These buffalo are becoming aware of the oncoming car, and may need encouragement to walk past it
The
last page
had photographs from the countryside of Quảng Bạ, the district just to the north of Hà Giang City, within the province of the same name. This relatively accessible district has many features of the...
...far north of the province with the rolling vistas that can be seen there. Continuing in Quảng Bạ, this page has more domestic photographs showing some of the roadside sights. Starting with these maps.
Two examples of wayside maps: bi-lingual (left), and for local consumption (above) which shows stilt meeting houses on
Highway 34
(on the eastern side of Quảng Bạ)
This natural formation (advertised on the map, above left) attracts the eyes of travellers as they drive northwards on Highway 4c from Hà Giang City
A wider view of the fields below that 'natural' formation
Looking down into a larger village two types of roofing - tiled and asbestos. These two photos overlap...
...and also show two types of field - terraced, to the left, and above a flat area of vegetables
Buffalo, here a male ploughing with calf and mother nearby, always demand attention in Hà Giang
Getting a buffalo to attend to the photographer, may require behaviour that is seen as deviant by the subject
Road workers. While women generally wear the classical conical hats (left, and also left), sometimes softer bonnets. Vietnamese men sport a variety of headgear. The foreground hat is the male equivalent of the conical, but the green military style is more prevalent, as is the light weight motorcycle helmet - right
Contrasting these peaceful steps with the dust of roads
Road making - a general hazard in Vietnam
A motorcyclist with a more specific worry - those are eggs
Wayside drinks. Westerners discussing the purchase of the tea, being held up in a bag
Wayside drinks. Those neat lines are empty beer and soft drinks cans and bottles, the full ones will be in a fridge
To illustrate that we did have guests in our Jeep.
Captions for above welcome
Nearby Hà Giang offers civilised cafes and older trees - all is restored since the Chinese attempted invasion of 1979
Our Jeep, be-hatted visitors capture the view, boys watch
Three hands?! Not photoshopped, same two boys
A woman managing four children along the road, one has found an object of interest in the motorbike
Climbing electricity poles with minimal apparatus, including the grip of bare feet, has compensations here...
...a job with prospect
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The last page had photos from the countryside of Quảng Bạ
To a very far away place in every sense - the contrast with Iceland's stacks
A couple more photos of road making in north-eastern Vietnam
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