Di choi in Tan Lap

Hi, do you remember Tan Lap commune in Ba Thuoc district? It's so beautiful with large green grass areas where big buffaloes are grazing and country children are playing with eacher? The commune was very peacefully beautiful when I worked there.

I still remember whenever we wanted to go to

Tan Lap from Canh Nang, we had to pass a floating bamboo bridge over Ma river because the two locations is separated by that river. Do you know Ma river, which is very famous? Ma river in the poem "Tay Tien". You know it?

Now there is already a concrete and cement bridge named La Han over the river, so people there do not need a floating bamboo bridge. However, that kind of bridge does not remain in my mind but also in many people who used to live and work there.

Di choi to Co Lung commune, Ba Thuoc district

After working days in ILMC office, we totally had free time during our weekends. You see that's good time for us to discover the mountainous and ethnic minority areas.

With the enthusiastic support of our local friend Dung, we had chance to have another visit to a very poor but extremely picturesque commune named Co Lung. We had to pass Ban Cong commune to reach Co Lung commune. It was really poor but people was so friendly.

We visited the house of one Agriculture Extension worker named anh Tinh and we were invited to have lunch there. Duong was invited to try on the traditional dress of Thai minority.

And as usual when we visit the house of ethnic minority in Ba Thuoc, we would be invited to enjoy pipe wine (ruou can), that we could never forget.

Thanks anh Dung and anh Tinh for your warm hospitality!

Wish you all the best !