Life in Sapa mountain, Lao Cai
Posted by admin on March 11, 2011 under Vietnam Travel in the North, vietnam beauty | 
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 For these H’mong and Dao ethnic women, life is a hard struggle. To make their living in Sapa mountain, these women, including young girls, have to walk around 10km per day to sell brocatelle. |
| Sapa mountain, Lao Cai, is located in the North of Vietnam. With the natural beauty and the cool climate, Sapa attracts thousands of tourists every year. Tourists from all corners of the world come here to enjoy their vacations amidst the beautiful nature. However, not all people you find in Sapa have the privilege of such a luxurious lifestyle.
These pictures from VnExpress show that in the quiet beauty and glamour of Sapa, many H’mong and Dao women are busy fighting for their lives in Sapa.  In the early morning, these H’mong women have to walk about 10km per day to sell brocatelle in Sapa
Two 3 and 4 year-old girls engage in selling brocatelle wallets and cellphone cases to tourists. They speak Vietnamese quite well
These women have to walk many streets, wait outside many sapa hotels to find customers for their brocatelle handicraft
 This 10 year-old H’mong girl also follows her mom to the market
 Dao women are sewing brocatelle for customers
 Approaching hotels, or food stores, to find foreign customers
 At Sapa market, this 70 year-old Dao woman is selling and sewing brocatelle
Source: tuoitrenews.vn
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villa blanes said,
I like this post.Really a hard life for the women who lived in the SAPA mountain.I am grateful to author for such a nice and informative post .
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