Sunday, September 14, 2008

Northern Vietnam

Start our day at the city market where the fresh products are sold on the ground floor and the handicraft on the second floor.


Our breakfast with the local food.

Mer is looking for the Hmong whom she took a picture in her earlier trip (January) and wants to give a photo to her.


Ethnic ladies from different tribes.

For the last one - Her very effective sale techniques in this competitive handicraft market is to invite tourists to try on her costumes and take a picture and then ask to buy her products for return. Salute for her non M.B.A.study.!!! 555

We buy the trekking tour to visit the hill tribe village. Our group consists of 6 ladies often take a break every 15 minutes (or shorter than that???) with the excuse to take some pictures or buy things from local. Of course I checked before that it would be downhill trekking, otherwise I would have waited for the gang at the hotel.

Although we start trekking early in the morning, groups after groups of tourist walk pass us.

The panoramic view of rice field in Sapa.

Another stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.

Let me show - one last picture of today trekking for the worth of my sore legs.
Glad that finally the car comes to pick up us at the last village because I don’t think that I can climb up to the main road.

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