Mt Fansipan 3143m Sapa,Vietnam. April 2008

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Bessa R Rangefinder | COLOR-SKOPAR 35MM F2.5 C | Kodak GC 400
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Another series of Vietnam, I think I should name this, Bessa R go to Mt Fansipan... yes, this is Mt Fansipan trek.. luck is not on our side as it was raining and very foggy thoughout the whole journey... but the food by the local people are good... taste like chinese good... and their 'happy water' rice wine and the entertainment by a pig and a dog... they seem to know each other for a long long time.... the weather wasn't the good on the second too... it actually rain ice cube... very cold and chilly...

Please follow this link if you want to see more... : http://www.flickr.com/photos/verticoastro/sets/72157604499473775/

Pig and Dog make best of friends too...

Our shelter... can sleep around 20 plus person... nive and warm... plus dusty...

The local minority people preparing dinner for us...

View from halfway up the summit...

 

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Base camp... notice the blue color small hut.. it is actually a dinning hall plus shop...

Our first day trek...

that two guy infront are our porter.. really very tough fellas...

Mountain View Hotel... sorry about the scratch....

 

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So cold that they have to seek shelter from the boulders...

Lunch at Mt Fansipan

As usual, group photos at the summit...

Sharon and Fong... having lunch...

 

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My Macpac of 13 years old... still going strong..

Mt Fansipan 3143M

View from Mountain View Hotel...

 

[alvincrew]

Wow! Things have changed so much. I was there too, 3143m, in early March. The dining hall was then just a guardhouse (half the size) and we had to dine outdoors beside a fire.

Mind sharing which agency/guide co. you hired for the hike? How much were the costs and stuff?

I'm missing Sapa already!

 

[nordleadx]

wow..

 

[Verticoastro]

Wow! Things have changed so much. I was there too, 3143m, in early March. The dining hall was then just a guardhouse (half the size) and we had to dine outdoors beside a fire.

Mind sharing which agency/guide co. you hired for the hike? How much were the costs and stuff?

I'm missing Sapa already!

We actually book a hotel from internet... I mean over email stating that we will be there on those dates... and they arrange the transport to fetch us there... I didn't do any recording of the cost..but the whole trip cost me about S$600

you might want to try this : Mountain View Hotel at Sapa Vietnam

NinhHong64@yahoo.com

their website : www.geocities.com/mountainviewhotel