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AllieMark: Our lovely shared room bunks on the King Express train to Sapa
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AllieMark: Our balcony (and laundry) in Sapa
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AllieMark: View from our balcony
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AllieMark: Another view from our balcony - we would later climb the hill behind the tower in the background
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AllieMark: Rice paddies in the fields beneath our guest house
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AllieMark: Vegetables at the market in Sapa
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AllieMark: Hmong girls enjoying mango
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AllieMark: Bai and Mu, our Black H'mong guides
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AllieMark: Very cute Vietnamese boy - note the yellow shoes
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AllieMark: Allie and Mark with Bai and Mu
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AllieMark: Hiking up Hamrong mountain, immediately above Sapa
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AllieMark: Many of the plants here are the same as those found in California
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AllieMark: Pansies
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AllieMark: Looking down upon Sapa from the top of Hamrong mountain
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AllieMark: Gecko's version of beef bourguignon - hearty food in these cold mountains
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AllieMark: Allie enjoying a spaghetti casserole
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AllieMark: Hot cocoa and death by chocolate at Baguette and Chocolat
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AllieMark: Stunning flowers around town
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AllieMark: A view back toward Sapa from the hills below
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AllieMark: Old structures built by the French - now used as locals' homes and pens for livestock
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AllieMark: Black Hmong working in their fields
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AllieMark: Early March is the start of the planting season - Hmong prepare the terraces for planting
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AllieMark: Allie holds on for dear life as we descend toward the river
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AllieMark: Hmong working their fields
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AllieMark: Many of the hills are more vertical than horizontal - yet rice grows in most places
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AllieMark: Black Hmong preparing to sell us their handmade wares
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AllieMark: A rice thresher - water from the stream fills a bucket on the right, lifting the handle on the left, which falls back and thresh the rice when the water pours out
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AllieMark: Threshed rice
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AllieMark: Water dumping from the rice thresher
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AllieMark: Hmong homes amid the terraces