Addition Alert

     Because of said formatting problems the buffalo ended up in the wrong place and I didn't post all the pictures I wanted to, so let me do that now.

The traditional rice grinder--as water fills trough the opposite ended rises, and when the water spills over the edge the once-heavy end lifts up and the other end falls down to hit the grains

The view from our hotel room in Sa Pa

Cooking breakfast over the fire, the daughter of the family and her son

Part of the kitchen of the Red Dao house we stayed in 

View off the porch, with dog 

Red Dao women

Children outside of our homestay

Rice paddies

The path we were walking on for most of the trip

Can't go wrong with some more water buffalo...