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Buy from Me | Apr 12 09'

by Shannyn & Gary a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Sapa

"One of the older ladies warned us that she would cry if we didn't buy from her and sure enough true to her word she managed to produce the tears as we were leaving"

Lao Cai train station at six in the morning. The place for us, and indeed the rest of the train, to disembark and head for the hills. We had just s... Continue reading »
Sapa: The countryside! | Jul 18 09'

by Ronald & Yvette a traveling as a couple from Amsterdam, on vacation in Sapa

"There are four periods in Vietnamese literature: The Old Times, The Chinese times, The ANTI-french times and (of course) the ANTI-American times!! (Which time are you at now??... ehm still the ANTI-American)"

The bus dropped us somewhere in Hanoi.. We are starting to get used to being dropped "somewhere" in a city, so we took a cab to somewhere on the ma... Continue reading »
Tribal Villages | Feb 05 02'

by dan_krekel a 32 year old male, on vacation in Sapa

Sapa is a small mountain town NW of Hanoi almost to China. It is surrounded by tribal villages in the valleys around Sapa. The villagers come to... Continue reading »
Just 5 Minutes . . . . | Dec 18 07'

by BritishJen a female from San Francisco, on vacation in Sapa

Jon and I arrived at the train station and shortly were able to board the night train to Sapa. The train was different than the one I had tak... Continue reading »
Guided! | Dec 19 07'

by BritishJen a female from San Francisco, on vacation in Sapa

Up to see the sun - drinking to the wine gods the night before must have worked ;) Even with sun, there was still quite a bit of fog which wa... Continue reading »
Land of Rice Terraces and Colourful Clothing | Jan 03 08'

by The Vespers a 37 year old female traveling as a couple from Wellington, on vacation in Sapa

"The local ethinic minority people are walking around in the town dressed in bright fabrics."

After taking the night train from Hanoi (on which we actually slept a lot of the time!), we ended up at Lao Cai which is on the Chinese border. Sit... Continue reading »
Sapa - the place where minorities speak english but not vietnamese | Apr 03 08'

by Luisita a 20 year old female from Gilleleje, on vacation in Sapa

the train to sapa was a "soft" sleeper. Basically that means only 4 beds in stead of 6 beds in one both. It really wasn't that soft, but a miracle... Continue reading »
Smogless and Scenic - A Mountain Escape | Mar 20 06'

by Grinningman a real traveler from Alexandra, on vacation in Sapa

An overnight train trip is never really all the fun it should be. In Vietnam they have all sorts of different tickets, we took the cheapest;... Continue reading »
Sapa | Nov 28 07'

by Fiona & Dave Slater a 30 year old female traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Sapa

"Treking in the cold"

Took the night train to Sapa from Hanoi, travelling in one of the soft sleeper cabins with four beds. The cabins are very comfortable and we b... Continue reading »
Hilltribe trekking | Apr 07 08'

by NomadPix a real traveler, on vacation in Sapa

I was supposed to visit Sapa a decade ago to collaborate on an ethnographic documentary. I'd plotted the maps, looked at my film partner's photos a... Continue reading »