Sapa, Vietnam: One of the best parts about Sapa has been the adorable kids and plethora (yes, plethora) of animals we’ve gotten to see both on our treks to the villages as well as in Sapa town. On our walks, we ran into buffalo, ducks, wild pigs, really cool shiny beetles, butterflies, horses, dogs, cats, the list goes on. And since the H’mong and Dzay ethnic minorities get married around 13 and begin having children shortly thereafter, there is no shortage of completely lovable little ones either playing around town or strapped to their siblings backs (who themselves can’t be older than 10 - we weren’t even allowed to be left home alone at that age, let alone take care of a newborn!)
Also, on a bit of a side note, today we saw the craziest thing we’ve seen so far on the back of a motorbike. We’ve seen some pretty ridiculous things carted around on two wheels over the past five weeks - families of six, bushels of dead chickens, a giant ladder, a woman breastfeeding - but this one takes the cake………..a dead horse. Yes, scout’s honor, a man was riding a motorbike and attached to the back was a full size, black horse. Oh, and he was riding on a dirt path on the side of a mountain at a 10% gradient. Talk about good balance.
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