Have you ever heard about one-season highland? That is a place of
bright natural colors, plants and people. Moc Chau (Mộc Châu) is such a
place.
Moc Chau is view as an one-season highland. A spring day
of the highland has all features of seasons of the North. Therefore,
you can go there and spend your holiday anytime to compensate for your
hard-working time.
A Son La viewing
From
Hanoi, you can catch a bus at My Dinh (Mỹ Đình) station to Son La (Sơn
La). The 200 km-journey will lead you to its one-season green highland.
Spring in Moc Chau bring a pleasure of warm sunbeam spread over the
place and also the drizzling cold rains that sometimes make you cold a
bit. Moreover, the place's colors can also bring you a pleasant holiday
such as the green of highland mingling with the white of cloud and fog,
the yellow of the harvested fields, the beautiful colors of flowers and
the lively colors of ripe fruits, etc.
A view of Moc Chau
Where do you go to satisfy your vision here?
You
can go to many farms in Moc Chau to get closer to the normal everyday
life. You can be excited by many immense dairy farms with its green
fresh grass and numerous milk cows.
Milk cows in Moc Chau
Besides,
you can enjoy your holiday by visiting Moc Huong-Tay Thien (Mộc
Hương-Tây Thiên) cave, observing Dai Yem (Dải Yếm) fairy waterfall,
strolling in the plum garden in Phieng Canh (Phiêng Cảnh), visiting
very famous tea fields in To Mua (Tô Múa), or walking in the cool pine
hill, etc. Moc Chau is seen as a wonderful scenery attracting visitors
from all over Vietnam and foreigners.
What food represents Son La?
You
will be pleased with the food in Son La when you once try Moc Chau milk
cake together with Shan tea, Ta Xua (Tà Xùa) tea, Man (Mán) sweet
potato or fresh vegetables. You can be served with many strange kinds
of food of the ethnic minority groups here such as the bat meat of Thai
Chieng Khoi (Thái Chiềng Khoi) people, the moss of Thai people, Son La
also has a famous kind of apple called son tra (sơn tra) that is chosen
as present by all travelers.
Son La tea
If your money for the tour is limited, then you can have an interesting vacation in the highland with only VND500, 000.