Today's our last day in the mountain town Sapa before heading by train to Hanoi. This little town set in a lush mountaintop was a French garrison during the occupation. It now exists as a tourist center with buildings in a semi-Classical French style and tons of hotels and restaurants. At a whopping $6 a night for a decently tacky room and all the French influenced bakeries with free wi-fi you could ever want, it's easy to get used to all this :)
above: both pictures are from the balcony in our hotel "Hotel Pinochio". It rains a whole lot apparently, and suddenly you'll realize you're in a cloud
below: the mountains surrounding the town are covered in rice paddies and little farm houses and roads great for hiking
above: Vietnamese coffee is the best thing in the world! it's a heavy espresso eerily similar to the Cuban coffee so familiar to me. What makes it stupendous is the bit of condensed milk on the bottom of the cup used to sweeten it. The metal bit above the cup is where the coffee and hot water are set then it slowly drips out into the cup through a filter identical to a Cuban "cafetera"
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