son Bac May at an altitude of 1500m, "Suoi has gold" - Mong Sin Suoi Ho village is known as a slow living place hidden in the clouds.

The girls dressed in flared Hmong dresses cheered happily along with the dance.

Bustling rural market held every Saturday weekend.

The rustic, sincere smile of the mountainous region attracts many tourists who come by.

Sin Suoi Ho (Golden Stream) community tourism village in Sin Suoi Ho commune, Phong Tho district - Lai Chau is only about 30 km from Lai Chau city center. The climate here is fresh, cool and peaceful all year round; The people are industrious, simple, and sincere.

From the center of Lai Chau city, follow road 4D to Then Sin, turn left at the Tam Duong intersection, the road gradually narrows through endless flower fields, stretching to the foot of the mountain.

Just like that, the car took us around along winding passes that gradually climbed higher; Sometimes across a gurgling stream, sometimes next to a steep cliff, or next to a deep terraced field leading up to the sky.

Sin Suoi Ho village is hidden in the clouds on the top of Son Bac May at an altitude of 1500m.

At Tam Duong intersection, there is a small path to Sin Suoi Ho, on both sides of the road are fragrant flower fields.

The mountain pass zigzags up gradually with terraced fields filled with lush green rice fields.

The town center is the Commune People's Committee, school, and bustling market. Sin Suoi Ho Ethnic Semi-Boarding Secondary School is spacious and clean, where children can spell and draw letters.

After long curves and steep slopes, the road to the village disappears behind the cloudy gate.

The last leg must pass through several "heaven gates"; Suddenly, after a bend in a high mountain hidden by fog, people lined up on both sides of the slope with trays of fragrant cardamom juice, happily welcoming lowland guests to visit the village.

People warmly came to the gate to welcome visitors from far away.

Cardamom juice mixed with fragrant wild honey, served in cups cut from bamboo tubes.

Follow Vang Village Chief A Chinh for a walk around; clean, flat concrete road; Sometimes winding up the slope, sometimes gently winding down the hill. Particularly impressed not only by the charming landscape but also by the cleanliness and purity of this place.

Along the road, there was not a single piece of trash, foam bag or any small piece of organic waste. Even the fallen leaves seem to be gently blown by the wind, nestled along the roadside.

We were extremely impressed by the cleanliness and neatness of this place.

The village is neat and tidy, filled with Cymbidium orchids, contributing significantly to increasing income for the people.

Tourists walk around the village, feeling familiar and like coming home.

From one surprise to another, in the entire village community, not a single person drank alcohol or smoked. It's amazing that just recently, a miraculous revival has wiped out "Ban Addiction", Pastor Nhat A Xa confided: "At that time, more than ten years ago, Sin Suoi Ho was still in the black list of victims. Smoking opium and growing poppies. Poverty pervades the village, opium smoke clouds the fields.

We set up camps deep in the forest, then packed up groups of 15-20 people and were sent to live separate from the outside world, determined to quit drug addiction. Just like that, wave after wave, the whole village community was determined to stop the addiction, return to their addiction, and revive the village," the pastor recounted.

Fair with agricultural products from the garden or harvested from the fields.

Fair with agricultural products from the garden or harvested from the fields.

Flattering dresses mingle with market visitors.

With support from the state and implementation of the new rural construction program, people work together to rebuild the village to become more and more prosperous and prosperous. Cymbidium and cardamom gardens, beautiful small homestays are gradually forming, welcoming guests from far away.

Surely visitors from the lowlands must experience sleeping in the clouds at this high mountain of the Golden Stream at least once, to enjoy how wonderful "slow living" is.

As soon as dawn broke, we saw the village boys running, pounding sticky rice to make "thud thud" banh giay.

The cake is filled with the scent of new sticky rice, packed with love from far away guests.

The way back is the same single road across the mountainside, captivating and holding the traveler's feet.

At some point, I was so fed up with a Sapa filled with concrete, suffocated with great projects and buildings; Children crowd around selling souvenirs and asking for money every time tourists take pictures. On the other side of the Hoang Lien range, a hidden place in the clouds halfway up Son Bac May peak, a rustic village with kind people is welcoming you. .

Lai Chau 1330 view

Update day : 03/11/2023