Good Morning Vietnam! Good Afternoon Sapa.

Country number 4 arrives at last and after being in Vietnam less than 10 minutes we managed to get a local tuk-tuk driver to have a go on Elliots skateboard and break his arse on the ground, I caught a great midair-fall shot here.

The border crossing was actually in Lao Cai, from here we were transported to the Sapa hill station, which is predominantly known for all of the different hill tribes that reside there. Our little friend we me t here was called Ha. Just Ha. She was quite the little character. She was our Vietnamese teacher for the day, learning all the need to know basics like hello, thankyou, how much? and you are very beautifull :)

Before we left Sapa, Ha made us a bracelet each to take with us for good luck. I lost mine immediately so it wasn't that bloody lucky.

The great thing about arriving in Vietnam was the change in food. No longer was the only option of beef noodles, now we could eat baguettes! A nice solid bit of bread, especially for us English lads, tasted so good. The western food options were plentiful though, we were loving it.

The best way to get around in South-east asia is defo by motorbike. We hired bikes for the day and went on a big cruise through the mountains of Sapa. We visited the tribal villages (reminded me of Pitsmoor) and witnessed their ways of life in the mountains. They were mainly female for some reason, maybe a similar way of life to the Naxi women of China. But they were so little. The mountains here were quite cold and drizzly with rain, but it didnt affect the beauty of the place. If anything the misty atmosphere gave it a bit more character. We were joined by a Dutch kid called Ties for our stay in Sapa. At one point in the day Ties and myself drove back to the hotel to change to shorts so that we could play football with some locals. As we were just setting off from the hotel to go meet the other two guys (Maj and Elliot if your not following) Ties somehow managed to slip on his bike and scratch the shit out of it. Worse thing was, is that the rental place for the motorbike was directly next to the hotel, and yes, he was spotted. Later in the day when we returned the bikes the owner and Ties had a big old argument about the damages done to the bike. I just told him to offer what he thought was fair and if he declined then just walk away, the guy declined, but soon took the offer when he realized he wasn't going to get a cent more. Good skills for a dutch.

Sapa Photo Link:
http://www3.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=4069718011/a=2264773011_2264773011/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/