Vietnam is a country of mountains and fertile green valleys full of rice planting. The landscape got much wider and more dramatic here in Vietnam--the roads are still very twisty and treacherous. There are so many opportunities for good pictures here..mostly images of people working the fields in their traditional Vietnamese clothing and hats. I am reluctant to jump out of the car, hold the camera in someone's face and drive off..but I need to do that more often.
I wish I could write something more poetic today, but I am pretty tired. Had a flat tire today that resulted in a stressful drive. It's a good thing we only have 4 more driving days. I think most of the group is ready for some stationary time.
This is where the rice farmers live. No windows, no bed, no a/c. The house is just big enough for one or two people to lie down in.
The dogs were messing with the pig...but not for long. That pig was mean! The dogs were gone in a second.
This is what people look like here in northern Vietnam. Beautiful traditional tribal costumes. Carrying wood up the mountains for many miles, with a smile.
The humid valleys here offer the perfect climate for growing rice and there are terraces carved into the landscape in every valley here.
Every single rice plant has been planted by hand into the wet soil of these massive rice fields.
Road hazard...one of many...water buffalos.
This is what people look like here in northern Vietnam. Beautiful traditional tribal costumes. Carrying wood up the mountains for many miles, with a smile. 
The humid valleys here offer the perfect climate for growing rice and there are terraces carved into the landscape in every valley here.
Every single rice plant has been planted by hand into the wet soil of these massive rice fields.
Road hazard...one of many...water buffalos. 
Yikes on the water buffalo and the hookers. Love the
ReplyDeletetribal flavor on the guy walking. I like the simplicity of
life there. We are so spoiled. Keep on truckin".