05 Feb 10 Trekking in Sapa

February 4th 2010

We got ready at 9.30am and took a bus to our starting point for the trek. Aimee’s stalker (one of the local Mong people trying to sell her something since she arrived) was there also determined to get a sale from Aimee.

We began our 7 hour trek through the mountainside, walking through bamboo fields, crossing lakes and waterfalls and stopping along the way to have lunch. It was a make shift lunch which required us to make our own baguettes. Sounds easy, but I still managed to cut my finger with a bread knife.

After lunch we began our final leg of the trek to our homestay. The terrain was quite steep, decending down into the valley. Along the way we stopped off at a few villages to look at the way they live.

We finally arrived at our homestay at around 4pm. This homestay was totally different to the one in China, this one was actually nice, the food was great and the people were not so intrusive. We played cards in the evening with the locals (although they didn’t speak English) who helped us pick up the traditional Vietnamese card game. Everytime someone lost, the winner got to place a black soot mark on their face, so the aim was not to be a loser. Someone should have told Aimee, as she ended up with 10 black lines on her face. Myself and Sophie only had 3, whilst Hue had 4.