Crossing Bridges v3.0 in 100 Photos, The Diary

[Drudkh]

This trip was very well planned, kudos to all the organisers that not only made this trip happen, but a very fun and memorable one. These are some snapshots taken with my Fuji F30, but comments are much welcomed if you have any. I hope these photos could tell the story of this wonderful trip that I had for the past 1 week.


Checking in at the Budget Terminal


Waiting to board the aircraft


A beautiful Vietnamese lady in the flight ;D


An aerial view during sunset


Reached Hanoi Airport, with a very warm welcome from the Vietnamese Photographers

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On the way to the train station


The train station


Waiting to board the train


My bedroom in the train, time to sleep during the 8 hours ride to Lao Cai


A wet morning as we reached Lao Cai

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Some photogs shooting around while everyone get on the bus


I took a shot as well


You shoot me, I shoot you


The bus ride up the mountain, above the clouds to Sapa


A snapshot through the bus window

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Reached Sapa. What a nice view!


A more closeup shot, beautiful!


A warm welcome from the local girls


Nice buildings at such a high location


Time to check in and get our rooms

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Everyone's waiting to get their rooms


Breakfast at the Bamboo hotel


Another snapshot of the place around the hotel


Old ladies selling nice and colourful backdrops


These fishes are still alive

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Lots of locals selling things out in the streets, even along these stairs


I think I saw "Bah Zhang" but I didn't try it


Is that Han Chee Peng?


Ladies trying to keep themselves look young (plugging out their white hairs I think)


A small shop up the stairs

[Will03]

wah bro... so fast ar ?

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An old church


One of the hawker selling bamboo rice, corns and eggs (Actually not eggs but little unborn chicks in the shell)


Time to go trekking the rice fields


Nice scenery with little stream in the middle of the rice fields


A newer and bigger bridge built on the left to replace the smaller and older one on the right

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Another bridge


A cloudy and glooming afternoon


A fellow Indonesian photog making his way past the stretch of mud


A farmer making his way through the rice field


More mud trekking

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This lady was following me for more than 30 mins trying to sell me some stuffs.


A small school in Ta Van village


Crossing another bridge to our rest point (bus pickup point)


Another snapshot upon reaching the rest point


One of our delicious dinner further up the mountain from our hotel, climbing up 300-400 steps. After 30 mins of climb, I was so shag and hungry. ;-(

[jbma]

Nice series bro. Wah got this type of lobang never tell me.

[Drudkh]

Our semi-bbq dinner at the peak of the mountain


Fellow CS photog exchanging ideas and knowledge with a Vietnamese photog


Start the fire and eat


Traditional Vietnamese dance performance further up the mountain


More dance performances

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Unfortunately, we had a flat tyre with one of our buses


This photog just couldn't stop shooting


These guys are fast in changing tyre! It was changed in 15 mins


Finally, we're on our way down the mountain


Cute little kids being our shooting subjects during a stop for photo shooting

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A farmer at work


During our way to Coc Ly Market, our passage was too muddy for our buses to pass through. We had to make a turn back and change of plan.


Time for lunch


We decided to go for a boat ride


Our captain and his kids

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This is one of the ways the locals make their way down the river


A fellow photog welcoming us ashore an island


Kids from the village receiving candies


A beautiful view on the island


The border between Vietnam and China in Lao Cai, just across the river

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Showing off our gears


Another 8 hours of train ride back to Hanoi


A lady thinking of someone?


Just another snapshot


Back in Hanoi, we checked in the hotel and sticking up our banner on the bus

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A busy street in Hanoi, lots of motorcycles


Our captain, bringing us around Halong Bay


More boats


Fruit stall on water


The beauty of nature

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Another beauty of nature


One of the caves in Halong, we had to climb up 200 steps


Nice scenery from the top


A fellow Vietnamese photog waving the Photo Vietnam flag


Very nice sunset in Halong Bay

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Day 4, a fellow photog having fun with a kid in Ha Tay village


Villagers at work


Street stall selling fried toufu


A local mamma stall


This villager asked me to take a photo of him saluting

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Poor dogs caged up to be slaughtered for food


A streetshot of the village


Kids at the school gate looking at us like we're from outer space


Our non-stop action photog was so popular that he attracted all the kids around him


A fellow photog showing the villagers (School Teachers) some photos