So Sapa. Another town destroyed by tourism. Luckily some views are still beautiful.
Vietnamese and tourists, they both say that Sapa has lost it's charm. They are right, although I can't really say that if I haven't been there before. Well, in Sa Pa all is done for money now. Street sellers are very pushy, hotels are big and are obstructing the views, prices are high and the landscape- the main attraction is degrading. There uses to be a Valley of Roses, now the roses are mostly gone, simply not taken care of or cut down for construction space. Terraced rice fields look idle, but maybe it's just the wrong season. Without all that it doesn't look like pictures you can google and is rather disappointing. What a pitty...
Vietnamese and tourists, they both say that Sapa has lost it's charm. They are right, although I can't really say that if I haven't been there before. Well, in Sa Pa all is done for money now. Street sellers are very pushy, hotels are big and are obstructing the views, prices are high and the landscape- the main attraction is degrading. There uses to be a Valley of Roses, now the roses are mostly gone, simply not taken care of or cut down for construction space. Terraced rice fields look idle, but maybe it's just the wrong season. Without all that it doesn't look like pictures you can google and is rather disappointing. What a pitty...
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