Sunny Sapa!  (Mar 07 '06)
"Pictures won't do this place justice, truly."
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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Northern Mountains of Vietnam  (Feb 17 '06)
"Hilltribe Trekking: Sapa and Around"
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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Fog!  (Dec 09 '05)
"Fog, Fog and More fog! Trying to find the Hmong in the fog!"
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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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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Sapa, Sapa, Charming Sapa  (Jun 30 '06)
"... tiring, yet very rewarding."
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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Halong Bay and Sapa  (Jul 05 '06)
"The emergence of Indiana Flanagan"
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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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..."
Sapa is situated here in the mountains ...
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Sapa Mountain Retreat  (Feb 18 '07)
Hi All, I arrived in Lao Cai early this morning which is right near the Chiense border. Then travelled up hill winding like crazy but a better road than in the NE. Sapa is absolutely beautiful. ...
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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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Sapa  (May 16 '07)
What can I say? Sapa is a stunning town set in the rice paddy mountains and I had an amazing 3 days there! After Halong Bay Cindy, Ella and a few other girls we met on the boat took a trip to ...
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