I had a 2 days 1 night trip to Sapa - the mountainous region of Vietnam in August. But in that time, I was too busy to write about it. In this morning, when I was on my way to office, it was rainning and the cold feelling of early winter aroused me about some beautiful memories in Sapa. Yeah, on the last days of August, Sapa was so adorable and also rainning like this....

The meanningful birthday gift

My birthday was 27th of August. I meant to let it passed because birthday was not an important event with me and I was so sick of that kind of birthday party with a lot of people and drinks. But all of a sudden, my boyfriend asked me to go Sapa just before my birthday 3 days. He loved that place, he wanted to turn back one more time and show me how gorgeous Sapa is. Anyway, I also needed some fresh air which can not be found out in Hanoi. So, lets go! 

Preparing!

Actually we did not prepare too much. We just checked Sapa weather, bus price and booked hotel. The best way to get to Sapa is to take sleeping bus. It is cheap and fast. There is one more choice - sleeper train for you guys from Hanoi to the town of Lao Cai. But I think it is less convenient than bus because after you get train station in Laocai, you have take one more bus to get Sapa from there. 

My sister is a tourguide, she helped us book sleepping bus with good price around 180.000 VND (~ 8,1$) at 10pm on 25th August. 

We booked a room at Sapa Diamond Hotel with moutain view, price was 1.600.000/night (~73$). Preparing complated. 

Sleeping bus

When we got on bus, there were a lot of people inside and most of them are foreigners. We chose 2 beds near each other and laid down. They provided us with pillow, blanket and water.  Quite comfortable. It took 7 hours to get Sapa. I was so sleepy when waiting bus, but after that, I did not sleep well honestly. I really dont have anything to complain about the bus, but between the rocking and lights passing by, I just could not sleep deeply during the ride. Even I could feel the winding roads when the bus passed slowly over the mountains. And actually the main reason was excited feelling made me can not shut my eyes. ^^

We arrived Sapa at 4.30pm. But it was still dark and no one get off. Staying inside the bus, I saw drops of water which was flowing down along the window and I know it was rainning. I could not wait any more and asked my friend to go out right away to enjoy fresh atmostphere of Sapa. 

Early morning in Sapa

As soon as I got off the bus, I was socked a little bit because the diffirence in temperature between inside and outside. It was too cold when comparing with Hanoi in that time. It was drizzling and small town was covered with fog. Since it was too early, so I felt like I was lost in some deserted town in Western. Holding his hand and walking along the street while rain drops was falling on my face. That was one of the most beautiful memories in Sapa. 

We needed to wait to check in hotel at 2pm. And we decided to find out hotel first and put our stuffs over there. After that, we found some restaurant to have breakfast. A dish of hot fried rice was quite good in this weather. 

We already had enough energy to explore the mountainous side of Sapa. 

To be continued...