My first full month of travel has come to an end. From my starting point of Hanoi, I really haven’t moved too far this October. I’m currently located just 100km south of the capital in a small place called Tam Coc. I’m sticking around here for a few days now to explore the area – known as “Halong Bay on …
4 Sapa Activities for the Adventurous Backpacker
I arrived in Sapa at some ridiculous hour after attempting (and generally failing) to sleep in the cheapest seat I could get on the night train from Hanoi (terrible idea). Given I couldn’t get a room until 11am, some 4 – 5 hours away, I decided to come up with some ideas on how I’d spend my next few days. …
Sa Pa Homestay Trek (on a budget)
When I first arrived in Sapa, I headed straight to the tour desk at my hostel to get an idea of what I could do over the coming days. A homestay trek was high on my list – it sounded perfect to me! But then I was told the cost – it’d be just shy of 2 million VND for …