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
This picture I took while I was on the train to Sapa from Hanoi. The 8-hour overnight train wasn’t the most comfortable ride – in fact it was more like sleeping on a roller coaster plus the deafening noise and all – but it was much more comfortable than probably lolling in a chair for that long. I was supposed to be in another room, but somebody who introduced herself as a travel agent came up to me and told…