Photos from Vietnam Travels

My travels around Vietnam have ended a little early for now. In the past two weeks, I visited Ha Noi, Bac Ha and Sa Pa, Cat Ba island and Ha Long Bay, Ninh Binh, Da Nang and Hoi An. A photo speaks a thousand words, so here are some from Bac Ha and Sa Pa below. More to follow. Tomorrow, I’m off to Laos for about a week and a half!

SA PA MOUNTAINS
The trek down the mountain path surrounded by rice paddies were breathtaking -- as were seeing the Vietnamese people ride motorbikes up and down the steep and dangerous mountain sides, kids running around, and elderly ethnic people with machetes walking about (one without shoes!)






















































































































BAC HA
Lesser well know and smaller than Sa Pa, but equally as beautiful. We came on a Saturday, which is when a market is held for minority ethnic groups to sell crafts and produce. Afterwards, my cousin and I trekked to the river where we encountered more Hmong ethnic people.