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 young babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

Girl selling flowers

The scenery of Sapa

An ~8 year old babysitter

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

Baby swallows in their nest

A Black Hmong woman

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A very pregnant pig

Independent kids

Our swimming hole

Huge moth

Black Hmong handicrafts

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

Hanging by the swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

Hmong laundry drying

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Rice growing in terraces

Waterfall

He kept us up all night…

The scenery of Sapa

Hanging by the swimming hole

Black Hmong women

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

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

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

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

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