Sapa Golden Sea
58 Fanxipang Road Sapa, Vietnam
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Night Train To Sapa
Our train departed Hanoi at 9.15 p.m and expected to arrive Lao Cai at 6 a.m.next day. It's a night tourist train with 4 berths to a room.Almost all the wagons were full with foreign tourists, mainly Europeans.We had to share ours with a young Polish couple.
The travel agent was kind enough to send us to the station and for very good …
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All night on the train and mucho rain
... a lot to see there. Our hotel room had a lovely view of the city, and was light and bright. Around noon, our guide, "Tiger" and the driver took us to the airport and we flew to Hanoi. When we left Hanoi at the beginning of the trip, it was all decorated for Christmas, and just about every store was selling Santa outfits for men, women and kids. Now Hanoi was gorgeously decorated for the upcoming Lunar New Year. We went to our first hotel and did ...
Markets And Mud
... and trusted companion. Squawking chickens, squealing pigs, water buffalo, and others were being actively bought and sold but it was the dogs and cats that really tested our resolve- you just wanted to scoop them all up and take them home (if we had a home!).
After finishing up with the market we eased our way back onto the bikes (which had all been resuscitated through some sort of overnight maintenance program) for our 90km ride back to Lo Cai. The backsides were ...
Rancho Relaxo
... It's amazing that they sell for so much more in Australia! I also bought gloves and leggings so I should be able to survive our frigid time in the north. The big mistake was walking back with a shopping bag, because this let the Hmong people know that we were potential sales, so for a period of time we were followed, flirted with, cajoled and chatted to by various Hmong women, all of whom shared the following phrases: hello! where you from? when ...
Ss..ss..ss....Sa Pa,
... as an extension of people's houses, I'm sure in the summer that would be the case here somewhat; but it was fascinating to roll past someone's "front" room open to the track!
A few scheduled stops along the way, some stopping so sharply it felt as though you could topple out! I was especially worried about Mr Boe in the top bunk, but he managed to hang on in there. Woken at approx 5am (yes we are still on ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Alpenblick



