Sapa is in a beautiful valley, and we had a great view from our hotel room. We sat outside in the afternoons to watch the clouds blow in from farther down the valley, up towards the village of Cat Cat.
Northern Vietnam January 6th 2013 I was very fortunate to have my friend Anisa travel all the way from Montana to Hanoi for Christmas. She stayed past when I had to return to Dhaka for work, but we managed to see and do a lot during our travels together. We started with a rough itinerary:
Day 1: Arrive in Hanoi on Christmas. Eat a giant Christmas dinner.
Day 2: Recover from jetlag (Anisa had to get used to a 14 hour differen ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Northeast 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
I live in Cusco, Peru and will be posting mostly about my trips around Peru and South America. From August 2012 to June 2014 I lived in Dhaka, Bangladesh and blogged about living there and traveling around Southeast Asia. This blog also contains my stories from living in Istanbul, two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Morocco, and some other travels. ... full info