Normal 0 We woke up feeling refreshed so went and had lunch and walked to the top of the hill and along to the lake, where tony got very jealous of the men fishing there! There were 2 young women following us up the hill saying 'i follow you til you buy from me'! We were just smiling saying no thankyou again and again until they finally left! We then gained an elderly woman, showing me cushion covers, following us right up to the egde of the lake! c...

Normal 0 So we decided to go up into the mountains to a little town 2 hours away called Sapa instead of a 10 hour train journey to Hanoi (not ready just yet!) We relaxed in the morning, checking out at 12, fully prepared in our rain gear (thankyou dad the jackets were a life saver!) although we appear to have lost tonys waterproof cover for his rucksack, we then walked to find a bus. Unfortunately we had to wait an hour as everything closes between 12pm a...