From Sapa to Dien Bien Phu. A ten hours long trip with a terrible minibus. We are now near to China border. Beautiful view and horrible road. Around us there are mountains, rivers, forests.

In Dien Bien Phu nobody speaks english. No tourists, no restaurants, only rain and fog… fantastic.

12 - 13 agosto - Dien Bien Phu

12 - 13 august - Dien Bien Phu

 

Today we go trekking in Sapa valley. H’mong villages. Beautiful place and simple and kind people. Very poor but proud. They can’t write nor read but they speak a good english learned in the streets…

11 agosto - risaie a Sapa

11 august - rice field around Sapa

 

Arrived in Sapa this morning around 7 a.m. Probably tomorrow we’ll go trekking to the villages of  h’mong tribes. Today we just walk around town.

10 agosto - valle di Sapa
10 agosto – valle di Sapa
 

Yesterday night we went to the water puppet theatre. it’s an ancient vietnamese tradition. Interesting, a little sleepy, though

Today we walked around Hanoi and this evening at 9 p.m. we head to Sapa by train. Wagon-lit  400 km, 20 euro! Cheap!

9 agosro - teatro marionette ad Hanoi
9 agosro – teatro marionette ad Hanoi
 
8 agosto - Hanoi

8 agosto - Hanoi

Arrived in Hanoi 24 hours ago. Hanoi is chaos! Very, very hot and humid.  We are now ready to start the vietnamese adventure!

8 august - Hanoi at night

8 august - Hanoi at night

 

Tomorrow 06/08/09 we fly from Turin to Paris… and then… Hanoi (11 1/2 hours flight)

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