Images tagged "sapa"

$Some of the many H\'Mong street vendors in Sapa, they are canny and persistent hawkers$

A red Dzao craftswoman in the market, they work busily creating beautiful sewing and needlework textiles

Drying firewood chips in the bright alpine sunshine of Sapa

Drying mushrooms in Sapa, Vietnam. These are used in medicinal rice wine infusions

Dried herbs and plants used in traditional medicine of the hill-tribe peoples

Me having a ca phe sua (coffee with sweetened condensed milk) at Café Peter in Sapa, Vietnam

Peter with Peter, proprietor of Café Peter in Sapa, Vietnam

Enjoying a Ha Noi Beer on a rooftop terrace in Sapa, Vietnam

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

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

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)

Passing goat herder in the footpaths connecting villages below Sapa town

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

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

$Paul with a H\'Mong \"guide\" in the village of Hoa Su Pan, she was about half his size.$

$Rice paddies in the H\'Mong village of Sin Chai$

$Dormant rice farms in the dry season on the outskirt of the H\'Mong village of Sin Chai$

Footbridge-only access to the village of Hoa Su Pan