Thursday, July 3, 2008

A 22 mile hike and an abandoned monastery

Ross read about an abandoned French monastery somewhere in the mountains surrounding Sapa, of course we went looking for it soon afterwards. We left town and hiked all day a total of 36 km. The trek was long and difficult but well worth it. The mountains are enormous and endless, the rice paddies almost mythological



The monastery floors collapsed at some point and the walls are overgrown with a bright orange moss. The small but imposing building felt like a giant haunting the wild countryside

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The pictures of the monastery are beautiful. Keep taking pictures. The picture of Ross and SilviaElena reminds of a cover of a music album.
Love,
Maida