My first holiday
(Sent by Dam Quang Quy, a student from Quang Ninh, Viet Nam)

The first time I was away from home was when I went to SaPa about five years ago. It was in the winter and I went with four friends. We decided to travel by car and I was the driver.

We left at six o'clock in the morning and the journey to SaPa took about ten hours but we didn't mind. All we of us were very excited because it was the first time we traveled without our parents.

We stayed in SaPa for five days, in a five star hotel on the top of a hill. While we were there we walked a lot.

First we went to see all the famous sites, then we saw snow coming down. Only in SaPa you can see snow in my country, so we felt very happy.

On the last morning we went to Market Love, in there you can find a friend, who maybe becomes your helpmate. That was very funny but true. Unfortunately none of us found a helpmate for himself.

I've been back to SaPa several times since then, but I think I'll never be as excited as I did was that first time.