Dai Thanh Hotel Lao Cai

... their trekking tours and doing them a huge favour. We then had visions of being escorted to the local jail for damaging property, then extorted out of hundreds of dollars for the repairs and to get our passports back. But being the wise old geezers that we are, we used the old "the best defensive is going on the offensive" strategy. Coming into the lobby, we told the receptionist that there was a biiiiig, humongous problem in the room and that Pierre almost ...

... the village to get to the trekking paths, the guide was pointing out the dog meat on display in the market... needless to say, our hearts were broken as the dogs on the street are all very friendly and sweet. How can one eat such a smart animal? Apparently, 80% of VNese people eat dog meat, supposedly only in the winter because it keeps them warm. Seems to me there are better ways to keep warm... We miss Godzilla.<br><br>Everywhere, there are big jars ...

... 8211; yes! But we were all in good spirits and the<br>hike back definitely was adventurous! Completely muddy and slippery<br>it was a journey! We managed not to fall but it was fun watching<br>other people slip and slide (no one was hurt though!) Walking back<br>took longer because of the weather so by the time we got back to Sa<br>Pa we went back to the hotel, took showers, got situated, and now<br>we're at a cafe sipping warm coffee still buzzing about the trek!<br><br><br><br>

... so we may meet again.<br><br>As you can see from the photos, there are many hill tribe people in town, mostly Black H'mong, but also Red Dao and Flower H'mong people. They are some of the kindest people I have ever met, and some of them great saleswomen :) I bought far too much from them....<br><br>They all have the same set of questions to ask the tourists: What's your name? Where are you from? How old are you? How many brothers and ...

Bonjour a tous,<br>je suis bien arrive au Nord du Vietnam apres avoir pris un train de nuit puis un bus pour arriver dans la ville de Sa Pa. J ai rencontre 2 Australiens dans le train (Mat et Jason) avec qui je me suis lie d amitie et on voyage emsemble depuis 5 jours. <br>On s est trouve une petite ghuesthouse familiale tres sympathique et on rayonne autour de Sa Pa avec des motos.<br>Les paysages sont a coupes le souffles et c est la saison de la ...

We take our first train in Vietnam to get to Sapa - an overnight one. We had no idea what to expect but it turned out to be brilliant! As we had booked the whole tour as a package we had the first class air con sleepers (only the best...) which consisted of two sets of two bunkbeds in one carriage. It was pretty cosy and I slept like a baby the whole way from Hanoi to Sapa. We arrived early in the morning in Sapa, as the sun was coming up, and had a 40 ...

... where it falls off of the edge of the map, that was my destination. Tour group&#8217;s abilities to clog up a walk way never cease to amaze me. It&#8217;s like they get together and practice before going out for the real thing. Especially when there&#8217;s umbrellas involved, and being in Asia, there&#8217;s always umbrellas involved. I had to squeeze by two more groups before I had open path in front of me. Should have gotten up earlier. The path was made of rocks cemented into ...

... but not much party. Great place to ride a motorbike. Had some random spa bath which was like bathing in someones ****!! Checked a few waterfalls out and went on awesome motorbike ride today where i went swimming in amazing waterfall. Sapa is great just all about nature and no party!! Anyway heading back to Hanoi for few days and then Bangkok on Monday and straight down to ko pan for full moon again!!! <br><br>have fun<br><br>Lovexxxxxxxxxxx

... red and black tops and skirts with huge red hats) sell trinkets, bed spreads, bags and jewelry to all the foreigners as well as offer the experience of going with them to their village to see how they live. You seriously can't walk down the street without being bombarded by someone trying to sell you something and it gets to the point where you just want some space.<br><br> That said, they are all very sweet with big smiles and are super good natured as ...

A great tour company to visit local villages is Sapa Nature Tour Company at 024, Caumay Street, Sapa town, Lao cai, Viet nam. e-mail: sapanaturetours@hotmail.com. All the other tours seemed to charge so much ...