Journal of our recent trip February March 2006
Wedding reception of Trevor and Ky
Chau Chuot and Dylan at Dam Sen
Long Binh - Ammo Dumo - Bien Hoa
Some responses I have received
Indochine
People from 2001 - 2003
The Imperial City
Old Postcards of Vietnam
2003 Trip
and
The Forbidden Purple City
2001 Trip
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Sapa
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As our train approached Lao Cai I was in the coridor with my camera waiting for a shot of the station. The little French girl came out of her compartment and I turned the camera to her slowly. As it pointed at her she smiled and I took this wonderful photo. |
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This is where we stayed while in Saps. A beautiful building on a hillside overlooking the town of Sapa. |
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Hotel Darling
Our room had two beds a TV and a fireplace. It was a very nice room. There was a balcony looking over the courtyard and out over the valley. |
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Window
Just down the hall from our room and over the kitchen was the dining room. This window looked out over a small garden. |
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Hotel Darling Construction
This man was adding a layer of cement to a part of the hotel that was just recently built. |
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Looking down the hill from the pavilion at the center of the hotel Darling, just across the court yard from our room. |
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Looking across the hilside from the pavilion. |
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Miss Ha, Receptionst at Hotel Darling |
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Miss Sua
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This young lady worked in Hotel Darling and was a very pleasent and gentle young lady |
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Kitchen at the Hotel Darling. |
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Street Market
In the town is a market and the sellers overflow into the street. Here the ladies are selling Indigo. |
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Waterfall in Sapa
The waterfall above the town. |
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Bridge at Waterfall |
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Boy and Girl
At the top of the Orchid Garden is a building where we saw traditional dance and singing. This young lady sold soda at the snack bar there. |
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Hmong Mother and Daughter
This Mother and Daughter were selling in the Orchid Garden. |
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Hmong Leg Wraps
The Hmong wear a wrap around their legs instead of sox. This girl is re wraping her legs. |
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Hmong Lady
This lady sold me a small wall hanging so I took her picture to remember her and show Susan who made the piece. |
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Hmong Girl
This little girl was so bashful that if I looked at her for more than a moment and smiled she would slowly move behind one of the other women. She had two small purses that she had made and I asked her, If I buy the purses may I take a picture and she agreed. |
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Generator
In the Hmong village in a field a small stream has been diverted through these generators. From the generators a wire runs to a stick in the mud, then to a tree and a few more poles till it supplies some light in a home a short distance away. |
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Hmong Girl
One of the beautiful Hmong children. |
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Hmong Girl
We saw almost no boys as they were home working. Only the women come to town to sell. |
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The next three photos are a new building going up in the Hmong village. |
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This is the shop built in the Hmong Village for the locals to sell hand made goods. Still it was more fun to buy from the ladies who made them. |
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A house being worked on |
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Woman working outside her home in the village. |
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