There she stands playing her hand carved wind instrument with glee…with the corner of her eye she looks out to her amazed audience. Yet her eyes display a yearning for something, perhaps a new adventure. The contrast is amazing, urban people seek to visit forgotten worlds, while those on the other side crave the crowded urban life..
Among the timeless slopes, another Hmong lady gazes out into the distance. If only those hills could speak, and talk of the turbulent times in contrast to what we see today. Sapa and the Hmongs have a colorful and traumatic past and today live forgotten in a world oblivious to many- but those who visit are so moved by the place, that they yearn to come back again and again.
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