We have a few hours to relax before we take a
half day hike with our fifteen year old Hmong guide, Shố. I think
that's pronounced somewhere between "show" and "shoe".
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The hilltribes have some of the most colorful
and dramatic textiles. We even got to see how every village has
its own field of indigo. And we saw lots of women spinning flax in
their hands as they walked.
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Here is another entry in the exotic species
catalog. I couldn't get the camera out in time to catch the
children riding water buffalo, but it was no challenge at all to get the
camera out in time to catch these two.
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This river valley is where we did most of our
walking since it is home to many different ethnic villages.
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The dramatic mist here is actually smoke.
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The terraced rice fields were simply amazing.
We got to hike right through them. Especially if you fall
off the wall like I did.
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This bridge was built on Sept 12, 2001.
I can remember what I was doing on that day in Boston: I was
trying to rebuild a web server.
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This is the roof of a house near where we
stopped for lunch.
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