this all-in-one sapa trip, minus drinks, cost 110usd per pax and was the cheapest package we found on the internet. the package included a car pick-up at hostel and transfer to hanoi train station, an overnite train to lao cai wiv soft-sleeper, a minibus to-and-fro transfer between lao cai and sapa, all entrance fees at sapa, meals and an english speaking guide. lao cai is a northern province of vietnam bordering china. if schedule allows, i'd really apply for a china visa and enter the nearest border town of china, hekou. but we'd only hav a short stay in lao cai. so save my money.
sleepy face, messy hair. worry not abt missing the stop. there was a wake-up knock on the cabin door few mins before arrival.
getting off the train. cool weather in lao cai.
reaching here at sapa after 1-hr plus mountainous ride fr lao cai.
market.
early market. some ppl here speak chinese.
sapa square.
banana blossoms. it reminds me of the malay saying,
pisang berbuah dua kali. nothing to do wiv this pic rite? i know...
omg, they even hav astro.
wiv our guide, ling.
the anti-social
ber-social.
whats to celebrate? these two can really pose.
giant cows: dun take my pic. leave me alone!! gazing grass also wanna
kacau?
this loom is still in use.
crops.
handsome ho chi minh at the back.
everything is so
kuno.
even the man inside the photo is also
kuno.
the traditional house of hmong ppl.
waterfalls.
high tea in cat-cat village.
the tour adjourned and would continue the next day. so we rented this bike to get around sapa village. at tourist info centre.
surrounded by terraced paddy field.
padi huma.
i love horses. but these are all
kuda padi and donkey.
met a malaysian couple who took this photo for us
.
going up and down hill on a narrow road.
bird-view of sapa village. i can be very poetic, "枯藤老树昏鸦；小桥流水人家；古道西风瘦马；夕阳西下; 断肠人在天涯." but i dunno the meaning... talking abt him being homesick?
hidden agenda on the bridge!! *the vietnamese version of infernal affairs*
behind-the-scene no.1.
behind-the-scene no.2.
behind-the-scene no.3.
behind-the-scene no.4.
behind-the-scene no.5.
behind-the-scene no.6. before me and bearbear fell down fr the bike.
our dinner.
self taken pic.
nite view of sapa. in front of the mountain view hotel.
meet our very msian brand petronas, a brand im never proud of. wth.
me and bearbear, sometimes, can be very self-obsessed.
they whom tried to escape paparazzi.
tried hard to escape but still found paparazzi nowhere to be avoided. so better sleep.
jorgie msg-ed me abt our new big boss coming in to mof. but it was bearbear who couldnt wait to catch the news update.
a walk into the old stephen chow's movies. i'd never found this shop in msia.
the national anthem is played on the streets thru this big speaker every morning.
their toll booth.
halong jetty.
getting onboard.
jeff is holding bearbear's hand. illusion ok!!
this is what we call gedik!!
mr. captain jeff navigating his vessel expertly around and thru the halong bay.
buying bananas. yean loves bananas.
brilliant dog reminds me of billion.
mr. lee, a finance manager fr msia recommended us this famous restaurant. the bun here means rice vermicelli in vietnamese language. so we thought we should go there makan-makan wiv a bunch of other msian travellers whom we met on the tour.
titanic wannabe. get urself a great companion, and she will promise you a fun trip, definitely.
4 of us.
the kissing rocks as famous landmark of halong bay.
we are just sotong like this.
the antique looking junks.
on the way back to hanoi.
this is the restaurant i mentioned just now.
our dinner.
the guy wiv backpack, yunsak, an indonesian expat in msia is working wiv one of petronas' subsidiaries.
nite market. end of halong bay and hanoi tour!!
a visit to tafin village of red dzao ethnic. coming to the mountain. this is where i could sing... 走在鄉間的小路上暮歸的老牛是我同伴.......
datin-wannabe. chewwahhh. they will really flock around and beg you to buy their handicraft.
wiv muddy piggie.
the tafin cave.
inside the cave. i was ready to turn myself into a batwoman!! ok, i actually switched on my hp led torchlight function, and lotsa bats flying out. scary!!
the harvest time.
micheal jackson konon-konon.
i love the veggie here esp its stir-fried chinese watercress.
the story of ahlang is not going to repeat by itself.
going to silver waterfalls.
at the bridge.
me, the iron lady.
sleepy face, messy hair. worry not abt missing the stop. there was a wake-up knock on the cabin door few mins before arrival.
getting off the train. cool weather in lao cai.
reaching here at sapa after 1-hr plus mountainous ride fr lao cai.
market.
early market. some ppl here speak chinese.
sapa square.
banana blossoms. it reminds me of the malay saying, pisang berbuah dua kali. nothing to do wiv this pic rite? i know...
omg, they even hav astro.
wiv our guide, ling.
the anti-social ber-social.
whats to celebrate? these two can really pose.
giant cows: dun take my pic. leave me alone!! gazing grass also wanna kacau?
this loom is still in use.
crops.
handsome ho chi minh at the back.
everything is so kuno.
even the man inside the photo is also kuno.
the traditional house of hmong ppl.
waterfalls.
high tea in cat-cat village.
the tour adjourned and would continue the next day. so we rented this bike to get around sapa village. at tourist info centre.
surrounded by terraced paddy field. padi huma.
i love horses. but these are all kuda padi and donkey.
met a malaysian couple who took this photo for us.
going up and down hill on a narrow road.
bird-view of sapa village. i can be very poetic, "枯藤老树昏鸦；小桥流水人家；古道西风瘦马；夕阳西下; 断肠人在天涯." but i dunno the meaning... talking abt him being homesick?
hidden agenda on the bridge!! *the vietnamese version of infernal affairs*
behind-the-scene no.1.
behind-the-scene no.2.
behind-the-scene no.3.
behind-the-scene no.4.
behind-the-scene no.5.
behind-the-scene no.6. before me and bearbear fell down fr the bike.
our dinner.
self taken pic.
nite view of sapa. in front of the mountain view hotel.