Monday, March 7, 2011

Vietnam: Sapa Day 2

Starting my day 2 with an extremely sleepy mode. Force to wake up around 5.ooam as the train reach Lao Cai Station. Landing without a clue until we saw some local holding a board with "Sapa Summit Hotel". Yeah, that's our booking hotel. Gather there and start head count. When everyone checked, here come another 1 hour ride to Sapa Town.

Reach Sapa Summit Hotel around 6.00am.
Sapa Summit Hotel
Sapa Summit Hotel

Proceed to their cafe and have our breakfast. The weather is extremely cold! According to them, the temperature is around 7-9 celsius. Trembling~
Even the warm food just managed to hold you warm awhile. After finished my breakfast, take a walk on the garden to see is there anything I can snap. As a result, this is what I get :)
Apricot Flower
Apricot Flower
Apricot Flower
It is an Apricot Flower! The beautiful blooming really made my day cheerful :D

Back to lobby and wait for 9.00am. A local tour guide will bring us to visit Cat Cat Village which required 8km or 3 hour of trekking.

What awaiting you at the exit really make you scare.
Black H'mong Minority
A bunch of Black H'mong minority waiting for the kill.

Black H'mong Minority

I was told to ignore them if they talk to you. This is to avoid them from selling things to you. But don't be surprise, most of them are good in english!

Road to Cat Cat Village
Sign Board
Cat Cat Rice Terraces
Cat Cat Rice Terraces
Cat Cat
Thanks to the cold weather, this is the first time I ever walked without a single drop of sweat! Along the way to Cat Cat Village is pretty easy too as we are going down hill. Hence, there's no difficulty for this first half.

Green Green
Cat Cat Village Entrance
Here we are the entrance to the Cat Cat Village.

Black H'mong Minority
Cheerful lady :)

Sapa Kids
According to the tour guide, Cat Cat Village is named long long time ago based on their appearance are as dirty as a cat. Well, that's a history.

Cat Cat Village
Bamboo Road
Cau Si Bridge
Waterfall
Life is good :)

After passing the bridge, there are few stall that selling local food and we decide to have a try.
Raw Pork
Raw Pork.

BBQ-ing
BBQ-ing...

Bamboo Sticky Rice
And here the bamboo sticky rice after BBQ-ed. Serve with grounded peanut. Tasteless...

BBQ Pork
But this stuff is different! This pork is so delicious and juicy! Each for 10000dong or 0.50USD.

After the meal, is time to move back to our hotel.
Bamboo
Fansipan Bar & Coffee
Sapa
Road back to Sapa Town
Now is payback time, moving up hill is really killing me. Yet, still no sweat from my body.

Cloud
Run for life! Cat Cat Village gone from sight after attacked by thick fog.

Muddy Road
Muddy road.

Sapa Town
Finally back to Sapa Town at 1.oopm. Time is right and we checked in our room for a rest before proceed with lunch.
Sapa Summit Hotel
Sapa Summit Hotel
The room and toilet is clean and everything functional. This hotel is recommended.

Curry Chicken
Curry Chicken

Fresh Spring Roll
Fresh Spring Roll

Yogurt Ice
Yogurt Ice

Daily Soup
Daily Soup

Lipton Tea
Lipton Tea with milk

sweet and Sour Fish
Sweet and Sour Fillet

Fried Spring Roll
Fried Spring Roll

Pear
And last, pear :)

Next hour will be free and easy for us. So, we just take our time to visit Sapa Town.
Foggy Road
The fog is so thick until you can't see what's coming.

Sapa Church
Sapa Church

Sapa Town
Sapa Market.

Suckling Pig
Saw this while walking inside the market.

Suckling Pig
Ops, full body view. This make me hungrier~

Raw Pork Wrap Mushroom
BBQ-ing
Hence, we ordered two stick for a try.

Pork Wrap Mushroom
BBQ Pork
Both are just damn good~ Even if the food just BBQ-ed, the heat won't hurt you and you can just straightaway bite on it.

Sky turn dark and fog become thicker. So we walked back to the hotel and have our dinner. May be because of the cold weather, you will get hungry easier than usual. We need a lot of energy to keep warm!

Green Tea
Green Tea

Fried Vegetable
Fried Vegetable

Daily Soup
Daily Soup again

Black pepper Fillet
Black Pepper Fillet

French Fried
French Fried

Fried Mushroom Chicken
Fried Mushroom and Chicken

Is just around 8.00pm after the dinner. Back to the room, clean up, watch TV and take a good rest. We need to prepare for the 12km trekking on the next day :)

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