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Pha Din pass in Lai Chau is one of the most beautiful passes for all adventurous
travelers. From Ha Noi capital, if you take Highway 6, you will cross the
plateau before the next scenic Yen Chau, Thuan Chau (Son La province) and from Thuan Chau continued to
Tuan Giao is experiencing Pha Din pass, located at the
intersection between Son La and Lai Chau (old), now is
Dien Bien province. Pha
Din Pass in Thai is Pha Din – means Heaven and Earth.
Pha Din downhill, the drivers here are always cautious. Pha Din Pass is 32km in
length, located on Highway 6, a communal section of the cabin, Thuan Chau
district in Son La province and part of Radiant Love Commune, Tuan Giao
district, Dien Bien province. Guests usually classified Pha Din Pass into the
one of the “big four Pass” Northwest, next is
O Quy Ho Pass (Lai Chau – Lao Cai),
Ma Pi Leng Pass (Ha Giang), and
Khau Pha Pass (Yen Bai ).
From km no. 360 to km no.392 on Highway 6, is the junction between the east-west
direction between Son La and Dien Bien, located in Ta Phin system western
highlands. Experience a day on the pass, we stopped at two points and one point
on the pass. Pass with an elevation of 1,648 meters above sea level. Do not see
any villages, only deep blue sky and majestic mountains as blended as one. There
is a television relay tower of Vietnam TV.
Pha Din Pass carrying the legend of the competition horse martial of Northwest
people, have now been slashed altitude, running along the slopes gentle, while
the old mountain pass above remain high for people Popular adventure travel
conquer.
Highway 6 through the top of Pha Din is laid down, but still wanderous near by
interior walls, but the surface of road is very beautiful, and even go down the
Tuan Giao town, the fields and the villages more gnarled out more, a painting
peaceful and romantic out front. Pha Din The name derives from the
characteristics of mountain peaks bathed in midair immense earth, as a harmony
place of God – Land.
Attached to the summit with a legend: ancient, when people residing on both
sides of the dispute invincible mountains, devised a plan for a new division of
land is horse racing. Horse of Lai Chau and Son La and came from two behind the
distance. Horses ran to where land belonging to the tribal territory until met.
The result is a faster horse Laizhou run a little land should belong to a
slightly broader Lai Chau. Double Horse’s juncture is Pha Din Pass.
On the road passes, we may watch the interesting and impressive images. The
Highway 6 connecting the capital to remote uplands, but very close, dear.
Traveling on this road section, you’ll remember the beauty of the place sky –
land and air: Pha Din.
In the war against France, one of the important arterial routes to transport
ammunition and food for the Battle of Dien Bien Phu (1954) of us go through this
pass, made Pha Din Pass become a symbol of intrepid spirit with more than 8,000
youth volunteers “to death for the country for sacrifice”. In 1954, in order to
stop this line of our logistics, uninterrupted for 48 days and nights, French
Minister Christian de Castries gave bombers 6th Street, including Pha Din Pass
and Co Noi fork (national historic sites Family in Mai Son district, Son La
province) are two places that suffered the most amount of bombs falling. On top
of the pass Pha Din is still steles are marking this historic. |
