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SUMMARY:Living Heritage. Village cycle tour – meet the áo dài tailor\, rice miller and rice wine maker
DESCRIPTION:THE IDEA\nAfter such a successful village tour in August we repeating this as autumn arrives and the light will be lovely adding extra atmosphere. Our friend Tofu tour Ngọc\, has created a lovely afternoon filled with number of fun and engaging activities in her village\, Xuân Canh village\, Đông Anh. Meet a variety of artisans – her village neighbours – as part of a new FVH section called ‘Living Heritage’. The whole experience will take the afternoon so please allow about 4 hours. \nAfter a short afternoon ferry crossing across the Đuống river to Đông Anh on the other side we share taxis to her village where we collect our cycles – our main mode of transport around the village and rice fields. \nThe idea for this event grew out of the tofu tours to give more time in the village and meet some of the locals in their homes\, which serve as their place of work/local employment. The focus: the autumn landscape\, cycling\, meeting local families and seeing how village life changes with the seasons. \nThe duration for each meeting depends on us and the people we meet and what they are doing at the time so we ask for full flexibility and patience and to go with the flow. \nThe rice plants are beginning to flower\, some fields are gradually turning a soft golden colour. With the cooler autumn weather\, it makes for a lovely atmospheric afternoon cycling through her village and rice fields. \nTHE PLAN\nMeet the áo dài tailor. Listen to her family’s story including how her father learnt the tailoring profession as a young boy in the 1950s\, how she started helping her parents in the 1970s\, and how she continues the family craft today. The meeting includes learning how measurements are taken for a custom-made áo dài\, you can try a few stitches by hand and  compare hand-finished and machine-finished work\, and get the idea of how an áo dài is made from start to finish.  (NB if you wish you may also bring an áo dài for alterations or order a new one made – an optional extra personal cost – or take the tailor’s details and come back another day). \nMeet the rice miller. Every season tells a different story and one rarely stops to think about what the processes are before the rice reaches our table – depending on the season and what’s going in in the fields we can see discover more about the rice growing industry. Local rice farmers often bring their rice to the local guy in the village who has a milling machine\, which he hires out to mill and sift the rice. We have a chance to see how the machine works (NB the room will be dusty with a dry smell of rice so you may want to wear a mask for this part). \nMeet the rice wine making family.  Let’s see how ‘happy water’ is made by one of the local home wine making families. And a chance to sample some wine. As this is a seasonal trade and as the weather cools the family will be preparing their batches of rice wine. So its totally random and down to luck but there may be a chance to take part in one simple stage of the brewing process with the family. \nSome light food and drink. We end still out in the village to enjoy some fresh sugar cane juice and bánh cuốn \nNOTE:\nNumbers – 10 to max 12 people\nDuration – 3.5 to 4 hours  taking the 1pm ferry \nPrice pp – VND 400\,000 (free for children under 10 years old). Includes – 1 way short ferry ride departing 1pm; donations to the áo dài tailor\, the rice miller and wine making family\,; bike hire and some bánh cuốn and sugar cane juice before you make your own way back to Hanoi. Excludes personal expenses such as tailoring costs\, if you want to buy products from any of the artisans\, shared taxi ride from getting off the ferry to the village and your return to Hanoi (which will probably be a taxi or grab from the village). \nWhen RSVPing please state if you already have a cycle and plan to bring it\, and if you are vegetarian or have any food allergies. If you want to bring a child please note the bikes are adult size of various different types and not suitable for youngsters. So for small children they will need their own bike and helmet in order to take part. \nPlease RSVP – to  Ngoc at bamboolife2@gmail.com \nThe welcome email will be sent a few days before with exact meeting point. NB  this event could be subject to the weather so we ask for your flexibility and patience depending on what the weather decides to do \nThe cycling is not hard – its around well paved village alleys – its just a lovely afternoon of gentle cycling \nDisclaimer.  Please note that each person is responsible for their own safety and the safety of others we may meet along way while cycling. FVH does not take responsibility for any cycling problems. Each person is fully responsible for their own safety\, health\, and gear. For those with children FVH requires you to take full responsibility for your child at all times. 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