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On 14th June, we took the mini-bus from Sin Ho to Lai Chau (North Vietnam), a 60 kms ride up and down a narrow mountain road. All was going well until the bus started to stink with a smell of alcohol.

One of the passengers at the back had the bright idea to have a few servings of his home-brewed tipple and was probably too drunk to notice that one of our bags was under his feet. Great!
We arrived with an alcohol-scented bagpack!

We had to spend the night in Lai Chau as we missed the last bus. It is a proper town and people here have long assimilated Kinh (=Viet) ways of dressing, except for Hmongs coming from their surrounding mountain villages.

On 15th June, we left Lai Chau by mini-bus to go back to Sa Pa where we have a few more areas we wanted to have a look at. After all these bus rides, we start by resting for a good few days! See you!

Labels: Black Hmong, Lai Chau, northern Vietnam, Sa Pa, Sin Ho