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- May 19, 2024, 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 1,133 m
- VietnamTỉnh Lào CaiGiàng Tả22°18’3” N 103°54’50” E
Sapa day 4
May 19 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
I woke up this morning unsurprisingly a little rough around the edges. Luckily there didn't seem to be a rush to set off this morning, so I got to shower and have pancakes for breakfast before setting off for our hike around 10.30.
My sunburn was still pretty bad, so I tried out my sun hoodie for the first time this trip (which I should've worn on the first day!) I felt like I looked a bit like a star wars character, but it did the trick of keeping the sun off my skin, and was pretty breathable.
We walked through rice paddies which looked gorgeous in the sun. Predictably, I did slip while walking along the edge of one and got a very muddy foot. Instead of Mamas, we were joined an hour in by a group of 5/6 kids carrying baskets today, with one who looked maybe 10 with her presumably younger bay sibling on her back! It was a Sunday, so I wasn't sure if they're were in school, or if this was their day to day 'job' if you like. Their English was limited, but I did get a helping hand from a very strong 8-year a couple times as she pulled me up steep muddy paths in a bamboo forest.
The kids left us a few hours in as we walked through their village, and we continued up higher into the mountains where the fog made another appearance. We'd been promised Bahn Mi's for lunch, but as we walked down this road, there seemed to be no civilisation in sight. Then our lunch hero appeared out of nowhere on a motorbike, one of Mama's son with his 5-year-old son, carrying a bag of goodies. We sat on the side of the road and demolished delicious, still hot, egg bahni mi's, along with cucumbers from the garden and mangos from the market.
With a spring in our step, we continued down the road until we reached flat ground. The fog had disappeared and we had amazing views as we descended into the rice paddies. Along the way, Mama would stop and pick leaves or berries and tell us about the plant, or show us a trick you could do with it to make a funny noise, and even grabbed a handful bright green, what looked like weeds, to add into dinner.
We rejoined the main road a few hours later, and it still felt like we were miles away, when Mama announced we were stopping and getting picked up! The excitement was akin to seeing our bahn mi bike, and we were all very happy to be chauffeured the rest of the way back.
At dinner we were joined by some new people who had done a hike with Zu today. We played some cards, of course accompanied with happy water. Then got an earlier night, as well were all exhausted from the sun and mud today.Read more
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Traveler I really like the rice terraces, such a beautiful landscape