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March 29, 2007
Fancipan (3143m)
We left Sapa at about 9.30am and headed up the mountain pass by jeep. After about 15min we stopped as the road had not been finshed and we had to wait for the bulldozers to move. We arrived a little time later at the park entrance where we set off for our two day trek to the top of Francipan, Vietnam's highest mountain. We'd walked about 5km before the guide said it was time for lunch. We had to have a giude as we would not be allowed in the park without one.
Luch was good with fresh bead and fruit. After the guide had slept we eventually set of f again and expected to be walking for a good few hours but we were told that the camp was about 15min away. We arived at about 2pm, sorted the gear out and had a walk into the jungle.
We headed up to a pass at about 2300m where we saw a herd of water buffalo, which was pretty cool, until they started to walk up the path we were walking down. I just got some photos and moved away from them.
That evening the guide cooked us the one of the most amazing meals of the trip. We had fresh spring roles, fried pork and loads of rices and some of the local rice wine.
We set of from the camp at 6.30am to get to the top by midday. The guide said that it would be at least 4 hours to the top. The veiws were good and the path was steep but not as bad as everyone had made out. After 3 hours of walking we reached the top of Fracipan. It was good to get there at last and it was cold so we had a early lunch took photos and then made our way down back to the park entrace where the jeep was going to meet us.
It took about 5 hours to get back to the park entrance. We were glad to have done it and ready for food and a shower, and then the train back to Hanoi.
Posted by admins at March 29, 2007 9:27 AM