Northern mountainous village gets a blooming whitewash
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Loading... - Sofia Chew
- 21 Mar 2022
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Every March, a village in the northern mountainous province of Son La dons a picturesque garb of white blooms, courtesy of docynia indica (son tra, Assam apple) trees.
At this time of the year, in Nam Nghiep Village, Muong La District, thousands of son tra trees planted by local villagers bloom in profusion on mountainous terrain, creating an arresting, charming sight.
Locals often harvest the apple-like fruit, tao meo, produced by the tree to make ruou tao meo, a popular wine in the northwest mountainous region.
Located at an altitude of over 2,000m above sea level, the village is covered in fog all year round, a favorable natural condition for growing the fruit.
Due to dangerous roads and windy paths, tourists are better off hiring experienced xe om (motorbike taxi) drivers to Nam Nghiep Village for VND300,000 ($13.12) per person a round trip from downtown area.
