Hoang Lien Hotel Sapa
1 Cau May Street, Lao Cai Sapa, Vietnam
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelHoang Lien Hotel Sapa
Ss..ss..ss....Sa Pa,
Where am I? No this is not a question for you dear readers, it's for us. Please forgive my ramblings it's merely my disorientation due to the fact I thought I was in SE Asia, but I can't be as its flipping freezing here! We are 1500 meters above sea level up in the hills (read mountains) of Northern Vietnam which in terms of weather is …
Sapa - attack of the red Mongs
Don't worry, it sounds more dramatic than it is. Before we have any Ricky Gervais type comments the word mong here in Vietnam is a generic term for ''people or tribe'. And there are lots of them. All represented exclusively by small groups of short women dressed in traditional black embroidered clothing and leggings and carrying a large wicker …
Trekking
Arrived in Sapa at 7am having had very little sleep on our thirteen hour bus ride. Everytime the bus turned a corner, which is surprisingly often, I slid off my seat. Did develop a wedging technique which involved cramming my knees up to stop this, result! Once in Sapa we were thankfully able to get a quick shower before embarking on our trek with …
Plunging Valleys and Rice Terraces to Heaven
To get to Sapa we booked a sleeping train to Lao Cai which is the last town on the China - Vietnam border. From here Sapa is a further 38km which means an hour and a half bus journey after eight hours on the sleeping train (I felt like I was on the Hogwart's express, especially when the mist engulfed us). The bus at 5.30am didn’t go as …
The best way to travel in Vietnam
When I get on internet to search how to discover Vietnam I see the
website: www.huetourism.info and I get in to read I was satified with the tour I read. To be the Vietnamese is the best way to experience Vietnam so I decided to book the tour from Mr Binh
He in the best guide in Hue and we do the tour with group of 5 for price is about 45 …


