Bill Baileys Vietnam - Season 1 Episode 05- SA Pa
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00:00in my circuitous route to enlightenment I find myself this time in herbal hot
00:09water in a stranger's house in Vietnam in a barrel
00:16when I take a bit of tap on it just draw off a pint of Bill Bailey's bath flog it five pound a pint yeah
00:30that's Bill Bailey's bath water this time I'm in the mountains of Sapa
00:39Vietnam of course it's a place of tea plantations traffic temples but then it's something else
00:53entirely come with me on an unusual unfiltered I'm soaked look at me trousers unforgettable
01:05adventure my mind's off on a whole bunch of other tangents I'm thinking about a sandwich I had in
01:141982 as this nation commemorates 50 years since the end of the war so it's safe right I'll explore this
01:21fertile land ask the big questions am I in the right place embrace new experiences even my own
01:29future problem you are smart and tested is there any you know good news navigate tight spaces
01:37I'm not entirely sure I'm gonna get out make some new friends separated at birth this is a voyage of
01:45discovery of strange encounters this is your whole life in a plant and kindred spirits
01:50an enchanted stroll through one of the most fascinating places on earth welcome to Bill
01:57Bailey's Vietnam adventure
01:59Sapa the rooftop of Vietnam this little town is perched high up in the Huang Lian mountains
02:23the south eastern tip of the Himalayas just a stone's throw from the Chinese border
02:28it's in beautiful surroundings rice terraces wrapped around steep hills clouds languidly drifting through
02:38the valley it's a lovely spot where time seems to slow and the roads are decidedly rural
02:46but Sapa it's not just about the views here is home to a patchwork of local cultures each with their
02:54own language dress and traditions so over the next few days I'll be trekking in these hills staying in
03:01home stays tasting the local food trying to get a sense of what life is really like here in this remote
03:08stunning quarter of Vietnam while trying to avoid the potholes
03:15if I was to say to you that I was lured to Vietnam's idyllic north with the promise of the best bath a
03:26person can have would you believe me you would all right great hello hi I am Bill
03:32nice to miss you I'm Mei Chan Mei Chan is of the Red Tsao hill tribe they originated from China coming here from
03:42the 13th century and what's quite amazing given the turbulent history and rapid development of Vietnam is that hill tribes still exist at all
03:50so I went to see a priest in Hanoi and he said I need to take care of myself better I see so I'm interested in the fact that you collect herbs and plants for medicine and for remedies
04:08yeah we use a plant around our village for our health problem I show you the room yes I can put the bag in the room
04:17okay come in please may has generously opened her house to me as a homestay for the next few days I will live as they do in the mountains no
04:27fancy room service or air con for me and I'm happy as a lark may and her mother-in-law are taking me foraging
04:36for herbs bath herbs to be exact 1500 meters above sea level so now we are going to the forest to pick
04:45some plants and then we come back and I show you how it's won't be the herbal bath for you to heal a
04:50little bit your body get better no flu no curse anymore all right so you wear this one like like us like a
04:57backpack yes local backpack yes oh there we go it's okay for you I think so okay okay now we go this
05:07way okay the operative word when talking about hill tribes is hill everything is a climb it's not quite
05:15mountain goat territory but for a flat-footed Englishman like me every step is fraught
05:21oh you okay hold on what's going on some challenge okay okay it's a bit slippery yeah
05:36I nearly went yeah we need to save me thanks I thought I'd bought the right shoes but clearly not
05:45okay okay I'm normally very sure-footed I'm actually a Capricorn you know I'm a goat that's my star sign
05:55the goat is normally very short-footed but I don't know what happened there I slipped in a quite
06:03alarming and undignified way how far is it to the forest we need to walk maybe three kilometer more
06:12okay okay okay all right okay I'm up for it let's go be careful three kilometers I've never worked so
06:24hard for a bath in my life but may assures me it's well worth the effort so lead on I say your mother-in-law
06:31spotted something that we might come out yes she sees some plant here that's we can collect for the bath
06:38right we call reds our hobo bath because only our people we have the knowledge about the plant and we have
06:45been using this one for many many generations you know what was the use for is it for health reasons the
06:55hobo bath is special for healing our body for relaxing our muscle relaxing our skin relaxing our mind so we
07:03learn from mother the knowledge path from the mother to daughter she know like around more than 200
07:08different plants and she knows the recipe to combine the plant together but to me I know only even not
07:14not even 100 so we need to learn a lot from the old generation all right so what's what is this is
07:21uh having a snack in the forest yes all right what is that shoot of something you can eat the young
07:31one like this we can cook or we can eat like this yeah so when we go to forest we hungry or something
07:36we know what we can eat so just call it tastes like ginger it's nice quite a little bit sweet lovely yeah
07:46okay great here we are high in the remote mountains of North Vietnam plucking leaves from the forest
07:53prepping for a bath this could be the best day ever you try slowly perfect travel is a funny thing we can
08:03go to extraordinary places and take a million selfies but the simple wonder of eating a fresh ginger root in
08:08the forest stay with me for a long time as will be aftertaste you have this life here you're in the
08:20mountains and growing in food and being in this beautiful spot you know some people might envy you
08:27you know some people might think this is a lovely life this is a lovely way to live yeah but it's it's hard
08:34though it's hard work yes yes I think the people living around here we have good health and we work
08:41a lot people are more happy than compared to a lot of people who live in the city maybe when you work
08:47with the computer or something in the city and for the company you always share food you need to
08:52find a solution for a lot of things yeah we have no money but we are more happy I think I think may
09:01voices something that in Western society we often aspire to but struggle to achieve the idea of being
09:07surrounded by simple stuff like mountains and fresh air creating a kind of contentment a yearning that
09:15material wealth can't fulfill I'm just taking a moment to take in this view actually yeah it's just quite
09:24beautiful
09:39look I know what you're thinking what herbs and leaves were collected bill what makes the perfect bath bomb
09:49may wouldn't reveal her secrets so neither will I whoops sorry so I'm quite excited about this a couple
10:06of new experiences for me which I'm always up for first time having a bath in a barrel and also just first
10:15time in a barrel and I've got to say I've never got into a bath made from herbs that I've just collected
10:23in a forest that is another there's three firsts brilliant a trifecta of new experiences but for now
10:33if you'd like to give me a modicum of privacy and I will immerse myself in holistic herbs
10:40those of you of a sensitive disposition might wish to look away now
10:52so this barrel aged bill bailey this is how you make a single malt bill bailey put one in a barrel
11:06leave him there for 12 years absolutely vintage and it is actually lovely it's very lovely I gotta say
11:18I'm not entirely sure I'm going to get out but that's not my concern at the moment I've got to
11:27be here for 20 minutes I could be just carried in a barrel everywhere oh that would be so great yeah
11:33bill bailey's coming but he insists on being carted in a barrel I see and I just hold court somewhere yes
11:40approach the barrel you have a question for me right okay and then I'd answer questions
11:50sign photographs and then I go leave me I tire of your company leave me to the barrel leave me and to
11:59my barrel it's barrel time I want some me time in my barrel I honestly thought this barrel would be a
12:09little bit bigger bathed refreshed and thankfully dressed and there on the breeze I can hear music
12:23the soundtrack for the simple life
12:27people have been seeking enlightenment here for thousands of years and the go-to for any modern
12:37guru is Mount fancy the tallest peak in Indochina a place of reverence and one that I must climb but
12:47it's a three-day trek to the top well it was because in 2016 they installed a cable car for lazy pilgrims like
12:54me it's pretty wild I mean it's amazing rice terraces all up and down the valley forests ridges
13:03mountains disappearing up into the clouds it's absolutely spectacular but there it is again the music on the
13:18breeze that's nice is that coming out the speakers well in case you get in case you get bored of the view
13:32welcome to the Sun world cable car disco
13:36I love this one
13:41all right
13:50is there any way of turning it off
13:54no apparently not
13:57well would you
13:59the yoga retreat section of the ride
14:06be at one with the cable car
14:11embrace
14:12the altitude
14:14let go of earthly thoughts
14:16elevate your mind to a higher plane of consciousness
14:19it's out thank you thank you
14:30oh
14:34it's chilly up here
14:37I suppose we are over 3000 meters up top of the tallest mountain in Indochina so yeah
14:44amazing
14:46amazing feat of engineering you're saying it's in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest
14:52free cable cable car anywhere in the world it's a bill fun fact
14:57so it's a sign here that's the total of meters 3143 meters so fancy pan summit this way
15:07down the stairs
15:11as it happens the down part of the climb was a cruel trick there's still a few hundred steps to go and a carefully worded message from the surgeon general
15:24what
15:31all right so this morning you might experience altitude sickness shortness of breath because the oxygen levels are quite thin
15:43yeah
15:50let's go
15:52Vietnam for many visitors could be remembered for a variety of extraordinary things
15:56but for me ice cream seems to be a recurring theme
16:00thank you
16:02summit ice cream
16:05oh
16:06it's a lot smaller inside
16:12here we go
16:14on the summit there's a steel pyramid which was installed by Soviet engineers in 1985
16:20and er
16:21this is a pretty accurate scale model of it in ice cream form
16:25cheers
16:27oh
16:29it's good
16:33oh
16:35oh
16:37clears your head
16:39gets your lungs working
16:41not quite there yet but i'm sure there'll be another ice cream shop before the summit
16:48more stairs more music
16:54i'm sure i've heard that in every spa i've ever been in
16:58well i've been in that many spars
17:00i've been in many many spars
17:07this kind of music
17:12you hear it everywhere
17:16makes you feel like sleeping
17:21but when you hear it
17:26upper mountain top
17:28it makes the spirit start weeping
17:34oh
17:36oh
17:38oh
17:39oh
17:40oh
17:41oh
17:42oh
17:43i wish
17:44i had a cheesy ice cream
17:47right
17:48not far now
17:53what's that
17:55it's up here i think
17:57it's just up there
17:59thank you
18:00yeah just through there
18:01i must look like a guide
18:03honestly
18:06it's one of the great benefits of getting older
18:08people just defer to you like you seem to know what you're on about
18:11i reckon i could stand in most public buildings in the world and just go yes true there
18:16people would just think i was staff through here just my party
18:23meters from the summit and barely discernible in the clouds a lovely treat
18:28not more ice cream but a temple and what a temple it is
18:33i do feel a little closer to god up here in the heavens
18:36though my thoughts go out to the monks who built this place
18:39i'm guessing they didn't have the advantage of a cable car
18:42in the swirling mist with limited oxygen pumping to my brain
18:46it's truly spiritual
18:48wow
18:49i did not expect this at the top of the mountain this is extraordinary
19:03final push one step after another knowing at the top otherworldly riches will surely be gained
19:18there's an ice cream shop
19:33yes
19:35a
19:37a
19:38a
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19:48one
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19:51That is pretty spectacular.
20:04The rooftop of Indochina.
20:11It's an extraordinary view, amazing sight of peaks, mountains disappearing off into the
20:19clouds.
20:20And that temple was quite something.
20:22I mean, I just did not expect that.
20:26And I guess that's a reminder of also what this place is.
20:30It's not just tourist attraction and natural wonder.
20:34It's actually a place of prayer, a place of worship.
20:39So it kind of lends it another spiritual element to it, which is very lovely.
20:44For every spiritual Mount Fancypad, there is an accompanying, not-so-spiritual tourist hub
20:52at the base.
20:53In this case, the mountain city of Sapa.
20:56This city has a history that needs to be appreciated.
21:07So sit back while I bring you the abridged Bill's Notes version.
21:11Sapa is a buzzing, energetic, regional town.
21:18Skateboarders, young couples taking Instagram-ready snaps at sunset.
21:24Restaurants and bars opening up for business.
21:27It's got real energy to it.
21:31But it wasn't always like this.
21:34In the 19th century, this place was subject to a lot of armed raiders coming over the border
21:40from China, trying to control the trade on the Red River.
21:44And that was extremely valuable.
21:46Sea salt from Vietnam, opium from Yunnan province in China, fabrics, manufactured goods, all highly
21:52profitable.
21:52So it was of huge strategic importance, and thus fought over many times.
22:00The place was sacked, burnt down, rebuilt, attacked again, rebuilt.
22:06And this went on for years, until the end of the 19th century, when the French started to
22:13take over control.
22:14And from that point on, it was hugely popular as a cool mountain retreat.
22:21Then all this changed after the Second World War.
22:24The Viet Minh invaded.
22:26The French were driven out.
22:28And as a kind of a parting shot, in 1952, French headquarters ordered the aerial bombardment
22:36of Sapa.
22:37And the place was absolutely battered.
22:40The government's mansion was destroyed.
22:42The villas, even the sanatorium, it was all gone.
22:45People abandoned the city, and it was left empty for about a decade.
22:54In the 60s, people started to venture back.
22:57Still, it wasn't really a tourist destination.
23:00That only started in the 1990s.
23:02People started to come here, became a very popular center to go.
23:06Trekking, there's some fantastic mountain trails, trekking through the rice terraces, visits to
23:10the local villages of the Hmong and Tsao communities.
23:13But it wasn't until 2016, with the opening of the cable car up Mount Fanzipan, that things
23:21really took off.
23:22And now the place is a mecca for tourists.
23:30It's a mecca to the local economy.
23:31It's a mecca to the local economy.
23:32Local communities are offering trips around the rice terraces, homestays in the valley.
23:39So, Sapa, in the last 75 years, has had quite the turnaround, from bombed out ruin, to what
23:46it is today, an alpine boomtown.
23:49History lesson done, and now what I call a postcard moment.
23:55Hi.
23:56Hi.
23:57I just need, um, stamps to go to, uh, England.
24:02Oh.
24:03Oh.
24:04All right.
24:05Great.
24:06Oh.
24:07I mean, this has become my traditional thing.
24:11I always send postcards.
24:12I think it's a lovely thing to do.
24:14Yeah.
24:15Increasingly, these days, I'm looked on as some sort of a relic.
24:19People look at me and go, why don't you just send an email?
24:22Take a picture.
24:23WhatsApp.
24:24I'm like, no, it's not the same.
24:26There's a certain ritual that you have to go through.
24:29You have to go and choose a postcard.
24:32Then you have to write the postcard.
24:35And it's quite good.
24:37It's a good mental exercise, trying to write in a succinct way.
24:42Pracing what you've done.
24:44Put in a couple of funny lines and then bring it to a conclusion, all on a postcard.
24:50That's quite a skill.
24:51Then you've got to find the address.
24:53Then you've got to go somewhere and get a stamp.
24:55You've got to apply the stamp.
24:57Then you've got to go and post it.
24:58I mean, it's a bit of a palaver, I'll admit.
25:01But there's something lovely about receiving a postcard.
25:03As opposed to just a bit of data.
25:06There doesn't seem to be much glue on the back of it.
25:08I think it's been licked off.
25:10You've got something to stick it on with.
25:12Blimey.
25:13A glue gun.
25:16I did not expect that.
25:18It's becoming increasingly difficult, I have to say.
25:21But, you know.
25:22I'm cussed like that.
25:25But at the moment we're finding it quite tricky to stick this stamp to the postcard.
25:30Because it doesn't have any glue on the back of it.
25:32But a glue gun is being procured.
25:34Is this what I mean about a palaver?
25:44It's just ridiculous palaver.
25:46Oh!
25:47What's this?
25:48Ah!
25:49Perfect!
25:50This is some sort of glue?
25:53Is this?
25:54Oh, you're right.
25:55To the back of the stamp.
25:57Right, there we go.
25:59OK.
26:00Come on.
26:01Where do I post this?
26:03Vietnam post.
26:04Vietnam post.
26:05Up there.
26:06OK.
26:07Come on.
26:08What's that?
26:09Nothing.
26:10It's open in the morning.
26:11Morning.
26:12All right.
26:13It's all right?
26:14Fine.
26:15Perhaps I'll just take a picture of it and just send them that.
26:18Probably quicker.
26:19I'm starting to think that my purpose, perhaps my obsession here in these mountains, could
26:42be finding the source of that music.
26:46But first, a crash course in agriculture.
26:50Sapa's rich, fertile land has sustained these hill tribes for centuries.
26:56In flooded fields and terraces like these, one of the great agricultural revolutions of
27:03human history took root.
27:06Rice.
27:07A humble grain, but the founder of whole civilizations.
27:13And none of this would have been achievable without a unique partnership between human and
27:17water buffalo.
27:18In fact, they're still revered throughout Asia.
27:21Mighty beasts of burden who helped civilizations tame the land and thrive.
27:26This one, truly representative of his heroic species, is called Joe.
27:32They've all got personalities then.
27:34Yeah.
27:35Different ones.
27:36Some are...
27:37Some of them is very friendly.
27:38They want you to write it down, charge them.
27:40But some of them, no, don't charge me.
27:43I wonder though, how did you know?
27:46You know, when you charge something like around here, they will feel, oh, I feel good.
27:50Around the back of the tail?
27:51He will lay it down for you.
27:52Oh.
27:53But at the beginning, you don't know about him.
27:56If you charge the hair, they come making like, what do you want to do to my horn or something?
28:01Yeah, get off.
28:02Yeah, yeah.
28:03When he was grown.
28:04He's tickling his ass with a stick.
28:09No wonder he's so placid.
28:12Hello.
28:14Scratching his ass with a stick.
28:16Yeah.
28:17It's not a bad deal, is it?
28:18I mean, you work my land and help carve out an agrarian civilization.
28:23And I'll give you a little scratch in the nether reasons.
28:30You'd have to know that they were very amenable to that.
28:33Yeah.
28:38I mean, if somebody was doing this to me, I'd get my undivided attention as well.
28:43Didn't think I'd be scratching a buffalo's ass today, but always up for something new.
28:50My new best friend, buffalo whisperer Lynn, has invited me to her village to learn more about hill tribe lifestyle.
28:57And one of the big industries around here is indigo dyeing, turning white things blue using plant dye.
29:04I read about that indigo, the plant, can be used as a cure for baldness.
29:14Mmm.
29:15You know.
29:16Yeah.
29:17You can actually rub it on your head and it'll help to grow your hair.
29:21Really?
29:22Apparently.
29:23Maybe it's something new for me to learn.
29:24If you can dry some, maybe I'll just rub it on the scalp and let you know how I get on.
29:28And natural is organic.
29:29It's totally organic.
29:30It's natural.
29:31Yeah.
29:32Exactly.
29:33Sure.
29:34Perhaps my heart will go sprouting a whole head of hair.
29:36But it'd be blue though.
29:37Yes.
29:38You'd be able to have a queue of bald men coming round here going, I've heard there's a cure
29:42for baldness.
29:43Yeah.
29:44Yeah.
29:45Yeah.
29:46I should urge you not to try the indigo to the noggin trick at home.
29:50What indigo is good for is batik, as Lin's family are keen to demonstrate.
29:55The ancient craft of creating patterns on fabric using wax and then dyeing the fabric.
30:01I saw a butterfly in your garden.
30:04Yeah.
30:05I took a picture of it and then I went and drew it.
30:09Yeah.
30:10Do you think that would work?
30:11Yeah.
30:12Yeah.
30:13Yeah.
30:14All right.
30:15Okay.
30:16I'm copying you then.
30:17Yeah.
30:18You've been doing this for a long, for years and years.
30:21Yeah.
30:22And also this is we, most usually is more for elderly people.
30:26Yeah.
30:27But nowadays, the younger generation now, they don't really made it.
30:32So, sometimes I still teaching our children, learning how to do it.
30:37When they have a day off.
30:38Yes.
30:39When they're not at school.
30:40Yeah.
30:41So I just try to teach them.
30:42Yeah.
30:43So they will know that, yes, this is our traditional and we need to keep it in the future as well.
30:48Nana, what do you, what do you think of my design?
30:49I'm so beautiful.
30:50Oh.
30:51Thanks.
30:52Is there anything else I should put on there, do you think?
30:53What would you put on?
30:54Do I need to change it or put something else on?
30:55I want a happy night.
30:56Happy night.
30:57Happy night.
30:58You can draw like a flower.
30:59Some more flowers.
31:00Yeah.
31:01That's a good idea.
31:02I thought I was thinking of that as well.
31:03Okay.
31:04I'll do a bigger flower here.
31:05Oh, looks nice.
31:06Nice.
31:07Yeah.
31:08Yeah.
31:09Yeah.
31:10Yeah.
31:11Yeah.
31:12Yeah.
31:13Yeah.
31:14Yeah.
31:15Yeah.
31:16Yeah.
31:17Yeah.
31:18Yeah.
31:19Yeah.
31:20Yeah.
31:21Yeah.
31:22Yeah.
31:23Yeah.
31:24Oh, looks nice.
31:25There we go.
31:26Art class.
31:27Batik class.
31:28Show your work.
31:29Yes.
31:30And now we're going to bring it to the indigo.
31:33Okay.
31:34To dye.
31:35All right.
31:36And then let's see how it looks after this.
31:38Great.
31:39Here we go.
31:40This is the indigo.
31:41We put a plant inside here for three days.
31:44So why do you like to dye your clothes?
31:47Is it just because you love the color?
31:49For our traditional, we believe that black is a special color.
31:53Because, I mean, like we are working on the farm every day.
31:57So we choose black, or just in case something, you know, something little dirt in there, then
32:02we won't see that.
32:03Right.
32:04So it's kind of a practical color, really.
32:05Yes.
32:06Yeah.
32:07And in the village, you know, for people, when I choose a wife, they choose the person
32:12that the color of the clothes, the most dark.
32:15Really?
32:16Yes.
32:17If you have a nice clothes, it means you have a good heart, you have a patient to making
32:22all your clothes better.
32:23Yes.
32:24You're skillful.
32:25Yes.
32:26You're skillful.
32:27And you spend a lot of time on it.
32:28Yeah.
32:29You care about these things.
32:30Yes.
32:31You've got skills and you're, you know, a very sort of careful and considerate person.
32:36Yes.
32:37Yeah.
32:38I'm excited to see what it looks like now.
32:43Very good, huh?
32:44Yeah.
32:45There we go.
32:46It's my first attempt at indigo dyeing.
32:47I've got to say, I'm pretty chuffed with it.
32:48Right.
32:49I think it's come out all right.
32:50So satisfying, seeing a design just appear before your eyes.
33:05Such a simple process that really hasn't changed in hundreds of years.
33:11And of course, fewer and fewer people were doing it.
33:14But what was lovely to see were Lin's daughter and niece getting involved, having fun with
33:21it and keeping these skills alive that have been passed down through the family for generations.
33:35And it was very merciful.
33:36My time in the mountains, is coming to an end.
33:48So I've given myself a quest, a search for northern Vietnam's signature music, here in the mountains, skirting the Chinese border.
33:56skirting the Chinese border.
33:58They're inhabited by hill tribes like the Homong, Zoha and Tei people,
34:03cultures that have persisted despite centuries of colonization and war.
34:08One of the instruments that the Homong are famous for is the kin.
34:13Quite a haunting sound, which I imagine echoes out across the hills.
34:20And I'm here to meet one of the last four players of the instrument
34:25in this community.
34:29High above me is the Sa Seng village,
34:32where their language is closer to Cantonese than Vietnamese.
34:36And what better way to end a quest than climb another mountain?
34:39But hark! What is that sound?
34:46Here he is, the ancient master of the ken,
34:50a man who has lived through wars and upheaval,
34:52a bridge between past and present,
34:55by keeping this unique music alive.
35:06That's me.
35:07Ah, thanks.
35:09Hi.
35:13OK.
35:30Can I have a...
35:30OK, thank you.
35:32Oh, hello.
35:33So, blow?
35:34Yeah.
35:35How's that?
35:52I'm getting it.
35:55My overextended blow is my first mistake when playing the ken.
35:59It's a bit like a harmonica.
36:01You create the music by breathing in and out,
36:04so you can play continuously.
36:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:06So you have to breathe in and then out.
36:13It's a technique that requires years of practice,
36:16but under the master's watchful tuition,
36:19I reckon I might be able to get a tune out of it.
36:21It's a beautiful instrument.
36:31Sounds lovely.
36:33It's very, sort of, evocative.
36:36It's unlike anything I've ever seen or played before.
36:40I mean, obviously, I don't speak Vietnamese,
36:42so I'm having to relay questions to his granddaughter,
36:45who speaks a little bit of English,
36:47but her grandfather, he only speaks Hmong,
36:51so I'm going to have to translate from English
36:53into Vietnamese and Vietnamese into Hmong,
36:55so it's a little difficult to have a conversation,
37:02but he is still able to demonstrate to me how to play it,
37:06where the fingers go in the holes, the breathing.
37:12This is just my little piano one,
37:15garage band on my phone.
37:17It's just, it's wonderful, you know,
37:32that's what music will do.
37:34It bypasses not one but two other languages
37:37and allows us to communicate.
37:42Thank you so much.
37:43I have another quest, a little less highbrow, in fact,
37:48and that is, how low can a stool go
37:52for an ungainly Westerner with flexibility issues?
37:58And I think I have a winner.
38:01There you go.
38:01I found the smallest stool in Vietnam.
38:04I thought the little red stools were low.
38:07But this, this is, this is a little lower than that.
38:18Right, that's it.
38:32That's it.
38:33That is officially the lowest stool in Vietnam.
38:38And the lowest, certainly the lowest one I've ever sat on.
38:40It's not unpleasant.
38:43I can cross my legs under it.
38:47But, Tyler, I don't know.
38:49Getting up is going to be a challenge.
38:51That's all I'm going to say.
38:58It's all right.
38:59I'm good.
39:00I see you.
39:00Are you sure about this?
39:06OK.
39:10Hang on.
39:11Oh, God.
39:12Hey, there we go.
39:14Humble in height, heroic in spirit,
39:17it seems the further north I venture,
39:18the tinier these thrones become.
39:21This is a dining table in a doll's house, surely.
39:25This can't be human.
39:28OK.
39:29Oh, wait a minute.
39:35Just when you think you've found the smallest stool,
39:38there's one smaller.
39:40Hang on.
39:41I just want to show you a comparison.
39:45Look at this.
39:47It's positively lofty.
39:53I'm up for it.
39:53I'm up for the stool challenge.
39:59Yeah.
40:02I'm down.
40:10My Vietnam mountain education is nearly complete.
40:14I've climbed mountains,
40:15I've bathed in barrels,
40:17played ancient instruments,
40:18and sat and contemplated my very existence.
40:21for what's left of my bingo card,
40:25dance.
40:32So, La,
40:33can you tell me about this traditional dance?
40:36One, two, three.
40:41One, two, three.
40:43One, two, three.
40:45OK.
40:45OK.
40:46You get one step wrong,
40:47your ankles are goners.
40:50One, two, three.
40:52One, two, three.
40:54One, two, three.
40:55All right.
40:56Yeah.
40:56OK.
40:58That seemed to be
40:59fairly straightforward.
41:02At that pace,
41:05fairly easy.
41:08Yeah.
41:09Intrigued to know
41:10what happens when it
41:11starts to speed up a bit.
41:13Put on some, like, you know,
41:15I don't know what you put on.
41:16Miley Cyrus?
41:17Slipknot?
41:18I don't know.
41:18Bye, bye.
41:18I'm fully invested.
41:46I reckon I've got
41:57one more speed in me.
42:01That's it.
42:13Yes, come on.
42:14Let's do it.
42:16Yeah, that's it.
42:27Come on.
42:31Whoa, whoa, whoa.
42:33Time to pick up the pace.
42:35The faster the music,
42:37the trickier it gets.
42:39Yeah, that's it.
42:40Come on.
42:52Yeah.
42:52High five, ten.
42:53High ten.
42:54Very good.
42:55Very good.
42:55Well done, guys.
42:57Very good.
42:58Oh, you see?
43:03Still got it.
43:16Sapa has left a deep impression on me.
43:19And that's not just because of the spectacular landscapes.
43:23I'm really struck by the resilience of the people here.
43:26Many of them have found a way to balance keeping their culture and traditions alive while still making a living.
43:33And that could be taking tourists for walks through the rice terraces, teaching them about traditional handicrafts or remedies.
43:42Drawing on this deep well of accumulated knowledge, they found a way to support their families.
43:48And they're incredibly resourceful and genius, hardworking, creative people.
43:56The people here are doing what their families have done for generations.
44:00That is finding a way to adapt, finding a way to survive.
44:06Next time on Bill Bailey's Vietnam.
44:19This place is just stunningly impressive.
44:22What is the altitude?
44:23I'm getting slightly trippy.
44:25It's just like a mirror here today.
44:26I can twirl it.
44:27Gah!
44:28Gah!
44:28Mott!
44:29Hai!
44:30Hai!
44:30Ba!
44:31Zou!
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