I got in this morning from a trip to Sapa, Vietnam. Sapa is in northwest Vietnam, where several ethnic minority groups such as Hmong, Dao, Giáy, Pho Lu, and Tay live. Getting there and back was an adventurous nightmare. In Vietnam, they do not limit the number of tickets sold on transportation to the number of seats available. Thus, although everyone paid the same amount, around 20 people had to SIT on the floor for the 9 hour overnight bus ride. There wasn't even enough room for everyone to lay down. The bus was so crowded! And although we stopped around every hour, where they turned the lights on and often loud music, we were only allowed off the bus once to go to the bathroom. And it was a grass field.
Once we finally arrived in Sapa, we headed out in the pouring rain on our 16 kilometers (10 miles) of trekking, it was absolutely gorgeous. Incredibly messy since the whole trail was one big mud slide though. Here are a few pictures of our trip through the rice fields:
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