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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The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Huge moth

Hanging by the swimming hole

Boy riding a water buffalo

The scenery of Sapa

He kept us up all night…

The scenery of Sapa

Our guides weren’t interested in swimming

Independent kids

The scenery of Sapa

Hmong laundry drying

Girl selling flowers

Rice growing in terraces

Zazaa’s brother caught a baby bird

A very pregnant pig

The scenery of Sapa

An ~8 year old babysitter

Black Hmong handicrafts

A Black Hmong woman

The scenery of Sapa

Looking over the edge into a valley of rice terraces

The scenery of Sapa

Black Hmong women

Baby swallows in their nest

The scenery of Sapa

The scenery of Sapa

Waterfall

Zazaa with her mother, sister, and father

A young babysitter

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

Waterfall

Our guide Zazaa (second from right) and friends

The scenery of Sapa

Our swimming hole

The scenery of Sapa

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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