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Rice terrace views
on a Hmong-guided
trek through the
Sa Pa countryside.
FROM COLONIAL HILL
STATION TO BOOMING
TOURIST TOWN, VIETNAM’S
FAVORITE MOUNTAIN
RETREAT HAS RECEIVED A
MUCH-NEEDED INJECTION
OF GLAMOUR THANKS TO ITS
FIRST FIVE-STAR HOTEL. YET
THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THESE
HIGHLANDS IS STILL DEFINED
BY THE HILL TRIBES WHO
CALL THEM HOME.
BY JOHNNY LANGENHEIM
PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES CARNEGIE