Sunday, March 16, 2025

 Hanoi to Sapa, Vietnam


Sapa is in the northwest corner of Vietnam, just south of China.


I was up around 3 - just couldn’t sleep!  I found the bus stop easily and lucked out by getting a bottom berth-



right behind the driver-



Looking back-



There are three beds across and one up but at the very back there are 5 beds side by side.  I’m very glad I didn’t have to sit/lay there.


We had to take our shoes off upon entering and put them in a plastic bag-



Then when we got off they had a bucket of slip ons to wear outside.


I was able to take pictures from my window and also through the windshield.  They’re not the best but better than nothing.  Leaving Hanoi-




Carrying on-



It is beautiful country-




I’m not sure what religion the cemeteries belong to but there are also lots of tombs placed randomly in rice fields-




We stopped twice for bathroom breaks and food.  I tried the square thing- sticky rice, the pogo- a sweet crust wrapped around a weiner, and a donut, made yesterday.  It all was very mediocre-



I knew the forecast so was not surprised to see it get cloudier, foggier and misty.

Along the way-






Once in Sapa the bus stopped on a busy street and we had to get out!  I popped into a shop across the street and the girl found my homestay on google maps and helped me get rainproofed.  It only took 15 minutes to walk to Sapa Harmony Homestay-



My room is nice-



The family lives on the main floor behind the lobby-



After getting settled I went walking-




It’s worse than I thought!


I found an inside restaurant, had an egg coffee- very small and very bad-



and a burger.  I tried looking for an ATM but it was so foggy I didn’t want to get lost-



I went back to my hotel and surfed the internet.  I don’t even have a book to read and if the forecast is correct, the weather will be like this until I leave Wednesday afternoon!  And to think two days ago it was sunny and beautiful like this-


Visa2asia.com


I guess I will have to come back!


P.S.


Nico was in a 4H speech competition in Viscount.  He placed second so now goes on to provincials April 26th-




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