Couchfish Day 82: Misadventures on the road to Bắc Hà

Around 100km to the east of Sapa lies Bắc Hà. It is mountain village that over the last few decades has been popularised as a “Sapa–alternative”. Today it has a morning market, so I brave the cold and am on the bike at 5:30 am. At least it isn’t raining.