First trip for us was to Sapa - this is meant to be a beautiful countryside town with great view of the mountains and lots of lush greenery and paddy fields. However, November is not the best month to visit as we had been told before we got there as the weather is not great and it is after the harvest so you don't get to see it in the best light. However we thought we go anyway and just check it out. Taking an overnight train was an experience even though we had done these in China - this was again slightly different doing it here..
As we arrived on Sunday morning first stop for us was Bac Ha Market - really interesting but craziest market we'd seen where locals go to trade. This was nice to see as seemed tourists were there only to watch and it was locals that were buying and selling from each other. They had cattle, dogs, horses and most other types of animals being sold - as well as general things such as hair cuts and general fruit and veg plus the local tribal dresses and bags. It was quite horrible to see the treatment of the animals and kav didn't last long - but yet interesting to see...
We also did a 12k trek through a few villages in Sapa but the views were not great. It was mostly covered with fog and only really lifted for a few hours.. Due to the weather the trek was really slippery and luckily a lady leant Kav her walking stick to help her ,though we all still managed to take a few falls..
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| Local market selling the local clothes |
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| Vibrant colours for the tribes people |
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| Children's toys with bright colours |
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| Local women |
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| Chillies and Chilli sauce packaged in water bottles!!! |
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| Our guides - local women waiting for us to get ready! |
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| Kavs walking through slodgey mud |
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| Sapa paddy fields looking brown as harvest was done few weeks back |
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| The fog cleared for few moment to show us the beauty of Sapa. |
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| Mountain tops over the clouds |
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