I went to Vietnam in December 2006. Usually I'm not the type who take pictures of portraits of others while travelling as I'm just a regular tourists who take pictures of places, mostly with my face in it to fulfill my 'been there, done that' ego. However, the lovely hill tribe people of Vietnam has really moved me and I attempted to take pictures of them, for memory sake.
Hill tribe people normally can be found in and around Sapa area in Northern Vietnam. The Bac Ha market is really colourful and amazing, it's
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People- watching We went people-watching at Bac Ha weekend market. The market is incredible...
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Selling deep fried buns at Bac Ha market
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Beautiful costume
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Brooms for sale
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Piglet anyone? Piglets are tied up on a leash, just like dogs.
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Dogs as food These poor dogs are for sale, and no, they are not sold as pets, they are for...
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The happy Flower Hmong ladies
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Food stall Fancy a bowl of noodle soup with pig intestines, and fresh blood clots...
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Tobacco stall This is how the hill tribe people smoke...
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Steam bun stall
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2 beautiful flower hmong ladies
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Hill tribe baby
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Combing hair
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Bac Ha Market scene
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Hill tribe toddler
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Granny and baby
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The pink scarf girl
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Cute hill tribe baby
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Boiled Cow Intestines Hmm...looks appetizing to you? :)
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The barber at Bac Ha market
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Window shopping
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Colourful dyed yarns for sale This stall is the most popular among the flower Hmong ladies. They...
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The heavily pregnant piggy
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Rest stop for horses The hill tribe people travelled a great distance by horse to come to this...
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On the way home from Bac Ha market
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Flower Hmong lady at her home At Ban Pho Village
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Flower Hmong girl
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The very photogenic hill tribe boy
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Black Hmong girl at Sapa The next day, we went trekking from Sapa to Tavan Village where we had a home...
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The very beautiful Black Hmong teenager This 16 years old young lady is the 'leader' of the group of...
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Black Hmong girls They made us halo by using leaf and flowers plucked from the wild
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Distinctly Black Hmong Black Hmong with their black laundry. They only wear black!
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Black Hmong man
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Doing Laundry
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Black Hmong girl with her baby brother
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Lao Chai Village kids at play
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Hanging bridge at Giang Ta Chai Village
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The very strong Black Hmong lady The firewood on her back weighed at least 40kg!
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Red Dzao people at Sapa market
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Red Dzao girl
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Beef vendor at Sapa market Would you like to buy a cow head? Or a whole leg perhaps?
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The oldest man in the village We had our homestay at Tavan Village, staying with the Day Tribe...
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2nd generation of the family This is the oldest man's son, with equal no. of wrinkles as his father!
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