A photo model in Sapa

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April 23rd 2008

Published: April 23rd 2008

I traveled to Sapa for the first time in April 1998, ie exactly 10 years ago. At the time I traveled by bus and it took me 12 hours from Hanoi to Sapa (Never again!). Last weekend I returned to Sapa, but this time I traveled with my parents and their friends. We traveled by night train from Hanoi to Lào Cai (approx. 350km, 8 hours by train), then we got a bus to Sapa (38km, an hour by bus). Thing... Read Full Entry

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I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Mountain view from balcony of my hotel

It's so foggy in early morning and late afternoon.

Flower garden on Hàm Rồng mountain

Orchid garden on Hàm Rồng mountain

Sapa town

Shops on a street in Sapa.

Wooden paintings

Some typical pictures of the ethnic minority people as you can see the old ladies in the paintings.

Sapa church

Sapa city view from Hàm Rồng mountain

Hàm Rồng mountain

Sapa church

Hàm Rồng mountain

Sapa city view from Hàm Rồng mountain

Chợ tình (Love Market) on Saturday night

Some young ethnic minority people are dancing and using their musical instruments. The Love Market is held every Saturday night near the old church in Sapa's center.

Time of mass at Sapa church

Hàm Rồng mountain

Sapa church

Sapa city view from Hàm Rồng mountain

Sapa church

Chợ tình (Love Market) on Saturday night

Hekou

Hekou is the city on the other side of Nậm Thi river. That is the border gate on Chinese side. I used to be there 3 years ago on the way to Kunming in April 2005.

Lào Cai border gate

This is the border gate on Vietnamese side.

23rd April 2008

dog gone
m j a

Excellent Blog Entry
As alway, great story and interesting, well-done photos! matt

25th April 2008

Leah
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Hi Hongha, you should have set up your blog long time ago...but never too late since you have so much to write & contribute. I used to read about your contribution on Lonely Planet. I visited Hanoi after Christmas in 2007 but only stayed four days. Went to Halong 2D1N. Enjoyed Halong Bay cruise very much. Something differnt staying on a junk boat. The weather was cold & windy in the open sea. Other than that, everything was just wonderful. Saw Hanoi people welcoming new year. I plan to visit Sapa next time & your write up on Sapa is helpful. Keep writing.

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