Hoang Lien Son mountain pass majestic

Hoang Lien Son mountain pass is a pass in the same street a long, arduous and most spectacular in the mountains of northern Vietnam. Located on Highway 4D cross-section of Hoang Lien Son range, the pass connecting the two provinces of Lao Cai and Lai Chau to Pass at an altitude of 2,073 meters above sea level is also the boundary between the two provinces.

To pass, rushing wind blowing, the clouds spell weapons bay. Pass area where ice or snow always appear first if the winter there is the phenomenon of Hoang Lien mountain range. The ice magic has always attracted visitors, although the distance to pass more than ten kilometers from the tourist town of Sa Pa to reverse steep, icy cold hands and feet, breathing the dunes as white as clouds of steam. However, these images of ice plants such as coral terrestrial clouds Pass where it always creates the impression for visitors. About photography enthusiasts and divers swim to the top of the pass, although can be found at the toes, fingers because of the bitter cold of high mountains where deep forests Hoang Lien. At a regional position on the Pass, on sunny days, can see Fansipan peak sun needs with the back, behind the sharp mountains raised work. Also at the top of this mountain pass, a new sense the grandeur of the Hoang Lien mountain range, by the perspective as a cross-sectional slices of alternating layers of mountains, like racing to rise astronomically. Below are the deep chasms, with carpet forest contains many mysteries yet to be discovered. This is also where former meteorological station remote planet, few passers-by were writers Nguyen Thanh Long taken as the prototype of his famous short story "Quietly SaPa".

The height of the Hoang Lien Son mountain climate makes the two halves of passes are distributed at the Gate of heaven to become different. Sometimes in winter, inside the sun still warm Tam Duong is the SaPa is the cold wind cut of meat cut, the day covered by fog, visibility less than 2m and mountains steeped in heavy fog . In summer, if the pass Sa Pa fresh cool weather, then the pass Tam Road, hanh winds burned ground, dried out and file stream as the heat scorched the grass.

According to the transport sector - transport, Hoang Lien Son mountain pass is also winding road on Highway 4D, in which two-thirds of the distance belonging to Tam Duong district, Lai Chau; one of three remaining in the SaPa, Lao Cai. Documents confirm that this is the record holder passes on the height and the length of Vietnam, with a length of nearly 50 km, longer than the Pha Din Pass (32km mountain pass road, on the border provinces of Son La and Dien Bien) or Khau Pha Pass (mountain pass near the 40km road, Yen Bai province). Height, the length of the dangerous and O Quy Ho Pass which was named unorthodox as the "First Pass" and called mainstream is "providing the highest motorway in Vietnam."

Many years ago, O Quy Ho Pass is also full of dangerous roads, lumpy stones, gutters, forests, wildlife ... contain uncertainty makes few dare cross. Long road back in her mouth stories make people shudder went through, including stories about the tiger god catch passersby. But more than ten years, the road was repaired, paved, flat corners to reduce the sleeve, to facilitate a lot for travelers over the pass, with economic growth - in today's society Lao Cai and Lai Chau, as well as the growth of tourism in Sa Pa, Hoang Lien Son mountain pass into a supply line nuom nuop vehicle travel. The Lai Chau to Hanoi to always choose this route. However, with the inherent dangerous, a suction side of the abyss and the rest hun steep cliffs, the pass has always been a challenge for drivers. The dangerous plaque is erected everywhere to warn tragic accident. From Lao Cai to restore this area more attractive Pass visitors a chance to visit Sa Pa, because many people visit the Silver Falls is always trying to Pass spectacular scenery, pristine mountains Hoang Lien forest has been named "Sapa ASEAN Heritage Park." Just Pass the middle, watching the clouds roll ngun untouched from the deep slot rises towering peaks, everyone is feeling overwhelmed and can not impressed faded before imposing nature.

Hoang Lien Son mountain pass has many legends, it is the love story of a faithful son of a railway property couple, female identity, but not the charming husband and wife, they transform into two birds snuggle together where the sacred forest . Also in the folk legend that the Pass is where the water never runs out, the turtle god's whereabouts, so this new area called the O Quy Ho.

Very innocent, photography or run off the motorcycle, the car went through the pass over to stop Pass sightseeing, photography and eating little stomach lining. Here are a few small shops stick plugged wind inspired ù ù sketchy and sometimes lost in the clouds spill flooded. The main dish is fragrant with fried nuts, meat skewers, grilled egg or sesame salt dot com lam. Broth hands the fire red, friendly smile by the seller as well as those who met the same street where most of this nation dissolves the cold. Outside, the wind suddenly a cloud Xua pass through the mountains, tiny winding roads hidden under the headline away.