Is SAPA, Vietnam a tourist trap?

In this, the first episode of our Vietnam series, we’re visiting the busy tourist town of Sapa, located in the far north of the country, high up in the mountains.

Sapa is a town that splits opinion. Some people love it, while others really hate it. We’re here to find out for ourselves whether the town has become a victim of its own success.

Please bear in mind, at the time of filming, we had already been travelling for 3 months and as such, we were pretty tired when we arrived in Sapa. Apologies for the grumpiness.

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
01:30 Sleeper bus from Dien Bien Phu to Sapa
07:11 Good morning Sapa
10:35 Vegan Lunch
11:49 Evening walk
12:44 Hotpot
16:08 Next morning
19:10 Thoughts on Sapa
21:22 Sapa Valley
22:31 Cat Cat Village
24:07 Motorbike taxi
24:55 Leaving Sapa
26:07 Coming soon

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[heretotravel]

Have you visited Sapa? What was your experience like?

[monumentaltravel]

Sigh, guys, on, really, it's the Views. You are literally standing in an incredibly beautiful spot complaining about the garishness of the photo gimmicks that are everywhere in Asia. Yeah, if you're from the West, we can do without the props to make the photographs work. But just don't use them and look at the incredible views. What I see, in the backgrounds of much of your footage is stunning. Yeah, so you have seen "stunning" too many times. But but but but but, it's still beautiful. Look at it.

[spookyjs]

Jadey-Wadey, where has your accent gone?!😳

[tudi]

Since 1998, I was among the first ones to travel from Saigon to Hanoi and what I need to concur is that Ha-long Bay as well as other panoramic landscapes in Vietnam is unquestionably charming and attractive; but under the rule of Communism, everything is a trap, not only tourism!