Last night was spent on an overnight bus. We were in a swank A/C soft sleeper which was a small room with 2 bunkbeds. We both lucked out with a bottum bunk, although Maeve's bunk was underneath a very large Spanish man. The A/C was freezing. Like put-on-a-winter-hat and start shivering cold.

We arrived this morning in Sapa. It is a beautiful mountain town. We were attacked when we got off the van from the train station by women wanting us to look at their guesthouses (oh, the rainy season). The first room we looked at was $6. It has a balconey (although you have to turn to the side to see the mountains), a tv (you can rent a DVD player and movies!) and a BATHTUB!!! Like a gorgeous, deep bathtub. It has a gas heater. While having an afternoon bath I read on the side of the gas heater: "Don't install inside bathroom. Install in a well-ventilated area. If you smell gas...". So I spent the bath "smelling for gas". When I started to fall asleep in the tub, I made sure to get out since I might have been passing out from a gas-leak and not from the effects of the over-night train!

We met a wickid American girl who we are going on an overnight trek tomorrow with.