Greetings from SaPa Northwest of Hanoi
Decided to spend a few days in the mountains away from the heat of Hanoi. SaPa is about 360kms northwest of Hanoii, an overnight train journey. Malcolm was not feeling well so R & R was prescribed. Staying in a lovely restored French mountain resort hotel. Have been here 4 days and will return to Hanoi by train tonight. We have found ourselves in this part of the world on the eve of the Chinese National Holiday from 1st to about 7th October so with all the Chinese on the move it is impossible to get hotel and train reservations. So once we return to Hanoi we will get our Mongolian visas and take a 3 day cruise on Halong Bay, and set off for China on or about 6 October. We are behind schedule on our itinerary but there is really no hurry. Malcolm's health is top priority. One photograh shows the lake and the other shows our hotel (the white one at the top of the picture)
Decided to spend a few days in the mountains away from the heat of Hanoi. SaPa is about 360kms northwest of Hanoii, an overnight train journey. Malcolm was not feeling well so R & R was prescribed. Staying in a lovely restored French mountain resort hotel. Have been here 4 days and will return to Hanoi by train tonight. We have found ourselves in this part of the world on the eve of the Chinese National Holiday from 1st to about 7th October so with all the Chinese on the move it is impossible to get hotel and train reservations. So once we return to Hanoi we will get our Mongolian visas and take a 3 day cruise on Halong Bay, and set off for China on or about 6 October. We are behind schedule on our itinerary but there is really no hurry. Malcolm's health is top priority. One photograh shows the lake and the other shows our hotel (the white one at the top of the picture)
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