The Real Voyage of Discovery

The Real Voyage of Discovery

The Real Voyage of Discovery


"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” - Marcel Proust

Taken at the Bac Ha Market, Vietnam.
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Taken on: 6th May, 2012. Copyright: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - See Sam Antonio Photography's page of Flickr

Read more about Sapa

Choice views of Fansipan are the prime commodity on sale in Lao Cai's signature destination, Sapa, a hill station high in the mountains which is a vestige of the French colonial era.

Before the French came, Sapa was home to several ethnic minorities, and now that the French are gone — they're still there. Dzao, Red H'mong, and particularly Black H'mong have adapted to the tourist trade with considerable zeal, and their notoriously aggressive sales techniques should probably be attributed to how poor the region is, and how hard it is to eke out any kind of a living.

Sapa ranks along Ha Long Bay and Hoi An in terms of attracting tourists solely on the merit of its natural beauty ... Read our complete Sapa travel guide

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Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's off to Bac Ha Market we go! Jumping for Joy in the Ta Phin Village - Sapa, Vietnam Seeing Red in Sapa, Vietnam Hills in Nam' Sapa in mist Bac Ha, Flower Hmong girl and baby Black Dzao woman Tan Duang, Vietnam Sapa, Red Dzao girls Bac Ha, Flower Hmong woman and baby Bac Ha, another Flower Hmong girl Black Tai girls posing near Dien Bien Phu Bac Ha, Flower Hmong girl Bac Ha, Flower Hmong woman Flower Hmong, Bac Ha Flower Hmong, Bac Ha Black Tai women near Dien Bien Phu cat cat view hotel shy boys rice terraces Black River Valley nr Lai Chau, Vietnam Vietnam, White Hmong girls nr Lai Chau Vietnam, Sapa Market Vietnam, Hmong girls in Sapa IMG_0115 IMG_0084 IMG_0002 IMG_0027 Sapa Buffalo Fog Sapa Bamboo Boy, with knife Stopping for the view Kids working Kids in the clouds Boy, Sapa Boy, in maroon Hmong home Girl, with purple boots Rice pools, schoolhouse in background High altitude garden Mountain gardener Grilled root vendor Another planet? Mountain forest fog Hmong boys Potted plants at dawn Another world