Cold and Misty Sapa January 3rd 2012 Sapa
On the 2nd Jan we booked a train to leave that evening to Sapa which is North of Hanoi and in the mountains. Meant to be colder then Hanoi but I looked on the web and temperatures seemed similar at around 10-15c which we could handle I am sure. We had booked the cheapest sleeper compartment on the train possible which is the top bunks in the hard sleeper section. 6 bunk beds in ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa 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
September 2010 - 2011. We spent one year in Canada travelling from East to West, North to South. Worked a season in the Rockies at Banff whilst enjoying snowboarding for 5 months. We went home for 3 weeks before spending two months in India from 27th September - 2nd December 2011, then 4 months in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and finally into Australia by April 2012... to work. ... full info