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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Baby swallows in their nest

Girl selling flowers

The scenery of Sapa

A Black Hmong woman

A young babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

Huge moth

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

Independent kids

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

The scenery of Sapa

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

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

Rice growing in terraces

Our swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

A very pregnant pig

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong women

Hanging by the swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

Boy riding a water buffalo

Hanging by the swimming hole

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

An ~8 year old babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Hmong laundry drying

He kept us up all night…

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong handicrafts

The scenery of Sapa

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