Casey and I left for Sapa on Wednesday night by train and arrived at 5am.  We took a bus up to the hotel were we would shower and have breakfast and store bags if need be.  Then we started to trek through the mountains of Sapa.  I took a lot of photos so here are a bunch in no particular order.  

Here are a few photos of buffalo that roam the rice fields of Sapa.

They are all very nice and let you get right up and pet them if you want.  I got real close as this one was sleeping to get this shot.

We trekked through a lot of rugged terrane but it was all worth it for views like this.  

There were many animals wondering around all over Sapa.  

Now I can't say enough about our guide, Anh Dung.  He was amazing!!!  One of the nicest people I have ever met.  I got this photo of him as we took a short break from our hike.

Sapa is unlike anything Ive ever seen.  It is by far one of the most beautiful places on Earth!  You can see Mountains and hills with rice fields for miles.

There is so much scenery in Sapa I was pretty overwhelmed.  It is a photographers paradise!  

We stayed the night at a home in the middle of the fields and the stars were amazing.  I grabbed my camera and Casey and I went and set it up to take a long exposure of the Milky Way.  Turned out quite well.  This is one of my all time favorites photos that I have taken!!

As we trekked the first day we were accompanied by a group of local ladies.  Each lady followed one person in the group for the whole first day.  Of course they wanted us to buy things when we finished for the day.  Casey took this photo of me and my assistant, Nom.  

The clouds were absolutely amazing!  They would cover the tops of the highest mountains.  This photo was taken at the top of one of the trails.

Again this photo was taken high up on a mountain over looking the fields and mountains.

This photo is looking down a hill towards a bunch of rice fields.  You can see our group at the bottom left.  Casey is in there somewhere.

These photos show different rice fields all throughout the valley.  Sapa has been by far one of the most epic places I have ever been!!!