Sapa: The land of the Moung and Zoa

While I am waiting for data to become available I decided to do some traveling. At the moment I am in Sapa, a small city that is on the border of Vietnam and China in the highlands. It is gorgeous here and the weather is much cooler and more bearable. Down the mountain are the local indigenous people, the Moung and Zoa, who still sport their traditional outfits. They do a lot of weaving and garment making. I bought a bag and pillow case as gifts paid 100's of % more than I should have. But I am going to chalk this as helping out a local with probably 15 days worth of salary.

Today I did about 6 hrs of treking from Sapa down to the villages and then back up again with my hiking buddies, Lou Lou and Vera. Lou Lou is from Malaysia and Vera is from Germany. We met at the bus stop waiting for the from Hanoi to Sapa. The views were well worth the walk despite the constant rain.  

Here I am with some local kids whom I asked their permission to take a photo with.

City of Sapa.

Me cautiously standing next to a yack/cow of some sort.

My teking buddies I met on the bus from Hanoi to Sapa. From Left to Right (Me, Lou Lou, Vera)

Me in the village with terraced rice crops and Mts as the back drop.

Blue Chickens. I didn't even know there was such a thing.