Images tagged "vietnam"

Me atop one of the many oxidized limestone karsts dotting the park trails

View of Sapa town from one of the lookout points

Me contemplating the mountains, with Fanispan (the highest point in Vietnam and Indochina) on my mind

Peter and Paul atop Dragon Jaw Mountain park in Sapa, Vietnam

Wandering down one of the alpine streets of Sapa

Sapa is a busy tourist hub but still quiet enough for water buffalo to stroll through town

Drying firewood chips in the bright alpine sunshine of Sapa

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

On one of the restaurant terraces pointing to Mt. Fanispan, the highest point in Vietnam and the Indochina region

$Our first night was foggy with clouds and light rain, we chose a bar with a fireplace to keep toasty, we never imagined we\'d need to keep warm in Vietnam in April$

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

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

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

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