A good night's sleep in Miu's house for the homestay, interrupted only by the rain around midnight. We all fell asleep as soon as our heads hit the pillow. My legs and thighs ached badly this morning when I woke up! Bananas and pancake for breakfast, packed up our rucksacks, said our goodbyes to Miu and then on with our 5km trek with Lang to Hau Thau. Oh my goodness! The rain last night made everything very muddy! The first 5 minutes of the walk was nice and...

Muddy! Muddy! Muddy! The bamboo forests were definitely alot of fun, but also a bit deadly! Daddy even got bitten by a leech and it hasn't stop bleeding since. It was so fun and hilarious as mummy fell over many many times and most of the time her feet just appeared to look like a pile of mud. She was helped by two of the ladies from the Black Hmong tribe, one holding one hand and the other woman holding the other hand. She was princess penny! Even jake fell o...

We have 3G on Damian's phone! So, we made it through another overnight train journey! This one was a breeze compared to our last. Left Hanoi at 9.10pm last night. arriving at Sapa at 5.40am this morning. Kids slept the entire journey. We ALL had silk sleeping bags as well :-) which we all agreed made a big difference. The set up was slightly different anyway this time which made the journey in itself far easier. Sapa being such a "tourist" destination, us "...

Here we are at our new homestay in Sapa! We have had an exhausting day walking a total of 12km in 5 hours, but with of course a break for lunch. However you couldn't really call it lunch at 3pm! We had a fabulous group of women from the Black Hmong tribe who led us around on the trek through the rice fields and made headbands, and little ornaments out of grass along the way for us. They were very sweet. I don't think I will ever forget the mind blowing view w...