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Hanoi Part 2 - Sapa
So we got back from Halong Bay and hot-footed it up to Sapa in the mountains of north-east Vietnam, the highest point in South East Asia. The six of us (Ben and I + Beav and Zoe +Emily and Alex), took the overnight train from Hanoi to Sapa. Had our own little room, played cards had a few drinks and had the most sleep we'd had all week. Took a bus …
Cold trekking in Sapa
Sapa is a mountain town north east of Hanoi towards the Chinese border. It is the heartland of a number of ethnic hill tribes and as a result has become pretty popular as a trekking and cultural destination. It is reached by an overnight train ride that arrives at 5am and is followed by a minibus trip of an hour up into the mountains. Another blog …
We've been cold too you know (no snow though!)
So, we last updated everyone when we had just arrived on Cat Ba Island. Through a marvellous Vietnamese scam, which saw some cunning 'entrepreneurs' pay off the local bus so that we were left stranded with nine other people at the dock, we managed to forge an instant group of eleven friends!
We went in search of the beach bungalows, but …
Kunming to the border then to Sapa and on to HaNoi
Ok, just a quick note as there are millions of peoploe waiting to uyse the internet! We went from Kunming to Hekou (a Chinese border town). We took the night bus. 13 hours on a bus, it had beds, but the beds were tiny, and no toilet. After a sleepless night we ended up having to stay at the border town for a night as we got the dates on our visas …
Nha Trang
After Ho Chi Minh City we headed north to the coastal town of Nha Trang. We travelled on a bus in the steaming heat of the day and arrived in the early evening. We were dropped off at a hotel called the Lotus Hotel and after a bit of deliberation decided to take the easy option and just stay there. I was quite keen on the wonderfully named 'My Dung …


