Sapa in the Rain.

Woke up to drenching rain this morning. We had a tour booked for a walk through the villages and a visit to the glass bridge. Neither of which we wanted to do in the pouring rain.

We had a morning wandering around town, having coffee, visited the museum and the co-op ethnic gift shop attached. Did a bit of shopping and found a lovely place for lunch just opposite our hotel.

It was quite nice to have a slow day but after we’d had rest on the afternoon the rain had lifted so we set off to find something to do.
Watched the tram and the cable cars going up the mountain for a while and then decided to hire a couple of grab bikes to take us for a bit of a tour.

We did a couple of laps around the streets of Sapa and then with the help of translator we decided to head down the hill to see some rice fields.

We spent 2 hours with these two lads and saw so many rice fields, little villages, cute kids, water everywhere, rode down and up impossibly steep hills, got lost a few times. They kept having to ask for directions. Obviously they don’t do this too much with tourists. Had to wade through ankle deep mud because the road was washed out with the heavy rain.

It was great fun and I think the boys enjoyed it as much as we did. Turned a bit of a boring day into a great memory.Read more