28 July: Sapa I woke early in the morning, not sure whether it was a child screaming, but some others speculated it was most probably a cat. It was somewhere between 04h00 - 05h00 as it was still dark outside, the rain had started falling and was pounding the roof just overhead. I got up just after 07h00 and joined the Australians and Irish group outside. We chatted while the others steadily joined us and coffee sachets were distributed for all. Breakfast...

27 July: Sapa Today the big trek started, it had rained the night before, but now there was only a light drizzle. We got up and headed to the market for breakfast, where we met John and Barbra, sitting at our veg & tofu soup lady's stall. We chatted for a few minutes, before walking across from them to our breakfast restaurant for Pho Bo. We had very limited time to have breakfast and collect our bags before we were off on the trek. We met our guide at 0...

26 July: Sapa It had rained the whole evening and still continued when we woke up or should I rather say were woken up by our Vietnamese neighbours, they have no concept of volume! The evening before the TV was on full blast and this morning they were up before 06h00, screaming at each other, not because of a fight its just how they communicate. Anyway, we had to be up early, we headed to the market for the usual, Pho Bo, then to the tour agency. We were on ...

25 July: Sapa The alarm didn't go off until much later, but the builders managed to have us up and awake just after 06h00, there wasn't much sleeping after that. We got up just before 07h00, finished and headed for breakfast at the market. There was a new restaurant overlooking the market that we had decided to try today. So far we had tried quite a few different market stalls, but we already had a few favorites to which we regularly returned. Breakfast ...

24 July: Sapa Today I felt a little better, my eyes were starting to function correctly and I wasn't as nauseous, but my balance was still a little off. We decided to go out and find some bread in the market just to get some fresh air, sitting in the market we drank a coffee, before returning to our room for a breakfast of bread and banana. I spent most of the morning trying to contact different audit companies in Australia, New Zealand and the UK to app...