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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A very pregnant pig

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A young babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong women

The scenery of Sapa

A Black Hmong woman

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

Independent kids

Baby swallows in their nest

Girl selling flowers

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Hanging by the swimming hole

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

An ~8 year old babysitter

Rice growing in terraces

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong handicrafts

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

Our swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

Boy riding a water buffalo

The scenery of Sapa

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

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

Hmong laundry drying

Waterfall

Huge moth

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

He kept us up all night…

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