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We woke up to rain again this morning- we were hoping that things would dry off and let us drive way out to see a certain waterfall. We tried anyway, but the road was under construction so everything was a muddy mess. After we skidded out and fell over on our motorcycle about a half kilometer into the construction (to the amusement of the workers, who also informed us that there was another 8km of construction ahead of us), we turned around and headed out other roads. The only pretty waterfalls we saw were far away, but we had more very nice views of valleys and mountains and villages.
Then the monsoon came.
So we turned around again, and putt-putted the seven kilometers back to Sa Pa in a torrential downpour. We're far enough up in the mountains that we were freezing by the time we got back and gratefully accepted the offer of a shower from the Cat Cat Hotel people, even though we had already checked out for the day. If you're ever in Sa Pa, stay with them!
Otherwise, we did lots of trawling around in the markets, buying souvenirs. Some Black Hmong girl (through some convoluted humorous thought train) decided that Lady K didn't listen to me well enough, and that she (the girl) was going to go with me on the motorcycle instead to be my wife. Then she offered to sell me back if Lady K bought a purse from her :). On one hand, she was being cutely flattering, but on the other hand I thought my selling price was way too low! I offered a compromise options and suggested that they could both be my wife which she thought was an extremely funny idea, but in the end she decided against the idea :).
Tonight we take the overnight train back to Hanoi and hook up with our Ha Long Bay tour in the morning. We'll be on the train tonight, and sleeping on a boat in the bay tomorrow night, so my next post may not be for a while.
Cheers,
/Dan
Then the monsoon came.
So we turned around again, and putt-putted the seven kilometers back to Sa Pa in a torrential downpour. We're far enough up in the mountains that we were freezing by the time we got back and gratefully accepted the offer of a shower from the Cat Cat Hotel people, even though we had already checked out for the day. If you're ever in Sa Pa, stay with them!
Otherwise, we did lots of trawling around in the markets, buying souvenirs. Some Black Hmong girl (through some convoluted humorous thought train) decided that Lady K didn't listen to me well enough, and that she (the girl) was going to go with me on the motorcycle instead to be my wife. Then she offered to sell me back if Lady K bought a purse from her :). On one hand, she was being cutely flattering, but on the other hand I thought my selling price was way too low! I offered a compromise options and suggested that they could both be my wife which she thought was an extremely funny idea, but in the end she decided against the idea :).
Tonight we take the overnight train back to Hanoi and hook up with our Ha Long Bay tour in the morning. We'll be on the train tonight, and sleeping on a boat in the bay tomorrow night, so my next post may not be for a while.
Cheers,
/Dan