Dig blooming forest on the spring road in Lao Cai

1. Choose to travel on Tet or tour?
Depending on your conditions, it is possible to choose a suitable journey for you. If you choose to travel on tour, there is no need to worry about what to eat, where to stay, where to play. However, you need to choose the right travel agency. If traveling on their own, attention should be paid to the following factors:
+ Travel: New Year is also the time when many families travel in the spring, the selling condition is very frequent, so you need to pay attention to book early. To come to Lao Cai you can book tickets of many automakers such as: Ha Son - Hai Van, Sao Viet, Hung Thanh. Or refer to the list of vehicles from provinces to Lao Cai here: http://dulichlaocai.vn/2502/TinChiTiet/0182018-Thong-tin-xe-khach-lien-tinh-Lao-Cai-2018.pvd.
+ Eating and drinking: At the beginning of the year, food and drink services are available but not as much as usual. So please bring some food needed to ensure the health of all members.
+ Vacation: If you intend to travel Tet, you must book a hotel / vacation early, before Tet, when you arrive to ensure a safe resting place.
2. Attractions when traveling to Lao Cai during Tet.
Tet is a time of blooming flowers, a joyful and exciting atmosphere and especially at this time there are many festivals that are very exciting. You can refer to the location here: insert the article link Suggest the destination during the Lunar New Year when traveling to Lao Cai.
Lao Cai also has many traditional festivals of ethnic groups. Each festival has its own color and network with the culture of each ethnic group. If you want to explore and experience these unique cultures you can refer to the festival calendar here. Insert the link of the article Introducing the traditional festivals of Lao Cai province during Tet.
Tourist destinations that are familiar and especially the place where the festival takes place often attract tourists everywhere, at this time, the price of services will surely be higher than the usual. So, be wise to choose beautiful, quite peaceful places to fully enjoy the aftertaste of Tet coming spring.

3. Spring outfit
About luggage, should bring enough use and pay special attention to bring warm clothes because the weather early in Lao Cai is still cold. Limit carrying precious jewelry or too bulky luggage. Do not forget some basic medicines such as pain relievers, headaches, abdominal pain and gauze bandages ... If you come to the temple, you should not wear too short skirts, thin or revealing clothes. Because it will lose the sacred, solemn temple.
4. Notes when entering the village of ethnic minorities on Tet holiday
Lao Cai is home to more than 25 ethnic groups such as Kinh, Mong, Dao, Tay, Nung and Phu La ... each ethnic group has its own unique culture creating a multi-cultural space. color. Each ethnic group has different customs, so you should pay special attention to the special taboos of each family and village.
The first day of the new year is extremely important for families of most ethnic groups in Lao Cai, especially the first to come to the house, they conceive to bring good luck for the whole year. Therefore, they choose the home breaker who must be a moral, prestigious and blessed person. Therefore, you are strangers though very eager to explore, you should not go to people's homes on the first day of the New Year. Unless you have an invitation from the landlord, please come home on New Year's Day.
You should also pay special attention to the special signs from the village gate. To the Ha Nhi people 's village, seeing a gate temporarily built on a knife, wooden sword, and chicken wing, you should not visit the village because at that time they were holding a ceremony to drive away evil spirits. For Tay, Giay and Dao villages, if there are green leaf bunches and foxes, they should not go to the village. It is a signal to ban strangers into the village.
When you come to the Mong house, you absolutely must not whistle, because they think that whistling is calling the devil back, this is a taboo when coming to the New Year of the Mong ethnic people. When you come to your house on Tet holiday, you should not ask anyone of your family. Meet the children in the village, do not rub your head, kiss the baby's head because it is supposed to frighten the soul of the child and leave and be easily sick.
Lao Cai has many ethnic groups, each ethnic group will have taboos on different Tet holidays. These are just some of the most typical taboos. If you want to make no mistake, you should ask your landlord before you want to do something.
I wish you and your family a happy new year and a good trip with a spring trip in Lao Cai.
Phan Phuong