Vietnam - Sapa - Rice Terraces, Hill Tribes & Trekking
June 1st 2013 Friday night was certainly not my best night for sleep. The overnight train from Hanoi to Sapa groaned, creaked and jolted it's way through the night, finally arriving in Lao Cai two hours late, at 7.30am. Lao Cai is the capital of Lao Cai Province and shares the border with the city of Hekou, in the Yunnan province of Southwest China.
I had already paid for a private transfer to Sapa, about 32
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