Some of these landscapes seem repetitive, but it never gets old. For more info on our time trekking through Sapa, see the Sapa, Vietnam post.

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The scenery of Sapa

A young babysitter

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

Huge moth

Waterfall

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

The scenery of Sapa

Hmong laundry drying

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Independent kids

The scenery of Sapa

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

A very pregnant pig

Our swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

Hanging by the swimming hole

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

Rice growing in terraces

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Hanging by the swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Baby swallows in their nest

The scenery of Sapa

Boy riding a water buffalo

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A Black Hmong woman

Black Hmong women

A horse made of ferns given to us by one of the Black Hmong women who walked with us

The scenery of Sapa

An ~8 year old babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

Girl selling flowers

He kept us up all night…

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong handicrafts

Waterfall

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