TRAVEL
Encounters with the shy - and not so shy - tribespeople of Vietnam
Our staff, Ramona Varma, has visited a little town nestled in the bosom of the Hoang Lien Son Mountains. She shares her experience in our popular Travel section.
Sorry, you can't have breakfast. There's no bread in Sapa." This was how the waiter at the Bon Apetit restaurant greeted us just as we were settling down to sate our growling bellies. It was about 8am and we'd only just arrived at the northwestern Vietnamese hill station after an eight-hour overnighter on the train from Hanoi and then another 90-minute climb up the mountain by bus. But despite the announcement of the lack of loaves - it was Têt, Chinese New Year, after all and most of Vietnam had gone into hibernation - we were pleasantly surprised by the gem that was Sapa. Read the full story
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