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Sapa Slideshow
Sapa
Travel Blogs from Sapa, Vietnam
The biking group
To answer Darcy's questions about the biking group, I'm going to say a few key words to describe how they appeared to me. From front to left around the table... Greg (Canadian from Alberta). He's a fireman and feels he's overweight and is ...
Our first day in Sapa
... functioning hydroelectric power station built by the French. After lunch, we rented a jeep, which must have been used during the Vietnam war, to visit Thac Bac, an impressive waterfall, and Lai Chau where you can see the beautiful Fansipan mountains. ...
Followed
... it to a guesthouse that served breakfast, and managed to escape the crowd for a bit. We spoke to the owner about booking a trek, Sapa’s main draw, but Curtis had been fighting off a mean cold for a few days and wasn’t feeling up to it. When ...
Sapa family and friends
5th July A Day in Sapa Fine, mostly sunny 32 degrees After breakfast Malcolm and I went for a walk into town to have a look at the shops and market. We were often followed by the local hilltribe girls trying to sell their handicrafts. They surround ...
The Black H'Mong
... stay at their hotel. I finally settled on Queen Hotel in the center of town and crashed for the night. North Vietnam's geography is mostly mountainous with the Red River flowing south from China's Yunnan Province. The river was an important ...
spectular mountains
Sapa is the next stop after halong Bay, and the last stop for my trip in Vietnam. This place is gorgeous, the scenery of lush green mountains and valleys that go as far as the eye can see and beyond. the weather is alot cooler, and it rains at least once ...
Trekking in Sapa: Part 2
We continued along a partly completed road as we headed to a village for lunch. The scenery continued to amaze! We met up with Sidse and Paw for lunch, after which we had another 5km hike through villages to get to our homestay. As we went through ...
Sapa et ses environs
... . Promis sur le chemin du retour on met mes bracelets d'acuponcture anti-nausees que tu m'as offertes Maxou!!! On arrive a Sapa au lever du soleil. Le paysage est impressionant, et la vue depuis notre chambre ressemble a un matte painting (jargon ...
Sapa
... perfectly. That evening we ran off some of the photos we took of the family and left them with our guesthouse to pass on as a token of our thanks. After a wonderful finish to Vietnam, we have to leave tommorow as our visa expires. Next stop ...
Best and worst of China
Welcome back to the Roome Family Choice Awards! This month's awards are for the countries Nepal, Tibet and China. We are glad that you are able to join us again as we share our interesting experiences with you. Thank you for reading and hope you enjoy... ...
The hills are alive with the sound of midgets
... our cabin weren't too stoked, but we found out later that they stole all the snacks in our room so they deserved it. Sapa is a very euro mountain town with terraced rice fields and not so heavily guarded marijuana fields. We went on a 3 hour ...
Braving the mud and lost panties in Sapa
... what seems so simple in my Western lifestyle: a roof over my head, food and hot clean water on demand. Here in Vietnam we a chicken costs 15.000Dong (75 cents) and a farmer earns 4.000.000Dong/year ($200). These people are beyond poor but still ...
Valley riding in Sapa county
... down the street on his bike when he rode past me having breakfast. We found a nice hotel, $7.50 each (a bit pricey for Vietnam, but worth it) with beautiful views down the valley, well what were supposed to be beautiful views down the valley but a month ...
time to trek again
gateway to china's yunnan province. sapa - its cloudy, o wait a second it is more than just cloudy, we are actually in the clouds. yup we are up in the mountains ...
Trekking and Mt.Fansipan
Fantastic trek and more challenging than I expected. Great motorbike riding around Sapa as well. ...
Sapa, Vietnam
Sapa is a little town on the mountain range of Vietnam.This little town is full of locals and tourists, young and old. Most women are wearing the hill tribe outfits, tribes such as Yao, Black Thai and H'mong. When we first arrived in Sapa we were swarmed ...
Rice terraces and mad tribes women
... of this old train sent me to sleep without a problem. We arrived at Lao Cai station first thing and caught a taxi to Sapa town. After a much needed shower and noodle soup for breakfast, we hit the town and were instantly drawn to the hill tribes' ...
4 x 4 to Dzao village
... other tribes so whilst the others had a free afternoon to took a 4 x 4 to a Dzao village some distance to the north of Sapa. I had toyed with the idea of hiring a moped but because of the mist decided against it. I was pleased that I did because ...
Paddy Fields
Sapa, North-Western Vietnam has been a truly wonderful experience. The landscape is nothing short of stunning. Terraced rice paddy fields cover the mountain slopes as far as the eye can see. The work that goes into constructing and maintaining them must ...
Shopping day
We had a short trip out to a couple of H'Mong villages today, they were quite nice and we got some nice pictures. It does seem a bit like a village that is not really operating as it should and all they do is rely on the tourists to buy things from them, ...
Sapa Adventure
Yawn...Yawn....Yawn....our fascinating trip to Sapa in the Northwest part of Vietnam started out with an overnight train ride in First Class on Thursday, August 20, 2010 :) This was our very 1st First Class experience and we felt like we were ...
Black H'mong tribal villages
Most people who come to this region catch the overnight train from Hanoi to Lao Cai and then tke the bus to Sapa. I booked such a tour but its difficult to know what you will get - either the transport, hotel or connections are not what you are led to ...
Still raining
We drove to this Ecolodge this afternoon in the rain and fog, but there were a few spots where we couid see the incredible views. Our bungalow is chilly and we can't see the views that surround the rustic cabin, so we just sat near the heater and ...
V TV
... of some good photos from Sapa. You can easily understand why we would like to stay here a little longer. http://www.terragalleria.com/vietnam/vietnam.sapa.all.html We will email you again when we figure out a plan of what we will do after we get our ...
Sapa, recordando las terrazas en Peru...
... 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. La gracia de este pueblo son sus ladera cubiertas de terrazas de arroz, donde la gente local, ...
Back Up To Sapa
... . We're not the only people who've decided to cancel today's treks - there are a lot of tourists just wandering around Sapa village. But we're luckier than most, Thanh suggests an alternative programme, specially for us - he'll come to collect us at ...
Living With Your Head In The Clouds
... travelling which was interesting. During our discussions with the couple we were asked if we had bought any North Face gear in Sapa. Vietnam is the home of the North Face factories and knock off gear is sold everywhere, especially in Sapa because its ...
Sapa Part II
... us down to the Cathedral. I'd mimed chopping the mango before walking away, but he had gone off to get a knife. Now he slices a mango open for us to snack on as we wait on the front steps on a Sunday morning, already burning hot. Good morning, ...
Sapa Part I
Better to say something about Sapa than nothing; I've been so busy having fun in BKK that I haven't gotten myself to sit down and write about my travels. We're all still half asleep as the mini-van sent to pick us up from the train, packing 5 rows of ...
Mechanical fail meets local Kwikfit!
... scratching and thudding in some crazed attempt to realign the rear wheels. It’s like a very cheap and dangerous roller coaster! "Vietnam Okay!" yells the driver excitedly as we head off. We made it fifty metres before…yeap CRASH, BANG and we ...