Mount Fan Si Pan, 3142m height
Mount Fan Si Pan, 3142m height

Trip to Mount Fan Si Pan in northern Vietnam, Lao Cai province.

After 5 hours climbing the mountains we reach the height of 2400m,but there was a big forest fire 2 weeks ago so that we have established our base camp at 2100m height on the other side of the mountain.

Sapa, 1600m height on the foothill of Mount Fan Si Pan
Sapa, 1600m height on the foothill of Mount Fan Si Pan

After the trip to Mount Fan Si Pan, we stay in Sapa for one night. In the morning, I see a nice Sphingidae, Langia zenzeroides (Moore 1872).

Tam Dao, 950m height
Tam Dao, 950m height

In the next morning, we drove the whole day to another interessting place. Tam Dao 950m height about 50 km nordwest from Hanoi.

Cuc Phuong
Cuc Phuong

The last day's I visit my friend Tilo Nadler from the Endangered Primate Rescue Center and stay near Cuc Phuong about 120 km south of Hanoi

I want to thanks my friends Hoa Binh Nguyen (Thai Nguyen) and Tilo Nadler (Cuc Phuong) for his help to organize and support this trip.

Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White 1859)
Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White 1859)
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