Cat Cat Village Sapa

Llegamos después de un viaje nocturno desde Hanoi, en un coche cama que compartimos con unas señoras italianas, muy simpáticas. La llegada a Lao Cai, a unos 30 kms de Sapa fue a las 5am, luego abordamos una van y llegamos a Sapa, pequeño pueblo en medio de las montañas del norte de Vietnam, cerca de la frontera con China.

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After 7 hours, the night train screeched to a halt. It was time for us to disembark. We were in a train station in the extreme north of Vietnam, almost to China. We had to take a bus or a taxi to Sapa in the mountains. Unsurprisingly, as soon as we disembarked, the Viets were doing what they did best. We literally vultured and devoured by all the …

We got the overnight train from Hanoi to Sapa, a cabin with 4 beds. We were sharing with a German couple - Mark and Lisa. The train was comfy but David couldn't fit in the bed (what a surprise!) We arrived in Lao Cai at 5.30am and got a bus straight to the hotel in Sapa. There had been heavy rains the few days before we arrived which meant that …

Our train left the chaos of Hanoi station at just after 9pm and we got settled into our little cabin. There were 2 little beds, air conditioning and a table in our cabin and western toilets in our carriage and after an early start at Halong Bay plus a long bus ride back to Hanoi we thought we'd be fast asleep in no time....wrong! Once the train …

It seems this is going to be my second time writing this entry. I am once again frustrated by the tablet and the difficulty writing articles on it. But, here it goes...

While my passport was with the Myanmar embassy, I thought it a good time to try and see some of the more remote regions of Vietnam. My last trip brought me to Hanoi and …

After arriving on the overnight train, a tour bus was waiting to transfer us to the Sapa Summit
Hotel. We arrived at the hotel around 08:00 and had just enough time for a quick shower and change in the communal area. A buffet breakfast was made available for us in preparation for the 5km trek to Cat Cat Village.

We set off at 09:00 in …

Entry containing 34 photos titled: Sapa, Bac Ha

Made it back to my Hotel in Hanoi after the bus trip from Ha Long Bay to dump my bags and head off in search of some food, my hotel was nice enough to let me take a shower and use a room for a few hours until my taxi came to take me to the station, one of the Bell boys came to the station with me, my bag is now at about 16kilos, the poor kid nearly …

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So I have decided to give lauren a break from the blog and write one myself, that and the fact that I finished packing about an hour ago and I am bored waiting for her to neatly fold and pack everything for our next journey...........GIRLS! Ill try follow her layout and we ll see how it goes!!
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The trip on the night train was amazing - very comfortable. We couldn't believe we were even provided with a duvet for the journey and free bottles of water! We arrived in Lao Cai where we got a mini bus up into the mountains to Sapa. We were estimating a drive of about 2 hours to get to Sapa but our bus driver managed to get us up in one hour much …

... train is still cheap) as you can then stay as long or as short as you want.  We started our descent into the Cat Cat village after lunch and had a wonderful trek for a few hours again just surrounded by stunning scenery. Maybe not as stunning as the ...

... to clear skys and saw the amazing view that had been hiding from us over the previous two days. That day we hiked to Cat Cat Village before having to catch our train back to Hanoi. The views we got during the hike were simply stunning and it was very ...

... . It is truly stunning. Later that morning we took ourselves off for a gentle (well we hoped so) trek to near by Cat Cat village waterfalls. After paying the 15,000 Dong ($1) entrance fee, yes you have to pay an entrance fee to walk in the mountains! ...

... ?  It can get a bit trying after a couple of days. I took a little trek on my own on Sunday, through Cat Cat village, which is an easy walk down a valley to the most spectacular waterfall (found another random person to take my photo), but then I ...

... up before going to sleep. We did three walks/treks in 3 days!! Day 1 was a steep and enjoyable walk down to Cat Cat village without a guide (and a ride back up on the back of motor cycles for us both). Day 2 started with heavy rain and ...

... to our hotel, checked in partially, and went on a "trek" which was actually a walk on a paved path through Cat Cat village, where Hmong hilltribe people live. The village and scenery were interesting, but we were very disappointed and amazed to see that ...

... we had given her a $10 tip on top of the $5 she makes from the tour company for the whole 2 day trek! Cat Cat Village was a lot more tourist orientated with stone paths the whole walk round and only took about an hour. Instead of heading back to the ...

... we still went. the first day was a morning of exploring the little town that is Sapa, and in the after we took a stroll to cat cat village, the walk down to the village was easy it was the walk back that got you legs burning, but it was practice for what ...

... the layered steps of meticulously carved rice paddies. We gingerly hopped atop our rapidly depreciating transport and headed for the Cat Cat village and waterfall, about 5km from town. Had it not been for the absurd slathering of souvenir stalls set up ...

... by simply talking to tourists and her English was just as good if not better then mine. After we passed through Cat Cat village the other tourists disappeared, I think most people stop at the village to experience life within an ethnic tribe and ...