Nestled high in the mountains in Northern Vietnam, not far from the Chinese border, lies Sapa, an otherworldly town surrounded by rice paddies, hill tribes and a crazy marketplace selling cooked dog head. The H’Mong minority hill tribe people, their hands stained blue from dye, make desperate attempts to sell you handmade jewellery, scarfs, hats and clothes. Normally I hate being followed by sellers, and I know they were only talking to me because they wanted me to buy something, but I loved hearing about their lives, and was happy to even make a purchase from them (awesome silver earrings - sweet!) They are so friendly, happy to talk about how they live, how many kids they have, what their village is like. It was so fascinating, and their English was near flawless! Getting to Sapa
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