Comments on: Vietnam: Sapa Village and its colorful Ethnic Minorities

By: Checking up on Sagada | Ironwulf.net: En Route - The Philippines, Travel, Photography Blog

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:23:48 +0000

[...] local tourism industry as well. Our visit to Sagada recently was prompted by our recent visit to Sapa, Vietnam. These two places are quite similar with the later being more sophisticated, engulfed by [...]

By: bw

bw — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:26:09 +0000

The first pic looks very European to me

Nice hots esp the native folks who I thought were Nepalese by the way their attire looks ! Interesting that they are of Sino_Tibetan descent.

Informative post

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:03:12 +0000

Ei OgBear, will await your accompany post for Sapa as well. Onga, I thought I've seen the future of Sagada here. Sana di maging ganun. Ei Dom, we can say they still retain their culture in their everyday lives. Salamat! We had to talk to those mag-ina actually since Vietnamese are usually wary on cameras. Haha Mimi! Yeah they are leg warmers, pwede rin sa braso, but since it's cold there, they also wear those on their legs. Thanks Photocache! Yup, we were able to buy a few souvenirs like some bracelets and a native musical instrument I forgot the name. hahaha! you can call them the original Fasionistas JP. Their quite good in pairing up colors and patterns Thanks Kyels! I like that one as well. Thanks Alex! She's just so engrossed with her work.

By: alex

alex — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:09:35 +0000

cool pics! the woman cutting the cloth is my fave

By: Kyels

Kyels — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:04:41 +0000

Very insightful photos Ferdz! I specially like the one where the Sapa mother is carrying the child behind her back. Very motherly.

By: The Islander

The Islander — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:44:40 +0000

kewl minorities!!! now im beginning to think that ethnic people coined the trendy fashion in the world.
theyre simply fashionistas. hehe. and they know how to blend their costumes.

By: photocache

photocache — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:48:36 +0000

This is an outstanding post on culture and travel. I enjoy this very much. Love the photos. Did you buy any souvenirs?

By: mimi

mimi — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:22:24 +0000

natuwa ako don sa parang socks nila.. sa pinas sa braso ng trike driver sinusuod.

sana nga di mangyari sa sagada… sana…

By: donG hO

donG hO — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:49:46 +0000

buhay na buhay ang kultura dyan. galing naman at makikita mo silang nakaganyan sa daan. ganda ng open field ng simbahan.

among the pictures in this set, the mother and child photo is my favorite. ganda ng tingin nila.

By: lagalog

lagalog — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:19:35 +0000

hey wulfriend! funny, i stumbled upon some of the shots we had during our second day in sapa sa archives ko. i’m scheduling mini-photo essay posts for the next two days on them so i think magkamag-anak yung posts natin good thing you raised those concerns about sagada. if we’re not careful nga, sagada can end up being very much like the over-commercialized sapa. thanks nga pala sa red dao note. will make amends in my earlier blogposts