Photo story: A walk around Sapa Minority Villages

Sapa minority children school — Tourism seem to have funded the school for minority children

I wrote in a previous post of how minority guides had been “forced” on us during our treks to the villages. I also said that Sapa was nice, but too touristy. That being said, to be fair to the Sapa minority tribes, tourism has helped improved the standard of living.

As compared to the schools I had seen in the more remote villages of Yunnan, in China and in Laos, the school in Sapa was well-built. The pillars and roof were made of concrete. There was a flat and smooth playing ground. The one in Laos was previously filled with stones, clay balls, sandflies and branches. The weather was slightly cold and the children were well wrapped in thick coats of different shades and colours. The children seem to have better lives.

Farm animals – geese, ducks and cats roamed around freely, while cows feed on dry hay. Sapa minority villages don’t seem to be in abject poverty, and perhaps, tourism has done them well.

Sapa children minority schools — Children playing in a school in Sapa

Sapa farms cows feeding — Cows in the middle of feeding

sapa rice terrace ducks mud — Enjoying a mud bath along the slides of the terrace

Sapa minority village farm animals — Is the cat about to pounce?

Sapa minority villages homes — Pools of flooded rice terraces by the side of homes

Sapa minority villages shack — Came across this empty shack in the middle of no where

sapa minority villages butcher — That’s a local butcher for you

Sapa minority village grocery store — A local grocery store in Sapa Minority Villages

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Also met some cute kids along the way

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