I'm back

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This is about 1/2 way down into the valley. We are on our way to meet 3 seperate tribes of people, over a 6-7 hr trek.


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Here is Katrina negotiating with one particular tribe. They were no where near where they live, but they ventured up out of the valley to meet tourists. She ended buying a small silver bracelett. Have a close look at the concentration on theirs faces as they try and work out what Katrina wants, or more importantly how much they think they can get her to spend. They also shave their eyebrows and are the tallest of the three tribes.


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This is a photo looking out of our window at the Park view Hotel. It was the morning of a very long descent down into the valley, which as you can see is covered by fog. The mountains in the background just blew my mind away.







I’m back from Vietnam. Katrina and I did 4 weeks of solid backpacking starting in Saigon and finishing up in Hanoi. The highlight of our trip was definitely Sapa. This pace was absolutely incredible. We got to meet and walk amongst 3 quite primitive tribes, which have only had consistent contact with westerners for the last 8-10 years, and we had a chance to buy some local stone carvings. The photos below are just a mere snippet of some parts of Sapa. There’ll be more to come each week as I resume training with my regular updates.
I hope everyone had a good break over Christmas.