Sapa day 3

I woke up this morning surprisingly not sore from the hike, but sore from the sun.
It turns out the aftersun I've been using is TAN-ENHANCHING. I woke up with weird brown marks around my fingernails and hands, and turns out my aftersun has some weird fake tan in, so my neck and arms are a mix of bright red and golden brown🤦🏼‍♀️ So one of my mains jobs today was to get some aloe vera!
To cheer myself up, I ventured back to my favourite cafe. No kitten cuddles today, but I watching the two of them play as I enjoyed a very delicious rice bowl and smoothie bowl! I was having regrets about not staying at the hiking homestay yesterday. Luckily I still have a week left in Vietnam, so instead of feeling sad about it, I asked the hostel for Mama Mao's number and wattsapped her asking her if I could book in for two nights.
Happy with my decision, I then walked around Sapa. Annoyingly it was perfectly clear today, with no fog! But this did mean I got to actually see some of the city, and ran some errands before getting a taxi up into the mountains over some very rocky roads back to the homestay! I arrived just after 5, then dinner was served around 7. The group there were a mixture of people I had done yesterday's hike with, one girl who'd been there a week and a new group from today's hike. We played some uno and a jug of happy water was predictably brought out. Everyone was exhausted from the hike today so went to bed fairly early, while me & Mama sat up til 12 playing cards. I taught her snap, which she loved, and gleefully got me to do a shot of happy water every time I lost. I didn't think the most drunk I'd get on my trip so far would be from playing cards with a middle aged Vietnamese Mama, but here we were.
I headed up to my room at midnight, not mentally prepared for a hike tomorrow morning 😅Read more