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Sapa, Vietnam – The Alps of the North Sea
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 31 January 2012
Sapa is an astonishingly picturesque village near the Chinese border in northwest Vietnam. An old French hill station nestled among the Hoang Lien Son Mountains, Sapa is one of the most scenic mountain locations in Vietnam. Often referred to as the “Tonkinese Alps” or the “Alps of the North Sea,” the Hoang Lien Mountain Range [...]
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Sapa Trekking: Rain Essentials
Blog: Living the Dream: RTW - 27 October 2011
Often considered the number two destination in Vietnam behind Halong Bay, is Sapa. The Northern mountain town is the go to spot for trekking, near immeasurable quantity of rice terraces, and visiting local tribal villages. Of course, visiting Sapa at any time of the year puts yo
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The Vietnam Conclusion
Blog: The Travel Project - 31 March 2011
A journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City that so many dream off and a journey that will remain with me for the rest of my life.
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Winter photography in Sapa | Vietnam in the clouds
Blog: HAPPYTIMEBLOG - 14 March 2011
Backpacking around the world HappytimeBlog | Winter photography in Sapa | Vietnam in the cloudsAlthough Sapa is all about the view, in the winter when the clouds rll in there's some amazing pictures to be had of the minority villagers and hill tribe people
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Winter Vacay Part III--Northern Vietnam
Blog: Thiessen Twosome Does Japan - 21 January 2011
To catch up on part I of my Vietnam adventure, head here. Part II can be found here.
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The Black Hmong of Sapa Vietnam
Blog: The Travel Project - 20 January 2011
A great documentary about the inspiring Black Hmong of Sapa, Vietnam Related posts:The Vietnam Conclusion Welcome to Sapa Trekking Sapa
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Northern Vietnam
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 28 November 2010
Our amazing time in Vietnam is slowly coming to an end. From the traditional hill tribes of Bac Ha and Can Cau to hip Hanoi to magnificent Halong Bay, the North is just as impressive as South and Central Vietnam. Although we are sad to leave, we are more than happy to have explored this [...]
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Chu, Powerfrau
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 15 November 2010
For many visitors, beautiful Sapa can be a little annoying with all the tribal women accosting you in the streets to buy souvenirs. But behind the sales pitch are real people struggling to make a living in a world that offers little opportunity for tribal communities. Chu, a feisty little Black Hmong woman, followed us [...]
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Vietnamese Hot Pot
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 14 November 2010
Who would have thought that Sapa, a small highland town near the border with China, could boast such a fantastic, cosmopolitan selection of international cuisines. From Italian to Indian to French and back to Italian, Sapa seems to offer all of the classics and anything in between. Interestingly, we didn’t fancy any of the “foreign” [...]
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The Flower Hmong Pictorial
Blog: ContemporaryNomad - 11 November 2010
We’ve moved up into the incredibly picturesque northern highlands of Vietnam to visit the hill tribe markets in Can Cau and Bac Ha. Our motorbike trip out to Can Cau through the fantasy karst scenery was a bit of a muddy mess due to recent landslides and ongoing road construction. But in the end, the [...]
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Top 10 Tips for Crossing the Road in Vietnam
Blog: The Travel Project - 20 September 2010
Dont risk your life travelling in Vietnam! Top 10 Tips for Crossing the Road in VietnamTop 10 Tips for Crossing the Road in Vietnam is a post from:
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Love, Sweat and Tears in Hoi An
Blog: The Travel Project - 3 September 2010
Hello, What’s Your Name? A three week adventure around Viet Nam. “Peter! Listen to me, I need a taxi!” my beloved wife said sternly to me. My Response: “I can’t...Love, Sweat and Tears in Hoi An is a post from:
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Trekking Sapa
Blog: The Travel Project - 11 August 2010
Hello, What’s Your Name? A three week adventure around Viet Nam. I was beaten, destroyed to the core and past the point of no return. I was exhausted, shattered, cracked,...Trekking Sapa is a post from:
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Welcome to Sapa
Blog: The Travel Project - 8 August 2010
Hello, What’s Your Name? A three week adventure around Viet Nam. Do you ever have those moments when you’re travelling when you just stop and think “why the hell am...Welcome to Sapa is a post from:
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A Rainy Season Odyssey
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 14 June 2010
The start of the monsoon season in Vietnam’s northern highlands is a beautiful thing. The rivers turn turbid and golden, rapids smearing the surface like toffee coming to the boil; young rice seedlings and their older siblings stipple paddy terraces in varying greens; waterfalls appear everywhere you look. Old women from the hill tribes carry [...]
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Babysitting, Hmong Style
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 12 June 2010
It’s not easy being a woman in the Hmong tribal minority of northern Vietnam. Or a girl, for that matter. This little girl is six, and had been carrying her eighteen-month old little brother in a sling on her back for most of the day. The forlorn look? Well, it could be the weight. He’s [...]
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Global Time = Quality Time
Blog: Travels with a Nine Year Old - 10 June 2010
My son and I set out to travel the world together in January. I’d imagined many wonderful things about the journey. What I hadn’t imagined is the sheer quality and quantity of time together. Or, for that matter, the absolute, unalloyed luxury of starting every single day with a complete free rein. Where shall we [...]
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Top Sites in Vietnam
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 31 October 2009
Vietnam has some amazing sites to see. It is one of our favorite countries that we have ever visited. We spent 30 days in Vietnam and it was barely enough time to see everything that this diverse nation has to offer. From great natural wonders to fantastic shopping, mountain adventures and chilling beach life, Vietnam has something to offer for everyone.
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Vietnam In 30-Days
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 26 March 2009
We drove non stop from the border to downtown Saigon. A city etched in my brain from all of the war films that I watched as a kid. This is a place that I never dreamed that I would be visiting and here I am, standing right in the centre of it. Women whiz by on their mopeds, dressed in white from head to toe. White gloves, white hat, flowing white silk suits and a white mask to block out exhaust pollution.
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Sapa: Where the birthday fairy makes my rural fantasy come true
Blog: 12FOOT3 - 21 March 2009
Somewhere around Hanoi, we made the hard decision to skip diving in Sipidan (we had been planning on ending our tour of SE Asia by diving in eastern Malaysian Borneo, reportedly one of the best scuba sites in the world right now). On the one hand, we really, really want to dive here before it [...]
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LC1; The Day Train from Hanoi to Lao Cai, for Sapa.
Blog: Rice and Rock Concerts - 10 May 2008
Simple message to anyone heading up to Sapa – give up your creature comforts for 1 day and see Vietnam in its majestic glory. Get on the LC1 day train, I can guarantee no regrets.*
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