Auberge Dang Trung Hotel Sapa

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Sapa, Vietnam, 84-20-871243

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Overnight train to Sapa with roomies

Our overnight train ride was largely uneventful and actually pretty comfortable; definitely better than the overnight bus ride. We had a shared cabin with 2 sets of bunk beds. Luckily, we ended up with two very cool girls about our age from Canada. They were clean, quiet and funny, so it worked out perfectly. Unfortunately, the train made a decent number of stops, the AC stopped working 20 minutes into the trip, and the security guard was smoking outside of our room. I watched Superbad on my ...

Sapa, Vietnam laurenandy
Trekking in Sapa (much easier than before)

Today is our trekking day in Sapa, and, having not forgotten our prior trekking experience in Laos, we begin with a little trepidation. In order for us to even begin our trek into the hillside, where many local tribes live, we must get pre-approval from a government checkpoint. All visitors are strictly monitored by the government so that they do not spread different political ideas to the villagers. Our trek took us through some stunning scenery and interesting local villages, and was even w...

Sapa, Vietnam laurenandy
A Walk in the Clouds

OK... so upon arriving in Hanoi, we went straight to find a few our companies that might take us to visit Sapa, a famous town in northern Vietnam where you can go for hikes and visit hill tribes... And that's just what we did... Ready to leave on our tour, Tom and I sat in a cafe near the pick-up point and ordered a nice meal... at which point I remembered... "AH! My document wallet!" Once again, I put it in a safe place and forgot about it... It's so unlike me to leave things behind, but thi...

Sapa, Vietnam you_know_zo

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Marknaden

... de har i detta land. Tvingar in grisar i sackar medans de skriker och skakar va skrack, hundar i sackar katter i sackar. Sjukt.<br><br> Forovrigt var marknaden en valdigt intressant upplevelse. Massor av minoritetsfolk, turister och "vanliga" vietnameser i en stor klump.<br> <br> Jag fick tag pa en hel del fina julklappar ...

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Tag och galna minoritetsfolk

... fick man inte se mycket av, dimman var sa tjock sa man knappt sag 50 meter framfor sig.<br><br> Staden Sapa var dock ratt mysig, en liten smastad med minoritetsbefolkningen stod lite har och dar och salde sina varor.<br><br> Vi bokade en moppetur med tva guider runt Sapa, vi skulle besoka tva byar samt ett vattenfall.<br> Mopparna kom fram till den forsta byn och vi blir omringade av minoritetsbefolkningen. " Buy from me" drag i klader och allmant gnall. Jag ...

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Jackets, Hiking, Fresh Air,and BBQ

... to Lea's hotel and ate there before we left. I swear I could barley fit on the train. uhh. <br> The train ride was 9 hours. It drove through the night and we slept in our small little beds (well they were small to me at least). It was great to wake up at 5am and leave the train. I slept alright. Go figure that I would have bad gas on the train and smoked everyone out. I even woke myself up because it was so loud and smelled ...

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The hills are alive...

... that's it that's all, beubye kid". She swore at me in her dialect with a stubborn and defiant look, and went back to her "Buy from me" whining to Pierre. 20 minutes and half a kilometer later, with everyone else in our tour group laughing at Pierre, i had to step in and rescue him again. I pulled out 2,000 dong, gave it to her and waved her beubye. She practically spit on me, gave me an absolutely filthy look and left us alone. Unicef would not be proud of ...

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Trains, tribes and trekking

... we swam the 200 metres to sunbathe on the white sand, our "crew" set up the table and chairs (with crisp linen and silver cutlery) on another nearby beach, to which we swam in time to receive a couple of chilled beers being carried down a gangplank at about 50 degree angle. The waiter then proceeded to do about 14 trips up and down (waist deep in water at the end of each descent) to serve our (delicious) lunch. <br>We visited a fishing ...

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Among the Hmong

... food for themselves. However we finally found a family that had enough pigs to spare one. <br><br><br><br> The grandmother of the house invited me to come and sit with her and what I assumed to be her granddaughter. It was a ploy at offering me handmade goods that she and the young girl next to her were making. Beautiful work, I just have no room, or need, for any of it. The Hmong women are beautiful people. Physically they look much different than other ethnic groups in this ...

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Sapa et l'air frais des montagnes

... Ainsi on pourra les distinguer des uns des autres par leurs couleurs et bijoux. <br><br>Ne voulant pas trop nous fatiguer nous louons des scooters et sommes partis pour le village de Taphin où nous avons été accueillis par tout un groupe de femmes au premier abord très souriantes. Impressionnés par leurs connaissances de l&#8217;anglais nous les avons suivies jusqu&#8217;à leur village et nous avons eu droit à une explication du processus de fabrication de leurs costumes. S&#8217;en ...

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