Dai Thanh Hotel
Travel Blogs from Lao Cai
Goodbye China - my personal summary
... nerve-wracking task...
Environmental disaster
To me most Chinese seem to lack an environmental consciousness when it comes to waste. As stated in my story about the Chinese bus ride, the locals tend to throw their garbage everywhere, be it in fields, parks, rivers or whatever. Garbage from home is rarely collected and as a necessity often burnt right in front of one's house. I hope the Chinese will understand the
value of their nature soon and ...
All I want for Christmas...
... children on the streets – providing them with a livelihood but depriving them of education. just-one gives these children a different path to go down if they choose, providing support in getting them off the street and into education. In most situations the family unit has broken down which makes the Counselling, Rehabilitation, Family Support and Empowerment provided by just-one indispensable tools ...
I Love Border Crossings
... and veg sellers as well as birds in cages on the back of motorbikes, flowers, shoes, you name it, it’s here, lots of the sellers wear the traditional conical leaf hats which is the first ones I’ve seen, and there's not another tourist in sight.
I spend a couple of days in the area as I’m not in any hurry, I’ve a visa valid for the next month so I’m just trying to decide what route ...
Mud bath
... was split into 3rows with beds on the very bottom parallel with the floor and beds above that.. The ones at the top looked really easy to fall out of when u fell asleep and the ones at the bottom were far too accessible for cockroaches for my liking! We did see one cockroach, it was small but ran right down Leigh's bed so again I just blocked this out of my mind. We had 2scheduled stops on the bus but a lot of unscheduled stops so the 8/9hour ...
Das war der Gipfel!
... erst mal steil abwärts - insgesamt 100Hm. Nach kurzer Traverse durch den Bambuswald ging es dann wieder steil bergauf bis wir den Gipfelgrat erreicht hatten. Von dort war es nur noch eine halbe Stunde bis zum Gipfel des Fansipan mit 3143m - dem höchsten Berg Indochinas. Leider hatten wir oben aber überhaupt keine Aussicht. Nur die silberne Pyramide auf dem Gipfel gab ein Motiv her. Nach einer halben Stunde brachen wir wieder auf ...
Other places to stay in Lao Cai
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Hanoi Hotel
D8 Giang Vo St, Ba Dinh Dist., Lao Cai | 4 star hotelfrom $89 -
Sao Mai Hotel
Bac Ha District, Lao Cai | Hotel -
Sapa Goldsea Hotel
058 Fanxipang, Lao Cai | Hotel -
Ham Rong Hotel
Sapa town, Lao Cai | Hotel -
Cau May Hotel
Sapa Town, Lao Cai | Hotel -
Duyen Hai Hotel
Pho Hang Chau Plarong, Duyen Hai, Lao Cai | Hotel -
Lao Cai Star Hotel
003 Hoang Lien Street, Coc Leu Ward, Lao Cai | Hotelfrom $32
