It’s the final few pictures from our wonderful two day trek through Sapa. We’ve conquered the humidity, the rain, the bugs, the hills and the mud!! It’s been the most amazing few days, exploring some of the most incredible scenery and wonderful people. There are about a million pictures of me like this – redContinue reading “Final trek”
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Home stay
Just as the rain starts to really lash us luckily we arrive at our home for the night. (After teetering over this rickety bamboo bridge first!) We’re stopping in this wonderful wooden house, home to a family of the Dzay minority – one of the many hill tribes in the area. What an incredible placeContinue reading “Home stay”
SO lush and green
Welcome to another edition of ‘let’s look at green rice terraces’ . . . . I make no apologies for my boundless delight in cataloguing the delights of Northern Vietnam. It really is some of the most stunning scenery I have ever seen. The endless rice fields are broken up by the occasional little hamletContinue reading “SO lush and green”
Trekking tourists
Brace yourself for lots more pictures of the Sapa rice terraces! April is still a wet month so the terraces are really muddy and slippy. Look at the gorgeous bright green of the baby rice shoots starting to poke through. The terraces double up as duck ponds with a view for local wildlife. It’s thirstyContinue reading “Trekking tourists”
Sapa trekking
After a good nights kip at the wonderful Sapa Vista Hotel we’re all set to start our two day trek into the rice terraces of Sapa. I have been waiting for this moment for 10 years! Ever since I returned from my first trip to the south of Vietnam I have been a trifle obsessedContinue reading “Sapa trekking”
En route to Sapa
I am finally dragged away from the fantastical Bac Ha market and we’re on our way to Sapa, our final destination for the day. Enroute we visit one of the many traditional hill tribe villages to get a sense of what life is like in the green hills around Sapa. This is Trung Do villageContinue reading “En route to Sapa”
Rainbow women
We’re carrying on with our fascinating snoop around Bac Ha market in Sapa, North Vietnam. Some of the sights make uncomfortable viewing for more western eyes including huge vats of horse stew – a delicacy here. As a life long vegetarian I am fair happier, and in my element, in the colourful fresh produce sectionContinue reading “Rainbow women”
Bustling Bac Ha
Bac Ha is one of the most colorful ethnic markets of all Northwest Vietnam. It is a fusion of the many different hill tribes that inhabit the Bac Ha mountain district and here you can easily distinguish them by their different colourful traditional clothing. I was in seventh heaven surrounded by the colourful typical traditionalContinue reading “Bustling Bac Ha”
Rocking, rolling, riding
Leaving Hanoi behind again for now we’re heading on another adventure. This time to a place I’ve wanted to see for over a decade, ever since I came back from South Vietnam, I have been obsessed with the incredible scenery of the rice terraces of Sapa. So we’re heading further North, aboard the night trainContinue reading “Rocking, rolling, riding”