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
19:35i will put it in the bottom of the mountain
19:38oh what
19:40finished
19:41oh
19:42but there is also
19:47this
19:50That is pretty spectacular.
20:04The rooftop of Indochina.
20:11It's an extraordinary view.
20:15Amazing sight of peaks, mountains disappearing off into the clouds.
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 Fanzipan, there is an accompanying, not-so-spiritual tourist hub at 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.
21:13Sapa's a buzzing, energetic, regional town.
21:17Skateboarders, young couples taking Instagram-ready snaps at sunset.
21:24Restaurants and bars opening up for business.
21:28It's got real energy to it.
21:31But it wasn't always like this.
21:35In the 19th century, this place was subject to a lot of armed raiders coming over the border from China,
21:41trying 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,
21:50fabrics, manufactured goods, all highly profitable.
21:53So it was of huge strategic importance.
21:57And thus fought over many times.
22:00The place was sacked, burnt down, rebuilt, attacked again, rebuilt.
22:06And this went on for years.
22:09Until the end of the 19th century, when the French started to take over control.
22:16And from that point on, it was hugely popular as a cool mountain retreat.
22:21Then all this changed after the Second World War.
22:23The 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.
22:46People abandoned the city.
22:47And 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.
23:04It became a very popular center to go.
23:06Trekking, there's some fantastic mountain trails.
23:08Trekking through the rice terraces.
23:10There's visits to the 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.
23:27And this has brought a huge amount of money into the local economy.
23:31Local communities are offering.
23:33Trips around the rice terraces, homestays in the valley.
23:39So, Sapa, in the last 75 years, has had quite the turnaround.
23:44From bombed out ruin, to what it is today.
23:48An alpine boomtown.
23:51History lesson done, and now, what I call a postcard moment.
23:56Hi.
23:57I just need, um, stamps.
23:59To go to, uh, England.
24:02Oh.
24:03Oh, well, great.
24:06Oh.
24:07I mean, this has become my traditional thing.
24:11I always send postcards.
24:13I think it's a lovely thing to do.
24:15Yeah.
24:16Increasingly, these days, I'm looked on as some sort of a relic.
24:19People look at me, like, why don't you just send an email?
24:22Take a picture.
24:23WhatsApp.
24:24I'm like, no, it's not the same.
24:27There'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.
24:49All 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.
25:00But 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.
25:14I did not expect that.
25:18It's becoming increasingly difficult, I have to say.
25:21But, you know.
25:23I'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?
25:41It's just ridiculous palaver.
25:46Oh, what's this?
25:48Ah, perfect.
25:50This is some sort of glue, is this?
25:54Oh, you're right.
25:55To the back of the stamp.
25:57Right, there we go.
25:59OK.
26:00Where do I post this?
26:04Vietnam post.
26:05Vietnam post, up there.
26:06OK.
26:07Come on.
26:09What's that?
26:09Nothing.
26:10It's open in the morning.
26:11Morning.
26:13All right.
26:14It'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 be finding the source of that music.
26:44But first, a crash course in agriculture.
26:50Sapa's rich, fertile land has sustained these hill tribes for centuries.
26:54In flooded fields and terraces like these, one of the great agricultural revolutions of human history took root.
27:05Rice.
27:07A humble grain, but the founder of whole civilizations.
27:10And none of this would have been achievable without a unique partnership between human and water buffalo.
27:18In fact, they're still revered throughout Asia.
27:21Mighty beasts of burden who helped civilizations tame the land and thrive.
27:25This one, truly representative of his heroic species, is called Joe.
27:32They've all got personalities then.
27:34Yeah.
27:35Different ones.
27:36Some of them is like 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 do 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.
27:52But at the beginning, you don't know about him.
27:55If 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.
28:05He's tickling his ass with a stick.
28:09No wonder he's so placid.
28:12Hello.
28:14Scratching his ass with a stick.
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.
28:33I 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 today, but always up for something new.
28:48My new best friend, buffalo whisperer, Lynn, has invited me to her village to learn more about
28:56hill tribe lifestyle.
28:58And one of the big industries around here is indigo dyeing, turning white things blue using
29:04plant dye.
29:04I read about that indigo, the plant, can be used as a cure for baldness.
29:13You know?
29:16Yeah.
29:16You can actually rub it on your head and it'll help to grow your hair, apparently.
29:21Really?
29:22Oh, maybe 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.
29:30Yes.
29:30It's natural.
29:31Yeah.
29:31Yeah.
29:31Exactly.
29:32Sure.
29:32Perhaps my heart will go sprouting a whole head of hair, but 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.
29:45I should urge you not to try the indigo to the noggin trick at home.
29:49What indigo is good for is batik, as Lynn's family are keen to demonstrate.
29:55The ancient craft of creating patterns on fabric using wax and then dyeing the fabric.
30:00Look, I saw a butterfly in your garden.
30:04Yeah.
30:04I took a picture of it and then I went and drew it.
30:09Yeah.
30:09Do you think that would work?
30:10No, I'm not going to do it for me.
30:12I've already got one.
30:15Yeah.
30:17All right.
30:17Okay, I'm copying you then.
30:19Yeah.
30:22You've been doing this for a long time.
30:24Years and years.
30:25Yeah.
30:25And as well, this is, we, most usually it's more for elderly people.
30:30Yeah.
30:31But nowadays, the younger generation now, they don't really mate it.
30:36So, sometimes I still teaching our children, learning how to mate, when they have a day off.
30:43Yes, when they're not at school.
30:44Oh, yeah.
30:44Yeah.
30:45So, I just try to teach them.
30:47Yeah.
30:47So, they will know that, yes, this is our traditional and we need to keep it in the future as well.
30:53Nana, what do you, what do you think of my design?
30:57I'm so beautiful.
30:59Oh.
31:01Thanks.
31:02Is there anything else I should put on there, do you think?
31:04What would you put on?
31:06Do I need to change it or put something else on?
31:09I want a happy night, happy night.
31:12You can draw like a flower.
31:15Some more flowers, yeah, that's a good idea.
31:17I thought I was thinking of that as well.
31:19Okay, I'll do a bigger flower here.
31:23Oh, looks nice.
31:25There we go, art class, batik class, show your work.
31:31And now we're going to bring it to the indigo.
31:33Okay.
31:34To dye.
31:34All right.
31:35And then let's see how it looks after this.
31:38Great.
31:38Here we go.
31:38This 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.
31:54Because, I mean, like we work on the farm every day.
31:57So we choose black, because just in case something, you know, something little dirt in there, then we won't see that.
32:03Right.
32:04So it's kind of a practical color, really.
32:06Yeah.
32:06And in the village, you know, for people, when I choose a wife, they choose the person that the color of the clothes, the most dark.
32:16Really?
32:16Yes.
32:18If you have a nice clothes, it means you have a good heart, you have a passion to making all your clothes better.
32:24Yes.
32:24You're skillful.
32:25Yes.
32:26You're skillful and you have a passion.
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.
32:32That's right.
32:33And you're, you know, a very sort of careful and considerate person.
32:37Yes.
32:42I'm excited to see what it looks like now.
32:44Very good, huh?
32:49Yeah.
32:52There we go.
32:53It's my first attempt at indigo dyeing.
32:56I've got to say, I'm pretty chuffed with it.
32:57Right.
32:57I think it's come out all right.
33:00So satisfying seeing a design just appear before your eyes.
33:06Such a simple process that really hasn't changed in hundreds of years.
33:11And, of course, fewer and fewer people were doing it.
33:15But what was lovely to see were Lynn's daughter and niece getting involved, having fun with it,
33:22and keeping these skills alive that have been passed down through the family for generations.
33:30My time in the mountains is coming to an end, so I've given myself a quest.
33:50A search for northern Vietnam's signature music, here in the mountains skirting the Chinese border.
33:58They're inhabited by hill tribes like the Homong, Zoha, and Tei people, cultures that have persisted despite centuries of colonization and war.
34:07One 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 in this community.
34:26High above me is the Sa Seng village, where their language is closer to Cantonese than Vietnamese.
34:36And what better way to end a quest than climb another mountain?
34:40But hark!
34:41What is that sound?
34:42Here he is, the ancient master of the ken, a man who has lived through wars and upheaval,
34:53a bridge between past and present by keeping this unique music alive.
35:06That's me.
35:07Ah, thanks.
35:09Where?
35:09Come on.
35:12I see you.
35:13OK.
35:14OK.
35:30Can I have a look?
35:30OK, I can't.
35:31Yeah.
35:32Uh, well, hello.
35:33So, blow?
35:34Yeah.
35:35Mm.
35:38Yes?
35:40LAUGHTER
35:41How'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, so you can play continuously.
36:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:06So you have to breathe in and then out.
36:08It's a technique that requires years of practice, but under the master's watchful tuition, I reckon I might be able to get a tune out of it.
36:21It's a beautiful instrument, sounds lovely.
36:33It's very, sort of, evocative.
36:36It's unlike anything I've ever seen or played before.
36:39I mean, obviously I don't speak Vietnamese, so I'm having to relay questions to his granddaughter, who speaks a little bit of English, but her grandfather, he only speaks Hmong.
36:51So I'm having to translate from English into Vietnamese and Vietnamese into Hmong, so it's, uh, it's, it's, it's a little difficult to, um, to have a conversation, but he is still able to demonstrate to me how to play it, where the fingers go in the holes, the breathing.
37:09This is, uh, this is, uh, this is my little piano and garage band on my phone.
37:16It's just, it's wonderful, you know, that, that's what music will do.
37:34It bypasses not one, but two other languages and allows us to communicate.
37:39Thank you so much.
37:44I have another quest, a little less highbrow, in fact, and that is, how low can a stool go for an ungainly westerner with flexibility issues?
37:58And I think I have a winner.
38:01There you go, I found the smallest stool in Vietnam.
38:04I thought the little red stools were low.
38:07Ah.
38:13There you go.
38:15But this, this is, this is even lower than that.
38:31Right, that's it, that's it.
38:33That is officially the lowest stool.
38:35Uh, in Vietnam.
38:38And the lowest, certainly the lowest one I've ever sat on.
38:41It's not unpleasant.
38:43I can cross my legs under it.
38:47But, uh, getting up is going to be a challenge.
38:51That's all I'm going to say.
38:52It's all right, I've got it.
38:59I see you.
39:05Are you sure about this?
39:06Okay.
39:10Hang on.
39:10Hey, there we go.
39:13Humble in height, heroic in spirit, it seems the further north I venture, the tinier these thrones become.
39:20This is a dining table in a doll's house, surely.
39:25This can't be human.
39:28Okay.
39:29Oh, wait a minute.
39:30Just when you think you've found the smallest stool, there's one smaller.
39:41Hang on, I just want to show you a comparison.
39:43Look at this.
39:47It's positively lofty.
39:52I'm up for it.
39:53I'm up for the stool challenge.
40:00Yeah.
40:01My Vietnam mountain education is nearly complete.
40:14I've climbed mountains, I've bathed in barrels, played ancient instruments, and sat and contemplated my very existence.
40:22But what's left of my bingo card, dance.
40:26So, La, can you tell me about this traditional dance?
40:37One, two, three.
40:39Okay.
40:41One, two, three.
40:43One, two, three.
40:45Okay.
40:45Okay.
40:46You get one step wrong, your ankles are goners.
40:50One, two, three.
40:52One, two, three.
40:54One, two, three.
40:55All right.
40:56Yeah.
40:56Okay.
40:58That seemed to be fairly straightforward.
41:02At that pace, fairly easy.
41:08Yeah.
41:09Intrigued to know what happens when it starts to speed up a bit.
41:13Put on some, like, you know, I don't know what you put on.
41:16Miley Cyrus?
41:17Slipknot?
41:18I don't know.
41:18Bye, bye.
41:21Bye.
41:25I'm fully invested.
41:51It's hot.
41:52I reckon I've got one more speed in me.
42:01That's it.
42:01Yes, come on.
42:14Let's do it.
42:15Yeah, that's it.
42:27Come on.
42:31Whoa, whoa, whoa.
42:33Time to pick up the pace.
42:35The faster the music, the trickier it gets.
42:39Yeah, that's it.
42:40Come on.
42:52Yeah.
42:52High five.
42:53Ten.
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.
43:22I'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
43:32making a living.
43:33And that could be taking tourists for walks through the rice terraces, teaching them about
43:39traditional 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.
44:27I can twirl it.
44:302, 4, 2, 4!
44:452, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1.
44:493, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2.
44:513, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1.
44:533, 2, 1.
44:552, 2, 1, 2.
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