Hanoi

After Sapa and a night bus we had to come back to Hanoi to go further south. Here are some pictures of the capital of Vietnam.

Pili with some tipical women selling fruits in the street.

The streets are always busy with motorbikes, huge trees have branches spanning until the ground.

The food in this little restaurant was delicious, it seems quite popular as it was full of Vietnameses. Our dish cost us 50000dongs, around 1.6euros an was made of noodles and beef, we added some lime, the little green fruits in the middle!

The St Jospeh cathedral, in the backpacker area, and old vestige of the colonialism.

Sapa

Hello, here are some pictures from Sapa, it is a little city at 1600m of altitude, close to the chinese border. Really nice and lost in the fog. 

The market with a woman from the black Hmong tribe behind.

Pili passing the "Heaven's door"

These 2 girls followed us all the way during our trekking in the mountains.

Rice fields everywhere in the background.

All this rice is planted by hand!

Cat Ba

Hello everybody!
We arrived in Hanoi Friday and after some issues with the luggage we are now ready to explore the country!
We spent 3 days in the Cat Ba island 200km east from Hanoi, we could see a bit of the local jungle and visit the Halong Bay,it is really nice! See below some pictures.

Pili, always close to the guide

Buffalos take all the space in swimming pools...

We had lunch in a local village

In the middle of the island

The Halong Bay with the little islets

these guys were sitting next to us in the bus back home, they were not so friendly!

Luisa esto es para ti!! La jungla esta llena de estos animales tan amistosos, siempre salen a saludar, je je

Preparation

Hello!!!
We are so excited to travel, but first we have to pack our bags and say bye to our families, so we are going back home for a week before to leave! it's compulsory!!!