‘La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la….I just can’t get you out of my head’
Thursday, February 5th, 2009Sapa, Vietnam (Northern Vietnam)
Sapa is in northern Vietnam and lays 38km from Lao Cai, China (border town in South West China). Sa Pa is surrounded by the Fansipan mountain (about 3000m high), the Ta Van River, dotted with Hmong villages, valleys, and rice terraces. Sa Pa is surrounded by an endless amounts of natural beauty.
During my three day stay in Sa Pa I rented a moped which took me through Hmong villages, caves, and mountains. After the first day crusing Sa Pa on mopeds, I booked a tour to visit local Hmong villages. The tour consisted of a 2 day 2 night trek/home stay. The first day of the trek we were led by a local Hmong girl, who guided us through the hills of Sa Pa, up, down and around rivers, mountains, rice terraces, dodging pigs, chickens and water buffalo…until finally making our way to our home stay….. the house of Mr. Tim! [read on]