Sapa

Sapa was a most needed break from the hot weather. It is a very small group of villages near the border with China in North Vietnam, were indigenous Vietnamese tribes live. Because the towns are located very remotely on the mountains, we got to enjoy a very different sight of the typical SE, and get a break from the continuous heat sweats. Getting there was a Darjeeling Limited experience as we took an overnight nine hour sleeper train. The train was very fun since the 4 of us that travelled together got a room for ourselves. On the train we got drink a lot and have a good laugh before the siesta. We arrived to Lao Cao at 5 am were we had to hire a 2 hour van up the mountains to Sapa.
In Sapa the "You buy from me" indigenous although very ugly physically, they seemed very similar to the Nepalese, were also very docile and friendly. We made a good laugh out of their harassment to tourist and got to smile and joke with them during the day. During our hikes around the villages and mountains we discovered some amazing places were we enjoyed some great swim and jumps in the freezing river.
On the second day we rented some motor bikes and along Nam our hired "tour guide" for the day got to explore many of the villages of the different indigenous and see some amazing sights. Overall we all loved the experience and were greatly happy we ventured to this remote place.