(In your small hand book pg 14 under Adventurous Journey - Qualifying Venture)
Nature of venture: on foot and by bike
area: Sapa District, Lào Cai Province, SR Vietnam
date started: 4/12/06 completed:7/12/06
purpose: TO SURVEY AND UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES TO THE LIFESTYLES OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES OF NORTH-WEST VIETNAM and TO EXPLORE MEANS TO IMPROVE THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES
Main Idea
- We will be undertaking EXPLORATIONS in order to complete our adventurous journey section. Please check your award diary for the specification which you should be clear with.
- the whole focus for this section will be that of SURVEYING AND UNDERSTANDING THE CHALLENGES TO THE LIFESTYLES OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES OF NORTH-WEST VIETNAM and HELPING TO EXPLORE MEANS TO IMPROVE THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE LOCAL MINORITIES
Understanding the challenges to the lifestyles of the ethnic minorities of vietnam
- a study and research of the lifestyle of the GIAY, DAO and HMONG people will be made and the information found shall be integrated into our entry in the award diary under Adventurous Journey - Qualifying Venture on page 10.
Helping to explore means to improve the residential environment of the ethnic minorities
- record of how we donated medical supplies, books & stationery to the schools in Xéo Trung Hồ, Bản Hồ & Sử Pán shall be mentioned in the respective entry of the particular day.
Overview
Entry 1, day 1
- first part of our journey we started out on bike westwards from Sapa
- bike to Chu Va, Bình Lư and Bản Bồ and donated a soccerball to local school
- overnight in local homestay in Bình Lư
- returned to Sapa to prepare for trekkin to another area southeast of Sapa the next day.
Entry 2, day 2
- second part, we started trekking from Tà Văn, area of the Giay ppl (add in info that u have learned bout their lifestyle here)
- we entered Giang Tả Chài for lunch, Red Zao ppl, after a trek of 3 km and from 600m up a height of 1280m.
- along the way we met, interacted with Black Hmong ppl.
- Saw water-mill, grinder, how hemp is joined, dyeing with indigo, production and sale of embroidery handicraft
- we reached Xéo Trung Hồ, home of Red zao, at 1500m after another 15km of trek.
- overnight in Xéo Trung Hồ. (highlight the wilderness and isolation)
Entry 3, day 3
- woke up to observe the lifestyle of the Red Zao ppl(cookin rat).
- proceed to Xéo Trung Hồ sch to donate stuffs.
- went up from 1500m to 1800m for lunch where we donated medicine, house of Red Zao.
- went up to the peak, at 1800m.
- went downhill all the way to Ma Quáy Hồ to donate biscuits and crayons, at 1300m.
- from Ma Quáy Hồ to Bản Hồ is a descend of around 700m.
- total distance convered from Xéo Trung Hồ to Bản Hồ is 15 km.
- overnight in Bản Hồ in home of Tay minority.
Entry 4, day 4
- last day of adventurous journey. travelled from Bản Hồ to Sử Pán, an uphill climb of 600m and displacement of 5km.
- on the way, we observe top spin among local children, make references to modes and nature of leisure. Sold tops to us (price differentials and the effects of money economy on attitudes of the young)
- visited a sch and also gave away stationery and biscuits (highlight how we understood the lifestyle of the students there and make comparison with local kids.)
- on the way back from Sử Pán to Sapa where we started our trekkin, we went to Sử Pán sch to donate books.(highlight on our focus of the journey which is improving the environment of their education.)
Note
- these are juz brief overview for your understanding of the whole section. more detailed example of completed entry in continous form will be published soon.
- these are also guidelines for you when you do your entry so that you do not copy from the example
- please feel free to add in whatever i may forget and any ideas as to how we can further package this section of nyaa.
- and do contribute to the research of the minorities in vietnam.
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