Well it's been a busy old week as a volunteer here in Sapa, I'm not just larking around doing fun stuff on an extended holiday you know. Oh, wait a minute this post is actually all about fun stuff, sorry.....
So some highlights of this week include:
- Watching 'How to train your dragon' with the kids at school on movie night. Cute film, I want and NEED a dragon and the kids were sooooooooooooooo cute watching it. They really got involved in the film, it's nice to see them have fun like this they work really hard at school having classes in the evening as well as the English lessons in the day time.
- Having an uber posh volunteer dinner at the Victoria Hotel in Sapa on the cheap (it's all about who you know here). The food was AMAZING, you'd think we'd never seen any before the way we were all ooooooohhhhhing and aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhing when the dishes came out. We had very much fun indeed and it was nice to get a bit dressed up, as much as you can when flip flops are your best shoes anyway. We ended the night with ring of fire, plastic chairs and apple wine shots. Classy.
- Going to Hamrong Park just above Sapa Town on Saturday and seeing the Dragon's Jaw Mountain. Apparently the man dragon flew away when there was a big flood and the lady dragon got left behind looking up into the sky as her bastard of a husband flew off without her. That's not quite what the guidebook I read today said but in a nutshell there it is. Anyway beautiful gardens, comedy statues (pics below) great and slightly scary observation deck over the town, lovely afternoon, poor lady dragon.
- Walking to Cat Cat village today (Sunday) and enjoying the walk all the way down to the valley bottom telling the motorbike drivers who asked on the way past that I would not be requiring a lift back up because I would be walking thank you very much. Then changing my mind when I got finally got there as it was bloody far down, blooming hot and my flip flop had carved a lovely welt in my right foot. However I did only cheat to about two thirds of the way up and it was really funny looking at the faces of the puffed out people who turned around (to curse you) as you passed them on the way up.
So there you are fun fun fun. I promise I did actually do some work too but I don't want to bore you with that. This time.
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| Look posh everyone |
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| Yummyness |
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| Classyness |
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| Sapa from Hamrong |
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| Poor Lady Dragon Jaw Mountain |
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| Sapa Town from the observation deck |
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| Gardening in action |
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| Really no idea why scooby was there |
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| or this dude |
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| Or a Gimley |
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| Excellent health and safety |
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| Cat Cat Villagers trying to go about their normal business |
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| Part of Cat Cat Village |
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| Cat Cat Waterfall |
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| Inquisitive mountain piggy |
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| General Loveliness |
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