Travel Photologue: Sapa #2
Sapa #2 will be all about my trek up Fansipan! A photo with a little glass statue of Fansipan and my brave companion at the souvenir shop (I'll explain later). Reihana agreed to go on this 2d1n trek with me despite minimal training, and after the trek, she said she was done with exercise for the year LOL (in my defense, NO, I did not force her to climb with me + she claimed she did climb Mount Rinjani many many years ago! I thought she would be fine and so did she....... I'll explain what happened to her later.) Just a quick introduction: What is Fansipan? According to Wiki : Fansipan is a mountain in Vietnam, the highest in Indochina, at 3,143 metres. It is located in the Lào Cai Province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, 9 km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range. There you go, Fansipan is the highest mountain in Indochina. As intimidating as that may sound, it only takes about 10-12 hours of trekking to reach the top. Doesn't soun...