Facebook boss and girlfriend have interesting experience in Sa Pa
For the first time in his life, the Facebook boss got to ride a buffalo and watch buffalo riding, cross a suspension bridge over a stream, and play blind man's bluff in the Sa Pa mountains.
On December 26, the Facebook boss, his girlfriend and entourage spent a whole day visiting the Tay, Red Dao and Mong villages in Thanh Phu, Thanh Kim and Ban Ho communes and the southern landscape of Sa Pa district (Lao Cai province), near the To Pas hotel, where the group stayed for 3 days during Christmas 2011.
Facebook boss and girlfriend and entourage walk to visit village
Thanh Kim, Thanh Phu, Ban Ho (Sa Pa) all day December 26, 2011
In the morning, after leaving To Pas tourist area (where the Facebook boss and his girlfriend stayed the first night when arriving at Sa Pa tourist area), the group visited the cultural and eco-tourism village of the Day ethnic group in Ta Van commune, visited the famous Silver Waterfall at the foot of O Quy Ho pass, 13 km northwest of Sa Pa town. Visiting Sa Pa ancient town, this special group of tourists also rode bicycles, sometimes walking on a 4 km long rural mountainous road from Thanh Kim commune to Thanh Phu commune.
Two planes were waiting for the Facebook boss and his team. |
The Facebook boss and his girlfriend seemed very excited when walking on the Sa Pa trail (tour guides from Duc Minh and To Pas Travel Company introduced the trail as voted by a famous British travel magazine as "one of the 10 most wonderful hiking trails in the world").
The young billionaire confided to those working at the To Pas tourist area that he enjoyed the experiences during his trip to Sa Pa because it is a remote mountainous area but still retains the unique features of the culture of ethnic minorities. The most memorable memory of the Facebook boss was the first time in his life he rode a buffalo and watched buffalo riding, crossed a suspension bridge over a stream, and played blind man's bluff, things he had previously only known through the press. In particular, the hospitality of the local people towards foreign tourists left a strong impression on this young billionaire.
According to Dr. Le Duc Luan, Chairman of the People's Committee of Sa Pa district, on the morning of December 27, the Facebook boss and his girlfriend left the To Pas tourist area after their second night there to go to Lao Cai city on two modern helicopters that had been waiting for several days to return to Hanoi.
At 10:45 a.m. on December 27, the Facebook boss and his girlfriend left Lao Cai city for Hanoi by small helicopter and a larger helicopter carrying their entourage flew along at 11 a.m.
According to the driver of Duc Minh travel company, the group was taken from To Pas hotel to Lao Cai city at 8:30, but due to the request to go slowly, the group only arrived at the plane's waiting location at 10:30 on the afternoon of December 25. Due to the strict protection of bodyguards and authorities, the reporters had a hard time taking a few pictures of the Facebook boss and his girlfriend before the plane took off to Hanoi from Lao Cai city./.
According to VOV online
