Yes, that was what impressed me! The clothes were clean and bright even
though the people worked in the mud and filth all the time. Clothes were
washed in a cold stream and pounded with rocks. They seemed to wear their
best (maybe only!) clothes even when working in the fields.
Tina
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:10 AM, <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> ChrisB wrote about Tina's posting,
>
> It would have been the bathroom
> that would have got me, Tina.
>
> I suspect that the locals thought nothing
> of the difference between a communal sleeping area and the more private
> rooms.
>
> Chris
>
> On 1 Oct 14, at 00:25, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > This is one part of the trip that I would NOT repeat. Our
> homestay in Sapa consisted of a thin foam mat on the floor of an open
> loft, along with 8 other mats. all occupied. Access was by a steep
> ladder, no shoes allowed. There was one bathroom outside. I don't mind
> the lack of bathrooms, but the lack of privacy was not what I expected.
> We found out later that others had private rooms in farmhouses for about
> the same that we paid. http://www.pbase.com/image/157645382 [1]
>
> >
> ////////////////////////////
> I wouldn't be able to cope with that,
> simply because I've re
>
> > would not be able to cope with my night-time
> travels, I've enjoyed this lot of Tina's photos ( I en
> ; several aspects
> of the life of the Hmong impress me; I wonder how they cope with such a
> wet environment in
>
> > that despite how they live their clothes seem too
> be very clean and bright. But I wasn't actually there to evaluate.
> >
>
> >> Cheers, Brian
>
> >
>
>
> Links:
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> [1]
> http://www.pbase.com/image/157645382
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