Hill Tribes

Along the raods and trails you meet the nomadic people. All incredibly friendly, and will explain their ways of life to you. Learning from tourists they seems to have a pretty good command of english

It's a different world.

December 19th 2006
The 12 hour train ride from Hanoi to Sapa was great. A 2nd class, soft sleeper train. We board at night and wake up the next morning in another city......Actually in Sa Pa's case it feels like a different country, a whole world away from Vietnam. Of course being in Asia nothing is as simple as it seems. Getting off the train we were stopped by some officials asking for our ticket. I left it on th ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

Joined	August 8th 2006	Trips	0
Last Login	December 21st 2016	Followers	2
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	66	Guestbook	134
Photos	634	Forum Posts	1