Vietnam: Hanoi, Sapa & Halong Bay

During 1 week we visited Hanoi, Sapa and Halong Bay. This was a interesting last week in Vietnam, from 8 tot 15 th november 2002.

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Hanoi - Museum of minorities
Bicycles are in Vietnam used for transporting large amounts of things.

Hanoi - museum of minorities
Man belonging to one of the minorities in Northern Vietnam is making a...

Hanoi - Sapa
With the night-train travelling from Hanoi to Lao Cai near Sapa.

Hanoi - Sapa
From Lao Cai to Sapa: a wonderful, beautiful lanscape.

Sapa
View over one of the valleys.

Sapa
Young, Hmong girls trying to sell their handcrafts to Western tourists.

Sapa
Group of Hmong girls carrying their goods to the market in Sapa.

Sapa
Rice fields near Sapa, after harvest.

Sapa
View on a mountain with intensive cultivation of rice.

Sapa
One of the Hmong girls trying to sell her handcrafts to us,...

Sapa
Young Hmong woman near Sapa.

Sapa
Very young girls try to sell to the tourists. It seams rather difficult to...

Sapa
Young Hmong girls try to make the tourists pay in order to take a picture of...

Sapa
Young Hmong girl we met on one of our walks.

Sapa
Young Hmong girl, although it's difficult to say how old she is.

Sapa
Two Hmong girls

Sapa
generating electricity for personal use in one of the Hmong villages near Sapa.

Sapa
Electricity for the household ....

Sapa
leverage. The side used to crush the rice

Sapa
Leverage : the sid to be filled with water untill this arm of the...

Sapa
Hmong womem with children on their back trying to sell their handcrafted...

Sapa
Young girls always waiting for tourist on the road to sell the handcrafts of...

Sapa
Few kilometers south from Sapa. Wooden suspension bridge near the TA VAN...

road between Sapa and Ta Van
The return of the Hmong men to their village in the valley.

Sapa - excursion by jeep
Women of the Dao minority group near Bang Khoang.

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article published 12/30/2002

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Fond memories
Thanks for the photos. They bring back very fond memories of Nam! Can't wait to return :)
— Belinda, February 5, 2003

Great photos! I can't wait to go back to this beautiful country with very friendly people. To see my photos of Vietnam: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/11585/index.html
— Christine Bourgeois, January 29, 2003

Congratulations
Thx for sharing your beautiful pictures!
— De Sutter Geert, January 28, 2003

Thanks
I like your way of seeing the people and their daily life,especially the pictures of market in Hanoi.THank you for sharing photos of my country
— VuLeBichPhuong, January 5, 2003

Thats MY door!
No, of course not. I like your photos, they show the people as industrious and resourceful.
— Jack Ostrofsky, December 31, 2002

I very much like your photos of Hanoi and the area. I also spent a week there in 1996. You capture the feelings and sights of Hanoi very well. Thanks for sharing your photos.
— Gabrielle, December 31, 2002