I made it to Lao Chai after a 10 km slog with a party of about ten people down from Sapa led by our guide Su. This cluster of Black H’mong hamlets hugs the Muong Hoa Valley—locally called the Golden Stream—six to twelve kilometers southeast of town. My calves held up, but my left knee’s […]

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