Sapa High Street

Sapa - City in The Clouds..... and Rain

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October 28th 2011
We boarded the Sleeper train to Sapa from Hanoi at 22:00 on the night of the 27th of October. The tickets were in short supply so we ended up in the ‘hard bunks’ both of us on the third tier (of three beds), 8ft high, 24” headroom and little black hairs all over the white(ish) sheets; these WERE NOT from an animal!! Still at least we would not be sweltering as the air con was ducted from the ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more