Sapa Travel Blogs

In my several circuits of Sapa town yesterday I had hoped to happen across two friendly H’Mong ladies Sa and Khu again who’d kindly invited me back to their village, but I never found them.  I asked around but gave up.  Words gets around it seems though.  After I polish off my ho…

Nu'oc cong hoa xa hoi chu nghia Viet Nam! After being wrecked on the overnight bus from Kunming, the first thing on the menu in Sa Pa is sleeping. The next three of four hours are divine.. Sleeping must be one of my favorite activities in the world. I think I could devote an entire blog entry…

After 2 wonderfull day to halong bay i came back to hanoi for only a afternoon and at night i take the train to lao cai and after direction Sapa!!!! after a wonderfull night train with good people two autralian and 4 vietnamiens we dicide to make a party in the train we called it the train party …

Brrrr.... it's so cold here in Sapa! Specially during the mornings and evenings. There's sun throughout the day, but it's still cold nevertheless! I just love it though. I think it's perfect! I didn't even sweat during the trek today. Back in manila, I sweat a lot. That's quite an improvement for …

The train arrived at around 5.30am in the bitterly cold morning. After a short wait we climbed into a minibus which took us up into SaPa. As the day broke I finally started to see glimpses of the scenery - it was utterly breathtaking. Rice fields cut away into the mountainside like giant staircases…

Well, gone are the days that I could say that I had never seen a dog being cooked in the street before. Sapa has quickly become my favourite destination in Vietnam, but I haven't half seen some stomach-turning things in one day. The two of us hired a different guide (Thanh was busy, so we got his …

If you're looking for a culturally-rich place, this is the place to be!  You'll just have to ignore all the tourists that are all over the place!  We got in pretty early, after a long night on the train, and were immediately hounded down by buses heading for the town of Sapa, itsel…

The mountain town of Sapa turns out to be a microcosm of my month-long trawl through Vietnam. It's pleasant and at times the scenery is stunning, but it is also marred by a volume of tourists and sellers that reduces any sense of an authentic travel experience to more or less zero. The women of loc…

since i was too lazy to go for hikes in lao i decided sapa is one of the last nice opportunities to do so and signed up for a hike to 4 villages organized by my hotel... something i usually not do but it was worth a try, cost me 10 usd including a guide, lunch and ride back into town we …

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

6 girls in Hanoi from 09-13 Nov. cheap beer, good food, laughing all the way throug Vietnam.

After 10 hours on the train, finally we arrive at Lao Cai train station. When we step out from the railway station, there are many people rush to us to offer us a taxi ride and van ride to Sapa. Every one is giving a different rate and we were there almost half and hour just to bargain. At last,…

07:00 uur opstaan, 07:30 ontbijt (pannekoeken met banaan en chocoladesaus). 08:00 vertrek, we hebben de keus tussen de korte, makkelijke route en de langere, moeilijkere route. De enigen die voor de lange route kiezen zijn Toos, Trudy en Ronnie. De hele weg is glibberig en af en toe is wat hulp van…

Sapa is a smallish town in the northern mountains of Vietnam. Much of the population is from the Hmong tribe. Tribes-people still wear traditional dress (see picture) and live by working the land.  Because of this, and because of the stunning views, there’s quite a big influx of travellers p…