-We arrived in Lao Cai (check) at 5am and took an hour-long
drive to the town of Sapa. The drive was beautiful as the sun was rising over
all the rice fields. Sapa is half mountain town, half valley full of rice fields.
It is absolutely beautiful.
The mountain town of Sapa:
-We were given time to take a shower at a hotel and
had some breakfast before heading off for our 12km hike (which ended up feeling
more like 5km and was on a very flat path, I don’t think that really counts as
a hike). Women from the local villages follow you the whole way to the home
stay just so they can sell you things. It’s actually quite annoying because
they don’t leave you alone until you buy something and when you but one thing
from someone everyone else wants you to buy more from them. Nevertheless it was
absolutely gorgeous, we were super lucky with the weather.
Marco swimming in the river:
In front of some rice paddies:
Some local children trying to sell bracelets:
Marco in front of the valley:
A local:
Some more views of the valley:
Where we ate lunch:
-We met some really
nice people from England and Australia whom we went down to the river with for
some swimming. A Dutch couple at our home stay had bought some gifts for the
kids, just simple things like balloons, paper, stickers, and a jump rope. The
kids went wild though and absolutely loved it. We all had fun trying to make
paper airplanes and fortunetellers.
Living quarters for the night:
-In the evening we had a great meal and the
most delicious fires cooked with garlic. We played some cards and tried some of
the local rice wine, which reminded me of bai jiu.
Dinner with the group:
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