Our train did not leave for Sapa until 9 pm so we had a full day in Hanoi. We walked around a little bit to check out the flower festival they have to celebrate the new year. They are very excited about the count down until Hanoi's 100 birthday and they had thousands of flowers scattered around the Old Village. We decided to go see Avatar in the theater to kill time before our train ride. Not too bad of a flick - and we got to see it in English! Anyway, our train wasn't bad at all but it dropped us off at Lao Cai around 5 am. It is about an hour bus ride outside of Sapa so we jumped into a van with some other foreigners going that way. Neither of us slept that well on the bus so we took a nap before exploring the town. Sapa is set up in the mountains of North Vietnam and is mainly a destination for trekking. Well, my knee wasn't up for trekking yet so we basically just bummed around the town for a couple days. It is not the most exciting place. The prices for food are fairly expensive compared to the rest of Vietnam, and since we were not doing any trekking we were hounded by the local people trying to sell their goodies. I did find a new pair of sunglasses to replace mine that broke and the scenery is nice, but that's about it. We only stayed 2 nights before booking a ticket to Laos. 8 countries down!!!
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