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Sapa Slideshow
Sapa
Travel Blogs from Sapa, Vietnam
Staying with the locals in the Mountains
... the moment. Only been riding around on the back of bikes trying to get visas for Mongolia and Russia. Found out my Vietnam visa had expired which caused more grief and talked to a Vietnamese policeman about his AK while waiting for the Mongolian embassy ...
Sapa, der Kuehlschrank in den Bergen!
... Ort erkunden. Die Sicht war leider eher bescheiden, so dass man nicht viel von der Bergwelt und dem hoechsten Gipfel von Vietnam, dem Fansipan sehen konnte. Was man dafuer umso mehr sehen konnte, waren die mehr als zahlreichen Frauen der Hilltribes, die ...
See you in Nam!
... to clear a landslide and the 20minute stop to help the dump truck stuck in the mud. The time changes at the border, Vietnam is a 5 minute walk away that takes you an hour back in time....what do those physicists know!!! The border town in Vietnm in ...
Sapa
... une rando sur deux jours avec une nuit chez l'habitant dans un village Hmong, une minorites ethniques comme il y en a beaucoup on Nord du Vietnam. Rando sympa, bien que un peu facile par rapport a ce qu'on nous avait dit a l'agence de voyage de Hanoi ou ...
Sapa- Our Top Gear experience
... argue so I agreed to pay up. He was very apologetic afterwards and we left on good terms. A large amount of people in Sapa still dressed traditionally and not just for the benefit of the tourists, we saw loads of people trudging to or from the ...
hill treks, motor bikes, shopping, noodle soup
... noodle soup for breakfast. The market has an amazing chilli sauce which is a bit like salsa but all pureed. In loas and vietnam it is traditional that you flavour your own noodle soup with fish sauce, chilli, salt, sugar and their cooking sauce which I ...
You-just-got-to-keep-moving
There were 8 people in our tour group in Sapa. One of them was John, a solo travelling sixty-seven-year-old from Perth who reminded me of my adventurous grandfather, not just because of his name but his nature and personality. We had met him back at Hanoi ...
Sapa town
... a fire in the hotel room and tried to soak up as much heat before going to bed. I could only imagine how cold we would be the next night. My advice to anyone traveling through Vietnam... COME TO SAPA! The town is just amazing. ...
Mountain visit to Sapa
... village where a traditional tribe still lived their day to day life. Well, the day to day life including a lot of visitors from Vietnam and around the world storming through their village and taking away their peace that is. All locals were dressed up in ...
Hanging out with the tribes in Sapa
... doing. It was like having our own guides with us for the day. We shared our kitkat with them. Anyway, we walked back to Sapa (3km UP hill)... and Hannah carried one of the womens baskets, which she was very grateful for and found even more comical. By ...
Dali, and the end of China
... did manage to get some sleep though, off and on. Once in Hekou we went through customs and walked over the bridge to Lao Cai in Vietnam, where we negotiated a mini-bus for the six of us to take us to Sapa, an hour and a half away. Tomorrow, along with ...
Touring Vietnam
We arrived in Sapa after a pleasant 8 hour overnight train ride. Sapa is in the norther part of Vietnam in the mountains and the weather is significantly cooler here (low 20's) but sadly quite cloudy and rainy. We checked into a very nice hotel, and ...
2 day hike and Homestay
... of pancakes with bananas, lime and sugar...yummy. The hike today was just back up that steep hill and we were brought back to Sapa in a jeep. My two friends, P.J. and Tina are getting married today so tonight I will have a celebratory drink for them!No ...
Trekking on the hills
Hello from the high peaks of Sapa. Just 12 hours on a night train from Hanoi, Sapa is a small town up in the mountains, the getaway to several ethnic minorities villages, the biggest counting 5000 inhabitants. As soon as the bus pulled up in ...
Sapa
... bus, we arrived at our hotel. This was quite spectacular. The hotel was in the mountains and the views were amazing! Sapa is a strange little place. It's full of local village tribe people selling their produce, mainly blankets and cushion covers. ...
4 beautiful days in Sapa
... were a lovely couple we bumped into them again the next day where they explained that they had stopped working and were now touring Vietnam on their motor bike. We had also meet a couple of English girls that we kept bumping into, they also wanted us to ...
The Coc Ly market
... say it wasn't the best buy I've ever made...Well, it's not only the shoes. There's so much you can do and see in Vietnam and I'm on holiday, so I'd rather continue my trip to northwest with low speed. I took an organised tour to Coc Ly, a village 70 km ...
Trekking in Sapa
... in a valley in the mountains of north-west Vietnam and the scenery here is absolutely amazing. Mountains overlooking the town (Vietnam's highest peak, at 3143m, is here), lush valley, rice paddies, waterfalls, rivers. Often, the town is shrouded in ...
Sapa's Sweet Surprises
... my full height! in fact, waiting to get into the mausoleum was the only time I've seen a line here in Vietnam. Even then, the locals and tourists were pacing uncomfortably. Two girls tried to cut in line and were quickly ...
If It's Thanksgiving, We Must Be In Sapa
... not the rainboots or the plastic Candies type sandles that the other women wore... Of course when we got to the villages, including the town of Sapa, the most popular cry was, "Will you buy from me? Why you no buy from me. You buy from her but not from ...
Day exploring Sapa
... of motorbikes. There were no helmets, but we went very slow! For our afternoon hike, we walked to the closest thing Sapa has for a theme park. The top of a mountain has been cultivated with various gardens, an "ostrich farm," and more ...
Guided Hike Through Sapa Valley
Today, we took a guided tour through Sapa valley. The official group consisted of us, a couple from France, and our guide, Zu. The unofficial group included two H'mong women who helped us along the path -- one with a five-month old baby ...
Seriously Sapa
... ...finally the green and lush SE Asia we has envisioned (but not exactly seen along the Mekong.) The market in Sapa was incredible, with many minorities represented in full dress, selling their handicrafts along with local food etc. The sellers were ...
Tet in Sapa
An overnight train left us a few short kilometers from the Chinese border in a small mountain town called Sapa in Vietnam. Sapa's main attractions are the various cultural minorities that live in surrounding villages, and from what I could gather Sapa at ...
You buy from me
... 't really see much as it was very misty but we kept going through big bands of clouds as we ascended to Sapa. Sapa is the coldest place in Vietnam and it was a bit of a shock when we arrived, almost like being at ...
Sapa: Good Morning Viet Nam
The morning of Nov 11 saw me say goodbye to China and hello to Viet Nam. I left my seedy motel at the border and asked "Which way to Viet Nam?". I was pointed 500m down the street to a bridge where there was a massive line of ...
Rice Paddies and Hill Tribes
With the nightmare journey from Kunming to the Vietnam border behind us, we looked ahead to some trekking in the peaceful and lush green hills around Sapa. The town is nestled in the middle of the Hoang Lien Mountains with the tallest peak of the range ...
Sapa
... night. The hard-sleeper was not as nice as the ones in China and it was freeezing all night! Got a minibus from Lao Cai to Sapa. We booked our two-day homestay trip for tomorrow. it is gorgeous here. The town is in the middle of the mountains and seems ...
Sapa
... some more, and possibly taking a night train back to Hanoi, where I can start working my way down to south Vietnam. All in all, Sapa is a great place to visit. The weather, people, and scenery are incredible. I am glad ...
Village Homestay
Ok, it's about time I wrap this Sapa story up! My tour guide Chi and I make our way out of Sapa town, followed of course, by my entourage of H'mong village women. By now, the little ones have trailed off to stay in town. I'm left ...