Sapa is heaving with Vietnamese holiday-ers as every body has 2 days off work and school to celebration the liberation of Vietnam - the end of the Vietnam War when the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon (now Ho Chi Min City). There are an extra 10 000 tourists in Sapa for 4 days, with drinking, games, music, dancing and more drinking. It has a fantastic buzz about it but crossing the road is now a daily challenge, as is walking somewhere without being asked to buy an embroidered purse or skirt...
Yesterday (Monday) afternoon the few kids, who were hanging around at school, took us to the local village of Cat Cat where the river runs full and clear. We all swam, braved cliff jumps and splashed about in the water. Most of the kids could just fashion a doggy paddle, I suppose having taught themselves how to swim in the river. So, it was no surprise that they were tentative about jumping into the deep and dark pool.
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| Tom and Ngoc Chau, Jenna and Makayla |
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| The, Kai, Cau, Chin and See swimming in river at Cat Cat |
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| The boys playing their bamboo flutes! |
Most days are now
hot,
sunny and
very clear and today I feel lethargic because of it. The rest of Vietnam is apparently at around 40-45 degrees so I should count my lucky stars that I'm not dissolving in a pool of my own sweat!
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