Sapa

Last week, I hopped a train to the mountainous villages where the H'mong and other minority groups of Vietnam reside.  Here are some pictures of the excursion.

Terraced rice paddies near Cat Cat.  The school is in the background.

Our tour guide, the fashionista.

The waterfall at Cat Cat, a H'mong village.

The hotel I stayed in.

The lot of us, westerners and H'mong ladies vying for a captive audience for their wares.

Lao Chai, a H'mong village.

The rice paddies, waiting to be planted 'once it gets wet enough'.