Lac village belongs to Chieng Chau commune,
Mai Chau district, Hoa Binh province. It is a picturesque valley, 135 kilometers from Hanoi. According to the village elder, 85 years old, Lac village was formed the Tran Dynasty - 13th century, living mainly by rice growing and weaving. In the community of Vietnam, Thai ethnic population ranks 3rd, standing behind Tay ethnic and Kinh ethnic(Vietnamese). Women those who have husband, hair done high up in a knot. When husband dies, hair done lower down the nape in a knot. No husband, release hair.
The stilts house of Thai people is always tall, airy and clean. Despite of going through winding Cun slope and craggy Thung Nhuoi Pass, thanks to close Highway 6 so Lac village has been the exciting destination of foreign visitors. Now, the village is bustling all year round.
Without any advertising, just "talk to talk", many visitors are outnumber homeowner. There needs to be provided. The whole village made house more beautiful, each of the accommodation arranged for neat, equipped many pillows, cups, plates, glasses, mats, mosquito nets, etc.
Lac village has asphalted road to each house, scenery roadside.The village has 116 households, 31 households of homestay tourism. Tourists live with homeowner at upstairs, the ground floor is where displays and sells brocade products and also kitchen. There are more than 40 houses which is not homestay for tourists but that are weaving workshops. Women weave, men make bow, crossbow, rattle, wooden heterodyne and so on for tourists. There is no concept of homeowner - visitor, instead is sincere feelings of the villagers.
Homestay in Lac village is unlike any place, it is rustic, rural but professional. And, it has reasonable price. Just over 100.000 VND($5), you will have accommodation with warm blankets on the floor and eat with homeowner.
You have to book in advance, if you want to eat because homeowner does not have food storage cabinet.
Mai Chau has grilled fish in stream, grilled meat, boiled wild vegetable and so on. That is more delicious than big party.
Drink a cup of wine is " Sky swooping down to ground to play" homeowner - customer become closer. Wine drunk out of jar through pipes of Hoa Binh is sweet, "passionate", "sexy" but not bitter, easy to drink. The pipes to drink made from a special kind of bamboo, it is very tiny, not connected with plastic pipe which are often seen.
Tourism is a major source of revenue which brings prosperity for the village. Many household bought car but have to send to other place. Lac village created an interesting kind of toursim in family style, which is very scientific. Homeowner is also waiter, chef and actor. Men and women in the village are both ospitality, good cooking, singing, dancing and beautiful as actors, actresses. After dinner, as a miracle, the waiters turn into professional dancers. In addition to Vietnamese and Thai - similar to Thai and Laotian, many villagers can say English, French, Chinese.
Lac village is exemplary resort of the unique culture and ecology with impressed 5 "no": No begging, no hawkers, no drinking, no karaoke, no theft. The moon "overflows" through window in midnight, wake up and go around the village. Fog covers the whole village, the door remains the same as during the day. There is no door to close. It is interesting!!!.
Lac village does not have any place for greed, jealousy. A few years ago, there were few lowland Vietnamese people buy land to build a house but failed in the homestay.
Mai Chau market sells many a variety of healing foods such as: black turmeric and honey cure stomach pain, wild pineapple and banana seed cure kidney stones and wild orange, corn and so on. On the occasion of festival or Tet of Thai people, you have to place a reservation several months. The Thai princess stopped here to buy souvenirs. Jean Lapierre - a French visitor wrote on blog:" Lac village has many unique items, reasonable price, friendly seller. The whole village is sincerity and hospitality. " Who says Vietnamese people do not know do professional tour?
Traveling to Lac village, Vietnamese people can be proud of kind of tourism - homestay. Just one thing, it is chinese products which are blending in stores.
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