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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Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

Hmong laundry drying

The scenery of Sapa

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

Baby swallows in their nest

He kept us up all night…

The scenery of Sapa

Independent kids

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A very pregnant pig

Huge moth

The scenery of Sapa

An ~8 year old babysitter

Hanging by the swimming hole

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

The scenery of Sapa

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

Our swimming hole

Waterfall

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Rice growing in terraces

The scenery of Sapa

Boy riding a water buffalo

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong women

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

A Black Hmong woman

Waterfall

The scenery of Sapa

A young babysitter

Girl selling flowers

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

Black Hmong handicrafts

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