Lotus Hotel Sapa

... Sapa we were swarmed by a flock of locals either asking, "You buy from me?" or, "Come to my hotel." We followed a girl to the Lotus Hotel. It was a small, simple and clean hotel just up off the main intersecion. For only 6 US $$ a night and we liked it. ...

... verzweifelt versucht hatten uns an irgendwelchen Hotels rauszuwerfen konnten wir irgendwann unser Zimmer im Lotus Hotel (mit Kamin) beziehen. Was uns als erstes in Sapa auffiel, es ist EISKALT! Fuer deutsche Verhaeltnisse scheint einem 5 Grad vielleicht ...

... every turn and bridge to navigate. On arriving in Sapa we were met by the normal greeting party touting for hotel business and ended up at the Lotus as someone recommended it to us previously. The rooms had little fires in them which we thought would ...

... . Although the design is not bad, I decide to defer the shopping until after I have breakfast. Meanwhile, I meet in the hotel a French girl I shared my 'wonderful' 24-hours ride from Vientiane to Hanoi. During breakfast I convince her and her friend that ...

... and hunt down some accommodation. We decided to have a walk to Cat Cat which is a village 4km round trip out of Sapa. It is a traditional northern Vietnam village and looks wicked but the weather bad. Spend the day chilling and catching up on Blog. ...

... Frauen aus den umliegenden Doerfern, die dich mit dem Betreten der Strasse beschatteten und mit immer den gleichen Fragen nervten. Im 2. Hotel fanden wir ein gutes Zimmer fuer 6 Dollar die Nacht. Und es gab unser geliebtes Muesli mit Fruechten und ...

... all week.  Took a bus from the train station up the longest winding road into the mountains, scary stuff but stunning views. Sapa is this mental little town up in the mountains, and every day the tribal women and children from the surrounding area ...

After a pretty In Sapa we booked our trek through Sapa Trekking before going for a waunder through the nearby Cat Cat village past the village houses, rice paddies, waterfalls and rusting bridges. A little girl started walking with us (she couldn't have ...

... on our visas wrong! We crossed over the next day to Lao Cai. It was very easy, no problems. Then we took a mini bus to Sapa. Sapa was foggy. We were a bit dissapopinted as the views drom this small town are ment to be amazing. After a foggy few days we ...

... got back to town that a typoon had crossed the central coast at Danang/Hoi an killing people & causing flooding. Checked into the Lotus Hotel for $6 a night!! Our cheapest yet! No air con but you don’t need it here and there are big doonas on ...

We travelled up by local train.It was equal to about 3rd classIndian many years ago. A great experience though. 6to a compartment.Hard sleeper but the mattress was OK. Shared with 2 other adventurous French and 2 locals. We arrived at 5am. Yesterday and ...

... of wall-to-wall hotels, tacky souvenier shops, travel agencies and bad restaurants.  I ended up settling on the hotel Daniel had emailed me about, the Lotus.  A nice clean room with a view was a whopping six bucks.   Tour buses drop ...

... screwed over by some guy posing as UNESCO.  Well this was the place that he was sending people to – Sapa O’Chau don’t charge volunteers so he was pocketing the money he charged and sending people there.  Unfortunately because ...

... was long enough and wide enough for me to fit comfortably and the ten hour journey went by pretty quickly. We were told that Sapa was a beautiful mountain town, and that the surrounding trekking is second to none. However, on arrival in the town it became ...

... first glance,  it  looks like a real fortune, especially when coming from China, but it's actually just 2 usdollars! Arriving in Sapa, it was really raining cats and dogs, and so I took refuge in the local cafeteria, not the worst place to be, ...

... . Overnight in Sapa.   Day 7:  Sapa - Lao Cai train station - night train to Hanoi (B/L) Breakfast in the hotel. From Sapa, drive 15km northeast to Taphin, hike thru paddy fields and an old seminary in Taphin Valley, you will reach the ...

... to Perfume Pagoda was about 60 minutes but it was so beautiful. We were surrounded by water, mountains, lotus gardens, graves, fishermen, shrimpers, gardeners, banana trees, forests. It was absolutely breathtaking. Rowing is extremely hard ...