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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Black Hmong handicrafts

Independent kids

He kept us up all night…

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

The scenery of Sapa

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

An ~8 year old babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

Rice growing in terraces

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A Black Hmong woman

The scenery of Sapa

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

The scenery of Sapa

A young babysitter

Hmong laundry drying

The scenery of Sapa

Hanging by the swimming hole

Baby swallows in their nest

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

Girl selling flowers

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

Our swimming hole

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Boy riding a water buffalo

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong women

The scenery of Sapa

Huge moth

Hanging by the swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

A very pregnant pig

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

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