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February 18, 2006
We ended our beautiful day in Halong Bay with a ride back to Hanoi, and caught a night train up into the extreme north of Vietnam, near the ...
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Well, another amazing day(s!). Today may well have been one of the highlights of the trip...which is a presumptuous statement to make after only 5 days on ...
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"You never help me to check my email!"
(Dec 26 '06)
It took us twenty seven hours of straight traveling to get here, but it was well worth the back pain and lack of sleep. We, of course, opted for the cheapest route... third class trains. Just ...
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Ah, the joys of the "soft sleeper"! Four people crowded into a tiny little cubicle with 2 sets of bunks. Not a lot of sleep was had that ...
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Sapa - an unforgettable experience
(Jul 26 '06)
After Ha Long Bay and one more day in Hanoi, we continued our journey up north. From Hanoi we took a train to Sapa, a mountain village 350 kms north of Hanoi. The train took 11 hours and definitely ...
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Ah, the beautiful Mountains!
(Jul 07 '07)
I was so glad to leave Hanoi on Friday with Mum. I'm well and truly over Hanoi and its scams and rip offs.
The train to Sapa is quite an event. You go to the train station where it seems that ...
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The Sapa Valley, I head deep into the mountainous terrain of Northwestern Vietnam via 8 hour train and 2 hour jeep ride.
Sapa was surreal, inhabited by many hillside ...
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So here is how it went down, Travelling alone i decided to join a tour group to the world heritage Halong Bay kast islands. Mainly hoping for single females travelling ...
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Sa Pa, Vietna
(Jul 15 '06)
Dia 24 – 15 de JulhoVisita
a Sa Pa e minorias locais
Dessa vez, nosso guia viajou conosco e
nosso fiel escudeiro Mingh nos acompanhou durante toda a estadia em Sa Pa. Ele já havia morado em Sa ...
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Trekking in Sapa...
(Jun 12 '07)
"The scenery here is really beautiful- clouds drifting over the mountains, green terraced rice paddies, water buffalo, colorful ethnic tribes, bad techno music..."
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Mountains and motorcycles in North Vietnam
(Nov 30 '07)
We took the overnight train to Lao Cai on the Chinese border and were taken by minibus to Sa Pa, climbing above the early morning mist to view the peaks. We had an incredibly steep climb (172 steps!) ...
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Bargaining
(Dec 02 '07)
First of all, I don't know if everyone noticed, but my brother (Justin) was able to put up my bungy jump on youtube after hours of hard work. He listed the link on the previous blog page under ...
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Rice Paddies and Little Old Ladies
(Aug 14 '07)
"We were so happy to have the familiar Seattle weather, shhh don't tell anyone!"
After months of 90+ degrees with 90% humidity we climbed out of the train from Hanoi at 6am and were surrounded by ...
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