Trecking to Villages in the Mountains of Sapa
November 17th 2007 The 8 hour night train from Hanoi to Lau Cai was perfect. I was completely gubbed when the train pulled out of Vietnam's capital after the time in Ha Long Bay and I was asleep before I new it, indifferent to my new couchette mates and unaware of the train's bumps and jolts along the way up to the mountain town of Sapa.
On arrival at Lau Cai train station at 6am, I jumped in a minivan for the 30k
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