I began my morning feeling more relaxed than adventurous. I slept in, and ventured out of my room only to look at the trips offered to Sapa at my hotel doubling as a travel agency. Sapa is a mountainous region of northeast Vietnam, made a famous tourist destination for its many surrounding villages and enticing trekking opportunities, seemingly off the beaten tourist path. I had long since selected this as a mandatory destination for my trip, but had been debating how best to go about this portion of the trip. Originally, I wanted to hire a motorcycle tour guide from the same company as Brian had taken, but they only offered tours in the south. When I inquired from the extremely helpful concierge at the girls’ more expensive hotel, he very adamantly discouraged me from hiring
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