My last day in Hue, I saw some cool Kong Fu,
and some impressive tombs of old kings.
Hanoi failed to impress,
so I grabbed the first boat trip I found to Halong Bay.
What an incredible place!
Then I grabbed a night train north and wound up in small, isolated Bac Ha.
had lunch at the small farm on the left,
and caught the first bus the next morning to beautiful Sapa.
Did a day trek (15km walk) down the mountain and through some Tribal Villages, and (thankfully!) took an old army jeep back up to the city.
Today I walked down to another village, got lost in from the Tourist Trail for a while (always fun), and got back in time to narrowly escape being rained on.
I've been hanging out in cafes all afternoon. Not terribly exciting, but still, a shitty day in Sapa beats a nice day in Hanoi. Tonight I catch the night train to Hanoi followed by an early morning flight to Vientianne in Laos, where, I'm told, the weather is much nicer.
2 comments:
That Bay reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Merry Christmas, Christian! From both me and Erinn!
Just so you know, I am following your blog as adamantly as I always have, just that for some reason Blogger refuses to let me stay logged in and it's a huge pain in the ass to get it to log in properly, so I don't comment as often.
Take care out east. Lot of people asked about you at the Christmas party last night. :)
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