Cute Black Hmong Guides ...
... they follow us around all day with their umbrellas, in the hopes of selling us some of their handicrafts. It's amazing watching them navigate the rocky, muddy trails in only cheap flip flops, taking the more difficult routes so that they can get ahead of us and help us through tricky parts. Though we were dying of thirst, they barely break a sweat, despite wearing the thick, black clothing that gives the Black Hmong their name.