I say cheerio to Nick and the biker girls - Louise & Sioban. They make a good team and their mutual enthusiasm keeps them all going through the harder parts I imagine. I go with Sam to an old book shop where they have cheekily printed off ebooks. The family who run the shop are eating their lunch on the floor but still happy to see a few customers. We go to the Hill Station restaurant to upload videos and chat about life. Always good company. A ...

Get up for the breakfast. Always quite good, plenty of coffee, pancakes, noodles, omelettes. Nice selection including fruit.After breakfast I speak with a 58 year old German man called Amon who has travelled extensively. He went to the full moon party on Ko Pha Ngan 35 years ago where there were just 30 people, a guitar and bongos. When I went 17 years ago there were a few hundred and a couple of bars. Now 40000 decend to the party. I finish exploring the t...

7 of the guys hire motorbikes, at only 100000 dong (£3), a bargain. Justin, me, Sam, Tim (German), Watsu (Holland) and 2 Israeli's Hitai and Michael head off and pick up petrol at the corner of Sapa. We then head down past the park and the large pond onto the mountain road.The road winds and snakes down the mountain and 4 of us stop to take a photo, the other 3 not hearing us honking our horns. We catch up with Watsu, Michael and Hitai. Michael has fallen of...

A relaxing morning, grabbing some breakfast and updating my notes. I sit talking with Sam and one of the local barmen Tuc, who always has a smile on his face. He made sure I had plenty of the fish stew the other night keeping my glass topped up. I sit outside talking to fellow hostel visitors before I go to explore more of Sapa taking in the amazing views. I had planned a moped journey but there has been too much drinking since I got here. Last night supposed...

I explore more of Sapa. The temperature making it an easy place to walk round. Find a nice little restaurant and watch the world wander by. Whilst the tribesmen work the rice fields with the buffalo, the Hmong sisters are all over town selling their wares. It can get a little tedious. Tonight is supposed to be a quiet night but the hostel chain owner turns up. An Aussie called Mick. Free drinks sitting with Ally (nicknamed mama as she runs the hostel well), J...