People Watching

One of the joys of trekking through the smaller villages was seeing the kids playing and adults going about their daily lives. I wonder if the little girls (and women for that matter) get frustrated at having to wear traditional clothes, while the boys seem to have an anything goes wardrobe?

Trekking along well worn trails...

March 15th 2014
I've been in Sapa in the far north west of Vietnam for nearly a week now ... it's so nice to leave my stuff unpacked in my very comfy hotel room ... it's begun to feel like home after moving every few days before this. As I've posted on Facebook, the place has been in cloud the majority of the time, but I did fortunately get some nicer weather for a two day homestay trek I did. ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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