{"id":7062,"date":"2017-11-15T14:41:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T13:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2025-12-14T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T07:28:49","slug":"pom-coong-canh-nang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/pom-coong-canh-nang\/","title":{"rendered":"From Pom Coong to C\u00e0nh N\u00e0ng"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not too long before I have my flight home. It was about time to start moving again. Wanted to explore the P\u00f9 Lu\u00f4ng Nature Reserve and do the Lao Loop. Waited for blue sky for a few days with no luck, so one morning I packed everything and drove towards C\u00e0nh N\u00e0ng.
The new road – a bit higher above the old QL15 is almost finished. It follows the river in the M\u00e3 River Valley. There are lots of chopstick factories next to the river. I took some pictures for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Getting <\/picture>
Getting more supplies with his trusted truck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Can <\/picture>
Can you hear the noise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bamboo <\/picture>
Bamboo chopsticks production<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bamboo <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bamboo <\/picture>
Most of the factories are very small. Some have a dedicated workspace, and others have the tools underneath their house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bamboo <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Chopsticks\" <\/picture>
The finished product – ready for shipping. Strange that they do not pack in squares – they could get way more into the trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"US <\/picture>
US truck in front of an old IFA truck from East Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bamboo <\/picture><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The <\/picture>
The old road – not too much fun when it is wet. They constructed the last few kilometers, so I had to drive on the old road again. Very happy that it was dry the last few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Working <\/picture>
Working Woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Traditional <\/picture>
Traditional house, which is too expensive to build now. A lot of the new ones are concrete, like the one on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hard <\/picture>
Hard work, but they are still happy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Hello <\/picture>
Hello Hello<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The <\/picture>
The old truck is still in use<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u00e0nh N\u00e0ng<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Got to C\u00e0nh N\u00e0ng around noon. Found a guest house and dropped the bag. Drove up the QL15C towards the P\u00f9 Lu\u00f4ng Nature Reserve, but it was too misty up there, so I gave up after one hour and decided to try again at the next trip in spring 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Different <\/picture>
A different way to build a road to the village<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I <\/picture>
I had to turn back here – my road tires did not like the mud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rice <\/picture>
Rice – in the valley and along the mountains as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Peace <\/picture>
Peace full but to misty to explore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"I <\/picture>
I hope I have more luck with the sky next winter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Imagine <\/picture>
Imagine this with a blue sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nice <\/picture>
Nice construction to get the water into the rice fields<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Not <\/picture>
Not sure if he ever wanted to go to the Olympics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Food <\/picture>
Food place in C\u00e0nh N\u00e0ng. They have a food shop in front of the place. So I did my thing again with the phone and the “No Meat – No Animal” and they gestured me to the balcony in the back. Beer is never a problem, and when the sun went down, they started to cook. I love these small places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bamboo <\/picture>
Bamboo construction on a big pond<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"You <\/picture>
You sip your beer and watch the locals fish under your feet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Later <\/picture>
Later, the owner cooked my Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Enough <\/picture>
Enough for tonight – and it was good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The <\/picture>
The next day, before my trip to Ninh Binh. Some people complain about my big bag. Here is a picture of the bag – if you compare it with the helmet, it is not so big. Mind you, I have cold and hot weather gear inside. It does look big because of the orange bag I use to protect the brown one from water and dirt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not too long before I have my flight home. It was about time to start moving again. Wanted to explore the P\u00f9 Lu\u00f4ng Nature Reserve and do the Lao Loop. Waited for blue sky for a few days with no luck, so one morning I packed everything and drove towards C\u00e0nh N\u00e0ng. The new road…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":7031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[657,142,44,548,538],"tags":[86,658,371,549,541],"class_list":["post-7062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canh-nang","category-asia-travel","category-food","category-pom-coong","category-vietnam","tag-asia","tag-canh-nang","tag-food","tag-pom-coong","tag-vietnam"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/001.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/001.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14374,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions\/14374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}