CT Precisa - with a little patient

It took me a long while to get this set of positive film scanned and processed.
CT Precisa 100(Old version)

I originally wanted to just keep the slides in my cupboard...because of the strong purple hue that this slide throw out...but guess, a little perseverance got me continued to process this..where the end results are shown here...







I cant recall which part of the trek, i came across this river.












I stopped down to get this picture, i thought it looked beautiful in my frame!






This granny is super sociable!

The Lady with blue eyes

She peeps thru the framing and i got her in the frame...

More of Bac Ha Market 2...

Just realised that i have missed out on a roll of Kodak Ultra Max 400 that was taken at the market as well...
I guess Kodak is still my favorite choice for films! :)

How the locals love this place so much...its like a place for everyone to mingle around..


How the locals sell and buy their chicken




Okay, now you believed what i said about everything also USD 1 with the locals?? :)


This rice stall apparently is very famous among the locals..










U will see all sorts of trades here!

Bac Ha - A Colorful Market

I chose to shoot Kodak Ektar for this visit to Bac Ha market after Melvin's advice that this place is filled with colors.
And I was glad that i made this decision.
Bac Ha market is a place where the minority people came to make trading every sunday. This market is opened only on weekends for trading...



The locals carrying the basket thru the market looking for the items they need.


The local Market, you can find almost any necessity here...as well as food stalls..
They will charge the foreigners much more expensive, so bargaining before sitting down is a must!






These sourvinirs stalls of their hand made stuff are mainly for tourist










Buffalo and Horses are traded here also...


They basically traded any animals that they can find...i witness how these people sold dogs and cats for consumption...


This market is also the place where the locals get together...Dont think that these people are push over, i witness how they group together against a stall owner for whatever reasons..

SAPA on films - Will you buy from me, please?

That is what i hear everytime i step out of the mini bus...
Little kids will crowd around you asking you to buy something from them. Their speech is all rehearsed...
"Where are you from?"
"Very nice country"
"Buy from me Please"
"Buy from me later?"





They know what tourist love to take pictures of, so they will pose for you to take some pictures of them and then ask you for some money...




Kids are still kids after all, give them some stickers and they will forget about other things.


This is SAPA




Every morning the adults will get ready and stand by their post waiting for tourist to drop by...







This has become a routine each and every day...


Tourism over the years has somehow changed its people and the place...does the people really reap the benefits from it?