Mountain Trekking

Trip Start Nov 14, 2008
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Friday, November 28, 2008

Night trains.......a whole new world.  So what do you do when you pitch up in a four berth cabin to find 2 vietnamese guys are bunking in with you, they don't speak english, we don't speak vietnamese, 11 hours is a long time to feel awkward.  In true friendly vietnamese stylee, they fished out a alptop and played tom & Jerry cartoons for us to make us laugh !!  Then the lion king.  Sleeping on the train was a bit impossible, arrived in Sapa knackerd, had a shower then did an 8Km trek.  Needless to say was in bed by 7pm !

Spent the next day trekking 18k through lovely mountain villages and stopping to eat with the local villagers who were so freindly.  A fantastic experience, albeit the knees are now a bit creaky.  Back in Hanoi before heading south towards the wet weather apparently, must fish the mac out.
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