Friday, December 12, 2008 Y 7:59 AM


Okay I am finally here to blog abt my Vietnam trip!
We reached the summit ZOMG DAMN HAPPYYYY
never though we'd make it up there... it was so tedious!

So to cut the 7 day trip, short... I shall blog in pictures/point form yeah.
There you go!
Bits & pieces will be up in subsequent posts (i think)
or you can visit the saints ODAC blog for more :)

DAY 1.
- Had dinner when we arrived in HANOI, then wenta watch the Water Puppet Show.

DAY 2.

- Visit to 3 musuems- CIP @ SOS Village

- Trained to Lao Cai, & then took a bus to SAPA. (overnight on train! damn nice to sleep)


DAY 3.

- Begin to climb Mt. Fansipan.
- temp: 19 degrees C

- Started trek @ 1800m. Stopped at base camp 1 @ 2200m.
- Trek was damn difficult, the mountain goes uppppppppp & downnn & upppppp & downnnn.
- Easy to die there.
- Temp @ night: 9 degrees C


DAY 4.


- Awesome scenery while trekking
- Trekked from 7.30am to 7.30pm. (Sun sets @ 6pm, so we trekked in the dark)- Broke down when I reached the summit (LIKE FINALLYYYYY!)
- Damn hungry & tired, legs hurt like madddddddd.
- So glad we made it though it was freezing & difficult.
No one will know the extent of difficulty until they've really experienced it for themselves.
But it's okay, Because I know I overcame the difficulties & reached the summit :)))
- All of us almost died of dehydration during our descend (from 3143m to 2200m) because we ran out of water.

DAY 5.


- Couldnt sleep for the entire night because I was shivering like maddddd.
- Though I was already wearing double socks & 4 layers of winter clothing...
I couldnt feel my toes/fingers :\
- Woke up in the morning to find the ground filled with frost.
- temp: -3 degrees C
- Begin descend down the mountain (2200 to 1800m) - Tried carrying the porters' baskets!


- Zixi, my roommate/buddy for the Vietnam trip :DDDD
- Bathed in our hotel rooms in the Bamboo Sapa Hotel
- Roamed around Sapatown for SHOPPINGGGGG! - Camwhoring in the night before debrief

DAY 6.
- Trying out the ethnic clothes (I look like a pau!)

- Along the roads of Sapa street :) - Visit to the Village in Sapa!- SEE MY RAINBOW SCARFFFF!!!
(bought it from some Vietnamese person who was wearing it! hahaha)
- 1 hr bus ride to the Train station
- 9 hr ride to Lao Cai (overnight on train again :B)
- Bus-ed to Hanoi, watched people do aerobics, had breakfast, AIRPORTTTT!

Yeah the airport photos arent with me... will upload it some other time :)
SK's birthday party was today.
Will upload the photos/video tmrw or the day after yupppp :)
Tired tired tired ,
I need to cut my hair!