so tonite were getting our asses onto a 20 hr train down south to danang which might suck, just a little! at least we have hard sleepers this time. oh the things to get excited about nowadays. anyway on my last day in sapa, me and hui, this thai guy i met on my other trek, got up super early since theres nothing to do but go to bed early and get up early and went roaming to other villages all on our own. we walked to cat cat which is the village that's closest to sapa. its the most popular but unfortunately that means we were surrouneded by a mass of korean tourists who arrived via tour bus.
thankfully, by suggestion of one of the locals, we decided to saunter further away from sapa to the village of sin chai. this village was absolutely fabulous, absolutely zero tourists and we got to see how the people actually live. i think this village isnt particularly popular because most of the villagers arent decked out in traditional clothing but more like just....dirty clothing. the place was absolutely run amok with dusty ,snotty faced children who managed to somehow slightly tug at my completely un-maternal heart strings. we went into the schoolyard and i got a couple pictures of kids in class. more like half the kids were in class and the other half were outside playing with marbles or kicking the shit out of one another. oh children, how endearing. but overall i loved sin chai the most and we hitched a motorbike ride back which was quite interesting because for a portion of it we were winding up and down a pathway through the village (kinda felt like a dangerous mini roller coaster ride if you ask me) and then for most of it we were encompassed in a crazy fog.
by the way, the weather in sapa is intense. apparently a local saying is that sapa has all four seasons in one day and i quite agree. one moment its hot and sunny the next its fog you can barely see through, and then next its like a fucking monsoon complete with flooding in the streets.
so we arrived back in hanoi early yesterday morning and could only manage to get train tickets for tonite so weve just been chilling a whole bunch. well more like ive been eating non-stop, its very special. im on an intense carb-dairy-fat diet, its doing wonders for my physique. anyway me and linn got up early today, went shopping and now im back in the hostel and contemplating taking a nap...
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the first to post....aren't i awesome! i feel as though i'm cheating though, since you told me you were posting. oh well, so i cheat. get over it. oh, and so you know, writing papers makes me fatty so it think our bmis are probably still in check! seriously, i nest in my room and eat crackers, sandwiches and pizza, plus den cups of tea a day...it's intense, you would love it! haha. hopefully you enjoy your trainride, but seeing as i just talked to you, you already got that message from me. and speaking of 4 seasons in a day...vancouver was snowing/raining when i woke up this morning, then was sunny and relatively brisk (not cold) all day, and now it's snowing again. please explain that! oh al gore....
hey there, good to see your still kickin, big day for me, boarding and bungee juming, oh mygod what am I thinking??? I'll try to send you pics, anyhoo have a good one talk soon hopefully?
aaahhhh so many good posts that i've been missing! well, i'm caught up now and i thoroughly enjoyed it! god i love seeing all those awesome brightly coloured clothes! and your hair looks mighty fine too!
we gotta talk soon ok?! we need to figure out things for japan!
Hey Di!
I know, I know...I am a horrible friend for not commenting on your blog sooner (but in my defense, work has been very busy)! It is really entertaining and fun to read all about your adventures as you galavant your way thru Asia. I am soo jealous of your carb filled diet!!! And looks like you had a fun Chinese New Year fueled by copious amounts of food!!! Gorging on vacation is always the way to go. It looks like the backpacking and hostels aren't as dubious as I had originally thought. And it's nice to see to see that you are accumulating more of a wardrobe as you get around. But in true local style, you need to get yourself one of those t-shirts with the misspelled english and pronounciations! Anyways, have a good train ride and hope to hear from you soon!
deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,
sounds like you're morphing into a hippy with no attachment to the material world! ooh and thanks for the postcard! do you miss van yet or are you too in love with asia? anyway mexico was uber fun (except i dont' think eugene had much fun) and i really enjoyed the much needed vacation!! in mexico city people stared at us because we were a weird group...tall skinny white/chinese ppl. oh, and sorry to disppoint but 99% of the mexicans there were really short and round so we didnt' see any gael garcia guys (or whatever that guys' name is) or any scabby dirty mexicans (el cartel style). i want to chat with you online but i'm never there when you are! :( let me know what time you're ususally on (in vancouver time). love ya & try not to murder john!! love tiff
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