Splashing Paint

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SA PA

Posted on October 17, 2015 by splashingpaint

From Hanoi a 9 hour night train delivered us to Lào Cai. A winding taxi ride took us up the mountains to Sa Pa. There are a number of local ethnic groups that congregate and sell traditional crafts in Sa Pa. Their villages are scattered throughout the surrounding terraced hills and valleys. The country side and villages are beautiful and the people are relaxed and friendly.
Sa Pa

Red Dzao Markets

Food Markets – Sa Pa

Hmong Women

Muong Hoa Valley

Hmong women make yarn from hemp and weave it into cloth. They dye the cloth with an indigo, plant based dye and burnish it between a block of polished wood and heavy stone.

Wax resist batik is used to decorate some of the cloth.

Pigs to market

Sa Pa

Red Dzao Women

Village kids hunting mice in the rice fields.

Marble champion

Tả Phìn village

Cat Cat Falls

13 thoughts on “SA PA”

Candi Hogan on October 17, 2015 at 1:36 pm said:

Thank you so much for sharing all of these fantastic photos!

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Sandra Fowkes on October 17, 2015 at 6:58 pm said:

I’m learning to draw and paint and feel so inspired by your photos and art. Brilliant photos! Am I allowed to use them for practice only?

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Teresa Reasor on October 17, 2015 at 8:18 pm said:

Beautiful pictures. Their lives are written on their faces.

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Michael Borne on October 17, 2015 at 9:41 pm said:

Thank you for your beautiful photos of a fascinating culture that I have not seen before! We are all brothers and sisters of the world, and yet so richly varied!

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eyballs on October 17, 2015 at 10:50 pm said:

Great images John. Your artists eye, via the camera, captures the colour and excitement of your trip.

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Barbara Clum on October 17, 2015 at 10:59 pm said:

Just wanted to thank you so much for sharing your wonderful photos and all of the information along with your great paintings. You bring a lot of joy to me and my family with whom I share them. Fondly. Barbara Clum

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Donna Holdsworth on October 18, 2015 at 3:14 am said:

John, Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos. What a wonderful glimpse of what is happening in the rest of the world! A reminder that there is life beyond our own realities.

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maryoconnor12 on October 18, 2015 at 4:13 am said:

Beautiful shots, especially all those wonderful faces.

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Linda Denman on October 18, 2015 at 7:58 am said:

Sensational photos! There is a painting for you John, from almost all and thank you for sharing them with us. Just wonderful!

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Colleen McCafferty on October 18, 2015 at 9:09 am said:

Stunning photos John! I can see some beautiful paintings are on their way too!

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Loretta Campbell on October 18, 2015 at 1:14 pm said:

Took photos in Sapa in 1996. Always meant to paint from them. You have inspired me.

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Nancy Lavender on October 18, 2015 at 4:35 pm said:

Amazing shots – National Geographic standard! Thanks for sharing …

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Barbara Clum on October 22, 2021 at 1:37 am said:

You will really like this one

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