Usi e costumi

THE SUN
Lot of people, mostly girls, wear a mask on their face and you wonder why. It could be for pollution, it makes sense: til the end of 19th century they were using just bicycles, now almost everyone has a motorbike. But then you see them wearing the mask even in the countryside. And it s kind of fashion: often the same frame of the jacket. Yes, they are always using long sleeves jacket, driving their motorbike. And it s hot (35 degree) and it a not gonna rain...so, why???
They just don t like tanned skin. It s not a sign of beauty. It is the opposite as in western countries. So they always try to cover every part of their body to preserve their light colour of the skin. Every day of the year, since they don't have a winter season.
Different mentality.

7º giorno: NEVER TAKE THE BUS TO SAPA!!NON PRENDETE IL BUS PER SAPA!!

To Sa Pa: "bus is more comfortable than the train, it takes you directly to Sa Pa, instead of Lao Cai by train and then a bus to Sa Pa, it s cheaper, 15$ instead of 30$ for the train", they told me. So, i took the bus. And it was the worst choice ever. Of course, just cause we were unlucky and we had this awful bus. It was a night bus and even the first touch was not good: it looks old and not that clean. But you know, you can t complain for everything. So we took it. After half an hour on the bus, bugs were coming out from every hole of the bus and walking all around us...all people were trying to kill them, with flip flops or with whatever stuff they could. Really disgusting. I tried to call several times the travel agency, to ask for an other bus, but no answer (it was already night and it was closed, the day after they couldn't stop to say sorry to us, saying that it s the first time something like that happens, and I believe them). Even though, we had to stay in that terrible, disgusting, awful bus for 13h! Luckely, after few hours, thanks to the cold coming from air condition, bugs disappeared, and I could even sleep for enough hours, even if always worried about waking up with a bug walking on my body.