On board the Victoria Express to Sapa
Lao Cai
Lung Khau Nhin market
Flower H'mong lady with baby
Lung Khau Nhin market - mix of tradition and modern
Amusing the locals!
Lung Khau Nhin market
Flower H'mong ladies
Life in the mountains
Dao Tuyen boy scared by the sight of a 6ft blond man (Alex)
The men play pool and drink while the women shop!
Barber shop!
View from the road back to Lao Cai
View from the road back to Lao Cai
Trekking: T Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages
Trekking: T Linh Ho, Lao Chai and Ta Van villages
Growing maize, every last bit of land is cultivated!
Rice fields
Rice fields near Sapa
Black H'mong ladies, Lao Chai
Receiving a friendship bracelet (after buying something!)
Trekking through Lao Chai
Trekking through Ta Van
Old Black H'mong lady
Young Giay lady
The new road and hydro electric power station
Every bit of land is used
View of lake in Sapa, from outside our room
View from our balcony at Victoria Sapa Hotel
Market day in Sapa
BBQ!
Red Dao ladies sewing
Black H'mong and Red Dao ladies selling to a tourist!
Flower H'mong
Market day in Sapa - Giay people
Market day in Sapa
Sapa
Lu ladies
Black H'mong girls
Carrying things the old way
Mobile phones have made it here
Red Dao lady from the handicraft club
Entertainment at the Sapa festival
Trekking: Ma Tra and Ta Phin
Black H'mong lady with a shy child
Furniture delivery!
Lending a helping hand
Trekking: Ma Tra and Ta Phin
Ploughing the terraces
Trekking: Ma Tra and Ta Phin
Trekking: Ma Tra and Ta Phin
Bamboo
Alex with our guide, Song
Trekking: Ma Tra and Ta Phin
Children playing in the river
Children playing in the river
Red Dao lady embracing new technology, Ta Phin
Playing "Cu" (Chinese chess)
Victoria Express train