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Published: September 8th 2009
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Sunday 6 September 2009 - After an 8 and a half hour train ride from Hanoi, I arrived in Lào Cai. This city is very close to China, only 1km from the Lào Cai - Hekou international border crossing, also on the way to Yunnan province of China. If you look at a map, Sapa is on the left side, 38km from Lào Cai, and Bắc Hà is on the right side, 70km from Lào Cai. Both Sapa and Bắc Hà are popu...
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John Strathearn
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BAC HA
Thanks for the helpful advice about rail travel from Hanoi. Great photos of H'mong people and the market.