Images tagged "hiking"

Entrance to Cat Ba National Park, the locals plant a tree on their wedding day to mark their eternal love for each other.

Paul emerging from the jungle, almost to the top!

Atop the peak, with emerald jungle peaks all around us

Ignoring the rules, climbing the rusting lookout tower to get above the jungle canopy

Climbing the rusting lookout tower, glad it is still holding up

$Beginning the descent, steep trail aided by handrail so we don\'t fall down the limestone cliffs$

Nearing the Cat Ba Island valley, with parental warnings

Monkey business in Cat Ba National Park

Glorious green in the valleys of the Hoang Lien Son mountain range

Passing goat herder in the footpaths connecting villages below Sapa town

$Paul with passing H\'Mong villagers on the footpath above Sin Chai, note the farmers preparing the rice paddies for the coming rains$

Villager resting above the rice paddies, we saw mushrooms in his basket which he was collecting in the higher elevations (and we saw villagers threading these on strings and hanging to dry)

$H\'Mong child on the farms between Cat Cat and Sin Chai villages$

Paul resting and snacking amid lots of vertical scenery

Feeding the pot-belly pigs, we learned they love peanuts sauteed in coconut milk

$Peter on one of the valley village footbridges, waiting for a H\'Mong tot to pass$

Water buffalo in the rice paddies, perfect spot for a hot and sunny day

Pot-belly pig rooting alongside the village footpath

Cat Cat waterfall, beneath Sapa town

Paul on our rented wheels to explore the valley beneath Sapa town