off we go...on motorbikes!!!

first stopover view

we and our helmets...haha...

stall by the silver waterfall
our drivers...tang...?????...ling (i dunno my driver name lol )

i am sure singapore's corn taste better =/

second stopover view

notice the waterfall in the distance on the right

is that heaven???!!!...ling says it is lucky for one to see the peak =)

group photo!!!

those winding and narrow road that we be taking on later

we met up with ling and his drivers at around 1045 outside the hotel...and he handed each one of us a helmet...i thought vietnamese dun wear them!!!???...haha...but he insisted us to wear for safetly precautions...and so ling will take dawn, another 40 years old honest looking driver takes myyher while i had a pretty much blur-looking driver to myself haha...so off we go!!!...we headed northwest and the road was really winding and narrow at times...but the way they (maybe except ling haha) take the roads and cut the corners like some motorGP racers just proved how experienced they are already at it...we had a stopover at the roadside where the scenery was once again so fascinating...you just feel like u are in the middle of nowhere haha...we continued our way to reach the 100m tall thac bac(silver) waterfall...it is situated roughly 11km from sapa along the road to lai chau...we felt water droplets falling onto our face and thought that maybe it was the waterfall...but ling told us that actually it was drizzling...duh!!!...haha...so we took shelter at the one of the roadside stalls...ling treated us to some corns (i think singapore's corns taste nicer =P ) and also this steamed rice that was cooked inside bamboo with sugarcane juice, and when mixed with peanut powder, just taste so delicious!!!...since it was raining, ling suggested we continued the tour and come back again later to visit the waterfall...the road now is getting rather steep and is mostly uphill...we went pass the tram ton pass which supposely has very spectacular view...but weather permitting...it was really foggy when we pass it...we are in the clouds!!!...and it is so damn cold...i was already shivering and so try to hide behind my driver who at least got a windbreaker on, letting him brave the strong cold wind ahead...we also saw 1 little roadstall hiding beneath the thick layer of clouds by the roadside...wonder how they can survive the coldness lol...we travelled downhill finally and took another stopover where from there, we can clearly see the valley and its settlement...there is also a waterfall in the distance...we took a group picture before continuing our journey...we passed quite a few towns and i really have no idea where we are anymore haha...but from the map, i figured we should be in sin ho town...we stop for a lunch in a small home-converted "restaurant"...we had some rather strange food which includes frozen pork-leg...and also eggplant seed or something...in the end, we just restricted ourselves to eating "kang kong" vegetable and rice haha...