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Sapa Goldsea Hotel Lao Cai

058 Fanxipang, Sapa Town Lao Cai, Vietnam

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Midnight Express from Hell.... or Train to Sapa

A travel blog entry by odells

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Spent yesterday browsing through Hanoi - have fairly well 'done it'. Had organised our overnight train trip up to Lao Cai and then the transfer to Sapa (about an hour from Lao Cai). The tour company had shown us the 'silver bullet train' pictures and we had been given a voucher for the travel. We had the hotel book a taxi (have walked too too much …

Cat Cat Village, Sapa

A travel blog entry by odells

Decided to visit the closest Hmong village this morning... down the hill from our hotel. The walk is steep downhill. At the checkpoint you pay 15,000VD entrance fee. A track has been made that winds down the valley past rice paddies, vegetable patches and villagers homes. Kids are aplenty along with family pigs, dogs and chickens. There is an …

The heels of the Hmong Women

A travel blog entry by odells

Had plenty of lightening and thunder last night. Woke to the usual fog that seems to come and go so rapidly here. The hotel isnt the best... internet doesnt work, food is not exciting and the tv only has one channel. The itches are still driving me crazy - Daves came and went quickly. We had hoped to get a bike for the day but the fog here comes in …

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The fog clears...

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... the guides told us how she used to be a seller and although it is ************* one good day you can sometimes earn 1 million dong (about $50) and then be able to have a day off but when you are a guide, the wages are low and you need to work everyday to earn enough, although I imagine that their wages are subsidised nicely with tips from western travellers. We reached our separation point at about 2pm, here we bid Mandy, Mark, Shea and Keegan goodbye and wished ...

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