Sapa day two. After breakfast at the hotel we departed for Can Cau market. Light drizzle as we left. It was about a 3 hour drive to the market. By this time the rain is pretty steady. Having washed the mud off my Chacos the night before, they were still wet so I'm wearing a pair of slip on Sketchers. I don't go too far before I realize this is going to ruin these shoes. So carefully tip toeing it back to the bus I change into the wet shoes and head back to the market. The market is an open area covered by a maze of suspended tarps. I carefully proceed under the tarps. Hay, this ain't my first rodeo and I have seen what happens when one of these makeshift roofs lets go. Instant shower! And I sure as hell don't want to find out if the weather protection on this D850 is really what Nikon says it is!!
The ground again is a mucky mass of heavy clay mud. But it was kind of interesting slogging around under the tarps. All kinds of products for sale. Lots of food vendors making all kinds of interesting stuff. Then I come upon a couple of billiard tables. I watch the guys play for a while. Don't know how they are shooting with everyone bunched up all over the place.
Again I concentrated primarily on taking pictures of people. Tried to get pictures showing what they were doing, what they were selling etc. There was a guy selling homemade knives off the back of his motor scooter. You couldn’t help but notice this guy because he had some kind of painfully obnoxious sounding message being broadcast through a loudspeaker on his bike. I went over and photographed some of the folks buying knives. Also tried to get some close-ups of his wares but after a while he seemed to get a little irritated with me and I decided to move on before he decided to give a little demo of how sharp his knives were. It was more fun taking people pics anyway!
An amazing array of food and other products are being traded. This is a weekly occurrence so folks are not going to let a little rain and mud deter them.
And of course there are always the kids - my favs - to photograph.
Boarding the motor coach we headed back to the train station. En route we came on some interesting landscapes with clouds moving in and amongst the mountains.
On our way back to the train station we stop in Lao Cai to visit an elaborate former residence now a museum. The interesting architecture makes for some cool photos. The place was a bit creepy, which just added to its allure.
Last stop before the train station was a pottery factory which presented an opportunity for some interesting detail shots.
Finally getting to the train station, we slog our way in, our shoes all covered with mud and muck. As we approach the station some young guys come running out with big smiles and offer to clean our shoes. So for 2 1/2 bucks they took my mud covered shoes and washed them in a big puddle outside! They came back looking surprisingly clean. And the insides were not that wet so I just slipped them back on. We boarded the train back to Hanoi. Exact same deal as last time except I got the bottom bunk for this trip, which made it a lot easier when I had make my frequent trips to the loo.
The ground again is a mucky mass of heavy clay mud. But it was kind of interesting slogging around under the tarps. All kinds of products for sale. Lots of food vendors making all kinds of interesting stuff. Then I come upon a couple of billiard tables. I watch the guys play for a while. Don't know how they are shooting with everyone bunched up all over the place.
Again I concentrated primarily on taking pictures of people. Tried to get pictures showing what they were doing, what they were selling etc. There was a guy selling homemade knives off the back of his motor scooter. You couldn’t help but notice this guy because he had some kind of painfully obnoxious sounding message being broadcast through a loudspeaker on his bike. I went over and photographed some of the folks buying knives. Also tried to get some close-ups of his wares but after a while he seemed to get a little irritated with me and I decided to move on before he decided to give a little demo of how sharp his knives were. It was more fun taking people pics anyway!
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| Not so friendly knife salesman |
An amazing array of food and other products are being traded. This is a weekly occurrence so folks are not going to let a little rain and mud deter them.
And of course there are always the kids - my favs - to photograph.
Boarding the motor coach we headed back to the train station. En route we came on some interesting landscapes with clouds moving in and amongst the mountains.
On our way back to the train station we stop in Lao Cai to visit an elaborate former residence now a museum. The interesting architecture makes for some cool photos. The place was a bit creepy, which just added to its allure. 
Last stop before the train station was a pottery factory which presented an opportunity for some interesting detail shots.
Finally getting to the train station, we slog our way in, our shoes all covered with mud and muck. As we approach the station some young guys come running out with big smiles and offer to clean our shoes. So for 2 1/2 bucks they took my mud covered shoes and washed them in a big puddle outside! They came back looking surprisingly clean. And the insides were not that wet so I just slipped them back on. We boarded the train back to Hanoi. Exact same deal as last time except I got the bottom bunk for this trip, which made it a lot easier when I had make my frequent trips to the loo.
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