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Couple of hours in Sapa for a coffee and french pastries, then took the Roadmonkey van over a monster mountain pass; once over, the sun broke through and we rode for another 15 to 20 miles, past tiny villages, stopping to chat with the locals—insofar as replica Bvlgari watches hello is a form of chatting. The final climb to the top of the pass above the Commie city of Lai Chao was too long to complete by nightfall, so we loaded into the van and drove the remaining 12 miles. The city feels very remote, as were not far from China and Laos.
