Sapa

Sapa was my highlight of Vietnam north of Hanoi near the Chinese border. If I hadn't seen Sapa, I think I would have left Vietnam a bit disappointed. It's a town among mountains. On the mountain side are rice terraces that look amazing. I also managed to swim in the river and sit in a hot spring, well it was actually warm.

I did a two day trek in Sapa. Women and children dressed in traditional ethnic clothing follow you for a couple of hours just holding your hand when you're holding it out for balance. They made us all a wreath also. The point of this was to try to sell us something at the end. Pity they have few things on offer to sell but I did manage to buy an applique belt I liked. It's also a pity I saw people handing out pens to children and them fighting over them before chucking them on the ground. And children begging for water bottles and the tour guide saying it was okay to give it to them.