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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Girl selling flowers

Boy riding a water buffalo

The scenery of Sapa

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

Hanging by the swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Huge moth

Rice growing in terraces

He kept us up all night…

Baby swallows in their nest

The scenery of Sapa

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

Waterfall

The scenery of Sapa

Hmong laundry drying

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

The scenery of Sapa

A young babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong women

A very pregnant pig

An ~8 year old babysitter

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong handicrafts

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Independent kids

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Hanging by the swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A Black Hmong woman

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

The scenery of Sapa

Our swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

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