Sapa, a small town north west of Hanoi, famous for its perfectly manicured rice terraces, ranks up there in the most beautiful places that we have encountered on our travels. We arrived off of the night train early in the morning and taken by mini-van the final hour to Sapa town. As soon as we stepped off of the mini-van we were approached by a few local tribe women asking us where we were from, how many siblings we had, how long we were planning to stay in Sapa., etc. Their ultimate goal was to sell us some of their handcrafts, or to accompany us on a trek to their village a few hours away. Sapa is the home of three local tribes - the H’Mong, Red Xao, and Xai people. Every day the women travel
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