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March 29, 2007
Sapa
We arived in Sapa after a jourrney on the night train from Hanoi. The train was good and we even maneged to get some sleep. We arrived in Sapa at about 7am and first impressions of the place are good, like alpine resort with mountains all round.
We booked into our hostel and had breakfast - the usual egg on french bread. Then we headed into town to sort out what we where going to do for the next few days. The whole place is on the side of a hill and the hostel is at the bottom. Sapa is mainly on one road. When we arrived we couldn't see much due to really lthick fog, but apparently this was normal - the fog would close into about 10 a m and then clear to give way to amazing views of the mountains.
We walked up the road and found the loacal market. Its definitely diffent to back home.Meat is on wooden tables and they use every single bit of the animal which is a bit odd, but the most odd thing was the stall that sold roast dog not just individual cuts but the whole animal. Apparently in the north of Vietnam dog is eaten a lot but there's no chance of me trying it.
After a day in Sapa we decided to go to Bac Market which is about 110km from Sapa and is an amazing place. The local tribes head there every Sunday so the woman can sell the meat and crops and the men can drink rice wine until they fall over and then the womae put them in crates and take them home. Another intersetring thing - apart from this was the colourfullness of local dress. They wore layer after layer and they must of been so very hot. That Sunday was about 35c.
After spending the day at Bac we aranged to climb Fancipan, Vietnam's highest mountain. The trek was to take two days so we had a early night after packing up the kit for the trip.
Posted by admins at March 29, 2007 9:11 AM