My morning view from the hotel that I stayed at in Sapa on the North of Vietnam. It was without doubt one of the most beautiful morning views that I have ever had in all my years of traveling. Too bad I could only stay there for one night because somebody had already booked it for the next day. In fact, the whole of Sapa was booked to the brim because it coincided with a national holiday which in turn…
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert Sapa, North Vietnam December 31, 2014
I was actually riding aimlessly on a rented e-bike at the Old Bagan – trying to find my way over to Mount Popa – when I happened to reach a small village at the riverside of Ayeyarwady River. I decided to ride further down the muddy road and that was when I came upon this group of kids who was playing on the muddy riverside. Upon seeing me, they left whatever they were holding down there and ran right over…