Jananas

Its Saturday and while our own cats have been pretty cute, I wanted something a little bit different. Plus I’ve been looking through our travel photos recently and so this photo was top of mind.

We loved Sapa in northern Vietnam. It had breath taking views and a lovely, calm vibe (even if it was way cooler than we’d expected at night!). We stayed at the Cat Cat View Hotel (not to be confused with one of about three other Cat Cat insert word here Hotels on the same strip). Rooms were just over $20 USD a night, which is a steal when you have unobstructed views of the tallest mountains in Vietnam. From your own personal balcony (or from their restaurant). Seriously, amazing.

One day we wandered down the road to Cat Cat Village (a local Black H’mong village), where we bought gifts from local artisans and saw lots of animals (pigs, cats, dogs, buffalo, and giant giant spiders). At the bottom there’s a gorgeous waterfall and we enjoyed some roasted chestnuts and I tried some local apple wine (which was delicious!).

On the way down we saw this cat. It was the perfect and stereotypical cat pose, staring down on us from upon high. It doesn’t look that high, but the first row of windows on this building were easily 30 feet in the air.

I could very happily be reincarnated as this cat. Lounging in the sun and clean air with a phenomenal view. Yes please.