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October 26th 2008

Published: November 19th 2008

Hanoi Getting to Hanoi after 25 hours on a bus was a bit daunting. Again, I'd only done my research on the bus getting there, and wasn't quite sure where I wanted to go. But I teamed up with a pair of Canadian girls, and after looking around a bit we found a room for $3.5 each including breakfast. This turned out to be a really nice place - Family Hotel it was called - and they invited you to ... Read Full Entry

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Sapa

Rice paddies

Notice the two Hmong women actually RUNNING on the bank between two levels of paddies?

Following in their footsteps

turned out to be the best way to avoid slipping and sliding - being light on your toes was key

Hmong girl

Hmong girl - with an impossible to remember name

She was a very sweet girl, who followed us for most of our two day trek, all the while working on an embroidery. I bought a couple of souvenirs from her in the end, as a thanks for all her help, and she very sweetly gave me a bracelet in return.

Hmong girl making animals out of grass straws

Traditional silver comb

Waterfall

Local school

Hard at work - for a few seconds at least :-)

The few kids in this class had a lot of freedom

Five minute break from hassling tourists is not wasted... hard at work on her next item of sale

Mama - as she called herself

Anita and Karin and our very wet but clean shoes

Anita and I

Karin and Anita

Karin and I

Two fantastic Australian ladies we met

They were sisters, 75 and 80 years old, and they spoke on top of each other all the time. Hilarious! Here they are listening to a Thai guest at the hotel who's playing guitar for us.

Our Thai guitar player

Night market in Hanoi

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