Cha Pa Garden Boutique Hotel & Spa Sapa

... it was nice to see them haggling between themselves for goods. I saw a man who seemed to be walking a pig. Every now and again someone would go up and speak to him. I later discovered that he was trying to sell the pig and the enquiries were about the price. At one stall there was a hugh argument beteen the customers and the stallholder. It was just nice to see howthe argument went . Different women in the crowd would take up the argument. I ...

... smiling at the Mung people who took this as a friendly invitation to sell her stuff. At one point she had 7 people around her. And the rest of the day she had people following her. ahaha. It was quite funny. After that, We went back to our hotel and got everyone up. <br> We made it down to a waterfall. It was about a 3 hour hike. We saw many different free roaming animals, like water buffalo, pigs, and ducks. It was great ...

... views over the valleys and mountains around us. By this time it was 7.30 and we were both very tired (not much chance to sleep on the train, journey very bumpy) so we got our heads down until lunchtime. When we got up we went for lunch and then booked ourselves on a trek for the next 2 days. <br><br>With not a lot else on for the afternoon we decided to hire a couple of motorbikes and go for a ride. We first headed up the mountain to the Tram Ton Pass, which is the ...

... mouintan in vietnam at 3143 m it was very tiring as the walk is basicaly walking through mud, rock climing walking in rivers and so on it was great fun tho, exsept that we had to sleep on a banboo bed which was supper uncunfetable. on the last day i went to a minority viliage which was amazing it was surounded by rice terices which was beautifull<br><br>anyways i will update my blog in the week im going tro hanoi next <br><br>peter xxx

... classroom. Had lunch at the river &amp; then cut the rest of the trek short due to the muddy conditions &amp; headed back up the hill to the road where a mini bus drove us back to Sapa. Now that was a scary 30 minute ride on this narrow windy road. The driver didn&#8217;t go fast but drove soooo close to these sheer cliff drop offs. Water was also rushing across the ...

After our over night train from han oi, we arrived in sapa to a down pour! we got on the bus and headed to a hotel in the village where we could shower and pack essentials for our first night in sapa. Equipped with hiking boots and rain jackets and ponchos, we meet our local guide, Ping, from the hmong tribe. She was going to be with us for the 3days showing us around and more importantly guiding us through our treking!<br>We started easy, 14km downhill ...

Le Vietnam a aussi ses montagnes.<br> Au Nord notamment, aux confins de la frontiere avec la Chine. Le train de Hanoi fait etape a Lao Cai avant de franchir la limite avec le grand voisin. De la, une route nous mene au travers des montagnes et nous emmene a Sapa, a 1600 metres d'altitude. La temperature baisse.Et la route se fait plus sinueuse au travers des rizieres accrochees en escaliers a flanc de coteaux. Ca scintille des rflets du soleil levant sur l'eau ruisselante entre les ...

... they freaked and spun in retreat. He was able to grab one by the head which elicited an ear piercing squeal. They threw it in a feed sack and the man of the household came out with a scale. At first I thought it was an instrument of death, I was a bit horrified trying to think of the mechanics in which it must work, but was curious to see it in action. I was relieved/letdown when I realized it was merely a scale. They tied the top of the sack up and hooked the other end up to the ...

Today I awoke minutes before the train stopped at the station in Lao Cai. My tour group sluggishly exited the train, then we were led to a large van that took us to the beautiful mountain town of Sapa. <br><br>We had some breakfast and explored the scenic town's markets for awhile. Next, we took a short ride to the trail head and began our two days of hiking. I instantly fell in love with the place. Tiers of lush rice paddies meshed seemlessly with the cloud-draped ...