8 Nov 2019
After a nice breakfast at the Rex penthouse restaurant, our Eco SaPa driver picked us up for the 5 hour drive to this hill resort town.
We were delivered to the Pistachio Hotel where we were greeted by our guide Ta May and a very nice room.
The roads in Sapa are very narrow, and are mostly undergoing repairs, widening and upgrades.
They are either one or 1.5 lanes wide, and shared with pedestrians. The drivers perform near impossible squeezes.
Our first visit was to the Cat Cat village. This is a hillside village constructed for the H'mong people of these hills, purely to attract the tourist trade.
So the undulating steps were lined with shops, points of interests and photo stops.
They are allowed to grow hemp for weaving, but the leaves smells very much like a AC/DC concert.
Ta May then took us to Heavens Gate where the views of the mountains are spectacular.
The roads in Sapa are very narrow, and are mostly undergoing repairs, widening and upgrades.
They are either one or 1.5 lanes wide, and shared with pedestrians. The drivers perform near impossible squeezes.
So the undulating steps were lined with shops, points of interests and photo stops.
They also put on performances of traditional dances, music and artisan crafting.
Ta May then took us to Heavens Gate where the views of the mountains are spectacular.
It was misty so we didn't see much.
They built a temple and some cheesy artifacts at the top of the viewing platform.
But the builders didn't bother to clean up after themselves and left a lot of building rubbish amongst the statues and buildings, ugh.
Then we stopped over at a small waterfall before going back to the hotel.
The power points in Vietnam are wonderful, they work for everyone!
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