I was up before Dan at around 06:30 and thought i would give him a taste of his own medicine but turning on the fan to the highest setting as well as the tv. I didn't however make loud, fake yawning noises because, i rise above that s***. I had a shower and packed my bag before he had got out of bed which left me time to crawl back under the covers until we was ready to leave. In the bathroom was a large flying stick insect which as now dead as well as one right by my bed. God knows how they died but i'd rather that than for one to fly right into my mouth while i was sleeping!

Breakfast was the same as yesterday which was disappointing but i was hungry so put some cheesy potatoes and veg onto my plate along with some rice. I had a like juice to drink and we both sat outside. Daniel refused to eat so settled for a coffee instead. The view was amazing. It was still early so there was mist everywhere. It was like being in the clouds it was such a coop experience. You could just about ,make out the mountains when there was a slight break in the mist. We headed to reception at 09:00 to check out and meet Vun and our group. When we left the hotel i went to the sweet crazy lady to buy some water when the village woman who was following yesterday called me by my name and said how i promised i would buy something off of her. She wouldn't stop and i kept telling her i had no more money but the woman was so persistent. Even the water lady got cross with her.

We began walking with the group downhill and surprise surprise, village lady was following close behind me. Daniel lost his temper a bit telling her to leave us alone but it really was getting too much i just wanted to scream. Eventually, she stopped following us thank god. We continued downhill on the side of the road before breaking off onto small trails, still downhill. A few village women had joined us on the walk, one one the, had a baby strapped to her back with a blanket and she looked so young! We were trekking at a nice, steady pace so got talking to the older Australian couple about back home.

The trails took us around the side of the mountains, uphill as well as down. The sun began to come out too which was a good opportunity to top up the tan. We stopped off at a resting point where small children were riding buffalos for a sit down and a drink before heading back off on the muddy trails towards a tribal village where we would be having lunch. The view was so beautiful during the walk, because the mist had cleared up we could see the rows of the rice fields lining the outskirts of the mountains.

When we arrived at the village we had walked 12km and only have another 3km to go after lunch where we get picked up by a bus and dropped back to the hotel-'perfect. We sat down in a small area for lunch which was beside a small river at the foot of a big mountain with pebbles. We asked the Aussie woman about her stonehenge tattoo and she explained it was where her husband had proposed to her, how sweet. They also told us how expensive Australia is and a pack of 40 cigarettes will set you back around $25. Vun our tour guide served us lunch which was steamed rice, sautéed vegetables, omelette and chicken with onion. There was so much of it and i could only manage to eat around half so gave Dam the rest of my rice.

A few children approached us selling bracelets so i gave in and bought two, one for me and one for the mrs. Once we had all finished we went up the stairs and continued our trek. We followed Vun through some rice paddies which were quite muddy and my trainers got a little dirty but it's all part of the experience! There were two large german women ahead of us struggling to get over which bought me some more time to step carefully. We continued through the rice fields and then back out onto a dirt track. We went into a small art shop which provides support for disabled locals and some bracelets caught my eye. There were loads of beaded ones in different colours such as brown, marble gold, purple and jade. I was torn between two different shades of the jade but decided on the lighter colour.

After our purchases we walked uphill on the side of a road through the village where our tour guide Vun lives. We crossed a suspension bridge over to the bus and said thank you and goodbye to Vun who was so helpful and friendly. We all grabbed a seat on the bus for the 15 minute journey back to Sapa Summit Hotel. We went down to the shower room where dan had a shower but i passed as the que in the women's shower room was crazy and i wasn't sweating too much today. When dan came out we headed to the small garden near the terrace of the restaurant where i rolled us a joint to smoke

We watched as a vietnamese woman in a triangular straw hat remove unwanted weeds from the flower bed. After we had finished smoking we headed to the restaurant to see if we could get something to eat before we leave at 16:30 and we were in luck! We both ordered a baguette with fries which came pretty soon after ordering. The baguette was made from that sweet dough but the lashings of cheese, mayonnaise and salad made up for it. Once we both ate we headed further down the path where we found a swinging chair with the most amazing view of the rice paddies and mountains we sat there in the sun for a while until it got to 16:25 when we would have to leave to get the bus to Lao Cai town. There was a blue dragon fly that would keep flying away but then coming back to the same spot on the rock which was petty entertainment for a short amount of time.

We all bordered the bus but dan ran down to get gabriel and nadia as they were still eating their lunch. So once everyone was on we began the long descent down the mountains. I was very sleepy and just wanted to conk out but my ears kept going all funny and the ride was a bit bumpy what with the dodging of the oncoming trucks and motorbikes. We arrived at Lao Cai and were instructed to wait around for a guy to bring us our train tickets. We made the most of this time and headed across the road for a drink. I got an iced coffee and dan had a red bull. We paid for the drinks and walked up to try and find a baguette stall but onky saw doner kebab stalls but didn't fancy it. We saw Abi and Sam and tried to avoid them again ( we had seen them during our trek and tried to hide from them, we just couldn't be arsed for the effort of conversation).

We saw that the man had come back with the tickets so went over to get ours, only to be told that we would have to wait 30 minutes longer because we had to wait for so,e woman to do the tickets or something. All the others had got their tickets and them were moved onto a train with an earlier departure so me and Dan weren't in the best mood as we have to wait until 20:20 for our train. We walked to the station to see if we could somehow get a ticket but we were pointed in a different direction and ignored by a woman in the ticket office. After waiting around, the guy came back and he gave us our tickets to board the train, in 2.5 hours time!

We decided to sit on the edge of the station and watch the dozens of backpackers drag their bags into the station to get on their train, lucky b******s. I was on a mission for a cheese baguette but when i went to the stall the woman just gave me a whole box of cheese and a baguette for 50,000VD. I tried explaining that i want just one cheese inside the baguette but she said no so i asked for my money back which she wasn't happy about and it took about a minute for her to give it back to me. We got talking to an Aussie mother and daughter who said i could have some of the cheese they bought because i asked her where she got her baguette from. So i bought two plain baguettes and nicked one of their triangles of laughing cow.

They told us about their home stay experience in sapa and how they were given lots of rice wine. I asked them if they tried the apple wine but hadn't, they missed out as it's a cross between port and cider; very sweet and very strong! After a while of chatting it was time to board the train so we walked down to carriage 10 and into the last room with two bunk beds. There was a vietnamese in already so we said hello, i fact, it was the same one from the journey up here who insisted we changed seats. We were joined by another vietnamese man. I had the top bunk and dam had the bottom. I watched as the vietnamese man bought a brown paper bag of dark round things so he offered me one and said they were chestnuts and they were tasty! He offered me some more but i didn't want to seem rude to kindly said no thank you. I managed to get to sleep pretty quickly while being swayed by the movement of the train turning on it's tracks.