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Lao Cai Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Lao Cai, Vietnam
Sapa
... rest of the cabin with an entire Vietnamese family who shared the bunks in some cases. So 8 of us in all. So we arrived in Lao Cai on the Chinese border at 5:30am the next morning. I needed two coffees to get me going. Sandra took the option of ...
Train Ride to Lao Cai and a Visit to Bac Ha Market
We headed north to Lao Cai, which is right on the Vietnam-China boarder. And we are pleased to say that the overnight train ride was far more pleasant than our first one (from Nah Trang to Hue). We had bottled water, a basket of bananas, a fresh ...
I've got a thirst that only 1 thing can quench...
Aquajajly! Alright, here's the story. It seems that Aquafina is the preferred drinking water here in Vietnam, most stores carry it, or some variation of it. So far we have seen Aqualeader, Aquaria, Aquaplus, Aqualife, Aquaonly, Aquaspa and ...
The Beauty of Sa Pa
... a day test riding a couple in Sapa but they were proper crap so headed back to Hanoi the next day as there were lots more to choose from there. We took an 7.30am minivan back down to Lao Cai station and just about caught the 9.15am train back to Hanoi. ...
Fancypants in Vietnam
... tribes of indigenous people who sell their handicrafts to tourists. We took the night train, leaving Hanoi at 9:50 pm and arriving at Lao Cai at 6 am (right at the border to China), then it's another hour minibus ride into Sa Pa itself, which the hotel ...
Sapa, Vietnam
A great tour company to visit local villages is Sapa Nature Tour Company at 024, Caumay Street, Sapa town, Lao cai, Viet nam. e-mail: sapanaturetours@hotmail.com. All the other tours seemed to charge so much for the same tour that we took. The ...
Green, red & black
Hello, Sapa is one of the most picturesque areas in Vietnam. It is located in the NW corner, close to the China border. Photos of its natural and cultural beauty are displayed by many tourist agencies. For many Hanoians, Sapa is a great ...
Trekking in hundreds and thousands
We were all very knackered and some hungover this morning but we had to be up to meet at half 9 to start the trek. Leigh started well getting up and showered and then going to change some money while I got ready but as time ticked by he started to feel ...
Mud bath
... The second scheduled stop was at 1am and both Leigh and myself got off to use the loo.. This is the first bad toilet I've seen in Vietnam so far.. It was like stepping back into china.. Just a rock for u to wee on!! Both me and Leigh didn't sleep too ...
Good morning Vietnam.
... me from being on Vietnamese soil so i took a picture, had my passport checked again then headed accross... Good Morning Vietnam and hello Lao Cai. On the other side i had to fill out another load of forms behind the same people i cued behind initialy, ...
Sa Pa & Hanoi
... Vietnamese music (NOT) and we hoped she would turn it off eventually, she did thank god. It was not entertaining. We arrived in Lao Cai train station and then met by our bus driver to get our bus to Sa Pa. It took about 1.5 hrs to get ...
Last days in Vietnam
... Remy and Anna, 2 ladies from UK, on the train to Sapa, which is apparently one "must-see" of north west Vietnam. The journey to Lao Cai, which is the closest train connection to Sapa, took about 9 hours. Unfortunately Anna, Remy and I could not stay in ...
Sapa
... I get my stuff together and hop on a over night sleeper train for Sapa. Sapa is a town and district in the Lào Cai province in northwest Vietnam. It has a number of different ethic tribes in the area - H'mong, Dao and Tay. I arrive in Sapa at 7.30am ...
Cooling off in the mountains of Vietnam
... first day saw us exploring waterfalls and visiting a hill tribe village inhabited by the Red Doa tribe. In Northern Vietnam there are dozens of different hill tribe minorities. Most can be distinguished by their traditional costumes, all kind ...
Last day in Sapa
... in a little local cafe. We then went and had a little trek around the village for an hour before hopping back on the bus for a 2 hour bus journey to see the Vietnam/china border. Now we are sitting in a little cafe eating dinner waiting for our train. ...
Foggy Sapa town
... - it's like New Year's, Christmas, and your birthday all rolled into one package! After a long 10-hour train ride, we arrived in Lao Cai about 30km away and still had to make it to Sapa with some kind of bus. As per usual, some Vietnamese guys found us ...
Sa Pa Trekking and Homestay
... linen, individual reading lights, complementary water and wet wipes. A world away from our other experiences of Vietnamese trains. Arriving in Lao Cai the next morning, we were transferred by minibus to a hotel in Sa Pa. Following breakfast and a shower, ...
I Love Border Crossings
... tough going at times because of the language barrier, it’s all a bit of the unknown which I am glad I experienced. Vietnam is very friendly, everyone wants to help you with anything if they can and get annoyed when they can’t, I’m ...
I am an Olympian...
... Sa Pa, I’d heard that the views on the way up through the valley were stunning and after arriving across the border from China into Lao Cai, I was only around 40 km away. The Lonely Planet (LP) made it sound magical (I would love to be able to ...
All I want for Christmas...
... my own, although I have started my quest to Oz I have decided to dedicate cycling from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam (approx. 1,800 km) starting December 2012 to help raise money and awareness for this cause and I hope you will help me. The ...
Sapa part 2
Waking up after a great nights sleep. Much needed!!... And everyone felt right as rain, so we then weren't convinced that it was rice wine we were drinking !?? Who's knows.... However my legs - different story. Never been in so much pain going down some ...
Sapa Part 1
What an easy day I've had today !!! Not done much apart from walk, no sorry trek.. 10k's!! . yes that's right.... 10K, in immerse heat and not your average trek, but a mountain trek. How my brain missed this information on the itinerary I don't ...
Lao Cai
... . You gotta love the dodgy cops. He has offered me a sleeper seat fro 450000. I took it cos I was thinking I might get stuck in Lao Cai. As soo as I payed him he let me put my bag in his office to look aftre it before the train. He did heaps of business ...
Hinein ins Getümmel
... -ausgesprochen wohlschmeckend. Nach einem weiteren Bummel durch die Gassen und einem Bier brachen wir dann zum Bahnhof auf. Unser Nachtzug nach Lao Cai ging um 20:35. Der Zug hat Liegewagen für Touristen mit jeweils 4 Liegen pro Abteil, zwar mit ...
Stunning mountain town
Sapa is a mountain town in the north west highlands of Vietnam. Minority hill tribe people surround the town and use it as a base for not only doing business with each other but for trying to get business out of the many tourists. Their ...
Dutch Carriage
Day 49 – Feb 22nd Dutch Carriage An uneventful day today, which is another way of me saying that after writing 10 or so days of blog to catch up I've run out of steam for today. Though not a lot happened so here’s a brief ...
Short wait in Lao Cai...
Arrived at five thirty AM...went to a restaurant for breakfast and a shower if you wanted. We had a three hour wait for our tour bus to pick us up. So we walked to the market. Mostly food...veggies, fruit, eggs, chickens. A lot of the shops weren't open ...
