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First impressions of Vietnam and they're not good!
... who we guessed were Vietnamese due to their garish loud conversations) were shouting over the noise of the old rickety bus on unpaved roads. Not ideal at 6 am!! It was like being back in India an not a great impression of Vietnam after the lovely laid back Laos!! Anyway, after two border checkpoints, we eventually got to Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam.
Unfortunately the only good thing about this town was that the airport had a flight ...
Dien Bien Phu
... recreated in concrete so visitors can appreciate the setting. In 1954 the trenches were full of 2 feet of mud. The crater from the Vietnamese explosives which was decisive in capturing the hill is still there and quite impressive. Next, we visited the War Museum, a small but compelling telling of the story. Most interesting to us were the photographs (with English captions). We followed this with a stroll ...
...cross the border - Vietnam to Loas. (Far North)
... the night as crossing the border from Sapa into Loa is impossible in one day.
The trip began well as we crossed the Tram Ton pass on smooth roads past some nice waterfalls and epic landscapes (only visible in the temporary cloud and rain breaks). As soon as we made it over the pass though, things started to get a little nasty. The road deteriorated and didn't exist at all in some places. Guard rails vanished and now there was nothing in between ...
Vietnam - Part 1
... and then onto Lai Chau with a very 'scary' driver.
We visited the famous A1 hill in DBP where the first Indochina war ended in 1954 with the French surrendering to the Viet Minh and also saw other war sites sitting on the back of motor bikes with a guide. The guys were great and I felt quite safe and 1.5 hours only cost us about $6 each - great value. I quite enjoyed exploring the streets of DBP and we had an interesting experiences with local food. ...
Sapaly Express
... telling her.
An hour long mini van journey from Lao Chau to our destination of Sapa was next required, with the bus only being half full we slowly drove around the streets stalking unsuspecting tourists, jumping out the vans sliding door, offering them special price ride! i could not help but mildly feel like i was part of a people smuggling ring. So with still a half full bus we needed to resort to becoming a ...
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