Day 4 - April 20

Sapa - Hanoi

After breakfast of fish and sticky rice at the Sapa Market , one of the H'Mong ladies was selling huge bundles of mushrooms. We then visited the Cat Village of the H'mong. After lunch, we visited Taphin village. The H'Mong are one of the minority peoples of Vietnam. They are known as the Red Giao and the Black Giao and often wear large hats in red or black. We visited the Sapa temple built by French in the 1800s. I sat with some of the local ladies in front of the Sapa temple in the fog.

We then boarded the night train to depart back to Hanoi. On the way, we stopped for dinner at the International Hotel. After dinner, we continued on the Victoria Train to Hanoi.