Day 4 in Sapa - Y Linh Ho - Ta Van

I'm seriously taking forever to blog about my Vietnam trip. Are you bored already arR?? You shouldn't be, because it's, errr... interesting! I'm speading the joy and experiences I had, see I'm that kind.

Anyway, the second day in Sapa was more interesting than the previous day.

We woke up early morning and the weather was slightly warmer than the previous day. We just took a stroll around the small town and waiting for the time to pass before we embarked on our next daytour we signed up the night before.

Again we were attacked by numerous of H'mong people who tried to sell their wares.

Guess what, a few of the ethnic people even commented I looked Vietnamese o_O Probably because of this, not much H'mong people followed us as compared to gweilos.

But eh, do I seriously looked like Vietnamese arr? ;(

Pork satay again!!!!! HAHA Told ya we indulged in this ev.e.r.y.d.a.y. during our trip in Vietnam! :P But this little stall in Sapa town is definately the best!

Basically the tour we signed up for only includes the transportation. We took this jeep all the way to the entrance of Y Linh Ho village, about half an hour from Sapa town. Like damn adventurous innit? Tee-hee. On the way, we passed by a few fresh landslides along the hill slopes omg it's really freaking me out! But the driver told us not to worry, it's a common thing there -__-"

As soon as we reached, we were attacked by a BIG bunch of H'mong people who rushed towards our jeep and surrounded us right after we stepped down.

The driver explained to us which main routes that we should be following and he'll be meeting us at the next exit.

At first we were kinda worried when we signed up for this trip since there'll be no tourguide following but the agent assured us that we won't get lost 'cause there'll be a lot of H'mong people following us to sell their wares..

.... and true enough, there were really a lot of them.. -_-" From young to old, I think this is their main source of income over there..

In the end, the total of EIGHT H'mong followed TWO of us.. and they speak quite fluent English. They asked me a lot of question too.

"How old are you?"
"What is your name?"
"Where are you from?"

blaa...blaaa...blaaa....



















Amazing innit? Seemed like we hired 8 tourguides! HAHA!

























The journey was much easier as compared to the difficult trekking the day before. Basically we entered from one village and along the journey we'll passby 2 more villages before meeting up with the driver at the exit.

Y Linh Ho - Lao Cai - Ta Van that's it.



















We saw this pregnant Sapa black pig omg notice the bump??? There were a lot of Sapa black pigs wandering around and they're very tame. I stood right beside them for a few times and they didn't even bother wtf.

And the cats were very camera sensitive.

See? Can smile at me somemore -___-"

H'mong toddlers just stole my heart away. They're so adorable and I admired their independance, really.



















This is the Red Dzao people. Basically these 2 ethnic people lived together in peace and that time when they met, they were all discussing about the ginger she held in her hand -__-"

We came across this beautiful riverbank with this traditional wooden coffee shop built by the side. The view was seriously breath-taking..

See? I can imagine the locals washing their clothes by the riverside pada zaman kurun HAHA

But when I showed this pic to my brother, he asked me, "What? The construction site near our house also looks like this what.."

-___-"

We passed by one of the H'mong's house (among the 8 who followed us the entire journey) and she offered us to take a look. Sure, why not?

She stays with her in-laws. When we went, her husband was drinking with his friends in her in-laws house and she took us to a smaller wooden house right beside where she lived with her husband.

It was much smaller, as compared to the house we visited the day before. What I can see was just the hardened mud floor and wooden walls. She was telling us where's the living room, the kitchen and the bedroom, but all we can see was just walls and floor. No furniture at all, nothing. It hit us hard how poor they really are.

Anyway, I did not take any picture inside the house 'cause I think it's not really nice to do so.

Cute toddlers again!!! OMG I shall just write an indiviual post and post up all toddlers pics I took during the trip *heart*

I was touched by the H'mong community, the scenary and the simplicity of life. It's not a common sight definately and worth the long distance travelling by train.

This lady looked very familiar to me when we first met. By the end of the journey I realized she looked a lot like my sister's ex-maid, Malini.

OMG... Malini, is that you??????? Apasal cakap bahasa orang putih sekarang???!!

About three hours of soft trekking passing by 3 villages, I've seen a lot, experienced a lot and I was quite traumatized by how hard and difficult they live their life. But this is a place I felt as if I've been really far away from city life and experiencing a true countryside. It's a place which I've never imagine I'll be able to step my foot in at all, apart from watching from Astro.

Before we leave, they offered us many kind of handicraft, but since there were eight of them, it's almost impossible for us to buy from all eight of them.

"Buy from me, please."
"Please, this is very pretty..."
"You want this? What about this? And this??"

We ended up buying from 5 of them as we're running out of Dong.

It's hard to say goodbye.

Back to Sapa town around 6pm and it was very cold. The remedy? ;)

Nah.

This is the best pho bo I've had in Vietnam! I finished up everything including the soup for the very first time of my life T__T Usually there'll be a lot of leftovers, but this pho bo was exceptional, it's too GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDD to resist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friendly hotel staff. We left Sapa town by the hotel's van to Lao Cai train station that night itself.

Baguette we bought from a street hawker outside the train station. Saw many locals and tourists having it I guess it must be quite a common/ famous food in Vietnam.

Sapa is definately a place with energy like no others. I'd definately be back visiting again if I have the chance.

*sigh* I'm missing the people already...

p/s: Sorry if there's any typo error, will check later! :P Rushing out now!!