Trekking view
We passed through 3 villages with the last being the most beautiful in the area. The Dzay minorities of the Ta Van Village exhibit a strong Chinese culture.
Riveting rice paddies
Working in the paddies
A gentle geriatric
We never found any boys selling product. Only girls. We were told that boys stay home with, or go to work with, their fathers.
Fortunately on this trek, a bus picked us up for a lazy return. While we waited for the bus at a hillside store, there were many young girls with their mothers all trying to sell their stuff. They obviously knew tourists would be there waiting for a bus. The store owner had a good setup as all the tourists were needing cold sodas after a hot trek and the young sellers were also busily buying candy and sodas!
That afternoon, we departed for the train station for our overnight return to Hanoi. We had a few minutes before boarding so we jumped in a taxi for a 5 minute ride to see the border to China, another first for us!
China in the background (maybe another day!)
1 comment:
you both look great and sounds like you are having a wonderful time!
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