Rat!

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Woke at station on the night train with no warning at all. We had to dash quickly off the train which we weren't to happy about. We took a transfer bus to Sapa village and checked into the hotel. We went for a late lunch at the Chocolate restaurant which was delicious, even though we didn't have time to eat any of the chocolate as we had to go sightseeing.

We visited a small village for the Red Hat tribe. Each of us were tagged with our own personal sales woman, who for a whole hour followed us around the village trying to sell us tat. I bought a bracelet.

In the evening we went for a group meal to a Vietnamese restaurant. I had spring rolls, watermelon juice and chicken noodles all for 50,000 dong approx 1.7 pounds.

When I returned to the hotel I found a little rat stuck in my sink. I thought he was very cute. I caught him and took him outside. The hotel staff didn't help me at all, just having a dis-interested look at the rat.

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Photos

"You buy from me" girls outside our hotel
These girls were very cheeky, they were trying to sell us tat all the time. They spoke very good english and said sayings like
- You buy from me
- Why you not buy from me
- youre dreaming (when haggling on price)

Photo of the girls in the group
Dorota, Emily, Toni , Me and Daisy