Sapa - The Queen of the Mountains

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May 28th 2009

Published: May 29th 2009

We left the chaos of Hanoi for the mountains of Northwest Vietnam. Sapa, also known as the ‘Queen of the Mountains’, was formed in 1922 as a former hill station and is located near the Chinese border. We took an overnight sleeper train to reach Sapa which left Hanoi at 9pm and arrived near Sapa at 5am. The sleeper was reasonably pleasant. We shared our 4-bunk cabin with a friendly older couple... Read Full Entry

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