Drinking Hot Chocolate & Ginger Tea in front of an open fire

January 19th 2007
The night train arrived in Lao Cai at 5.30am, I had slept quite well on the journey as I had been so tired. We had to sit & wait in a mini bus until it was full, (about an hour) & it was cold. It took about an hour to get from Lao Cai to Sapa & as well as being cold there was thick fog, as Sapa is high in the mountains & you couldn't see anything. We found somewhere to stay, put on 4 t-shirts, ... 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

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Erica Hayward

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I am 26 & started my round the world adventure with my friend Claire on 29th October 2006. Here is our Route! 29/10/06 - 06/11/06 Japan 06/11/06 - 04/12/06 China 04/12/06 - 25/03/07 Thailand - Cambodia - Vietnam - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore 25/03/07 - 22/04/07 Borneo 22/04/07 - 15/07/07 Australia 15/07/07 - 26/08/07 New Zealand 26/08/07 - 08/09/07 Fiji 07/09/07 - 22/09/07 Cook Islands (cross the date line so I gain a day!) Claire goes home :( 22/09/07 - 30/09/07 French Polynesia 01/10/07 - 03/10/07 LA 04/10/07 - 08/10/07 San Fran 09/10/07 - 14/10/07 Miami... full info

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