As its the second time I've been through Vietnam since starting travelling, this time because it was on route to China and Gemma hadn't been in the country before, we were only hitting the centre and north. One place that had to be on the agenda again was the mountain town of Sapa in the far north of the country! A beautiful sleepy town, surrounded by amazing rolling mountains covered in trees and paddy rice fields. We arrived just at the start of their once a y...

Sapa... What a stunning place! A small town with European influence in its buildings, dropped in the middle of some of the most impressive scenery we've seen in Asia, or anywhere, so far. Mountains, hills, waterfalls and rice plantations are all around. We set about seeing it all after hiring a few mopeds for the weekend. Combine the scenery with small local villages occupied by local tribes and it was an amazing few days exploring! Tourism is taking its toll ...