Streets of Sapa, Vietnam, with Hmong women

A trip to Sapa, Vietnam. 2006. The streets of Sapa. Hmong women trying to sell goods to my mother. My Mother does not understand that "maybe" doesn't mean "no" here.

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• Sapa
• Vietnam
• travel
• Hmong
• women
• American
• streets

[tscholent]

If it had been me you were patronizing I not only stuck my tongue out at you but I also would have given you a decent bitch slappin you deserve....

[spacerobot]

@tscholent We were their patrons, as in we were purchasing things from them. But we were not patronizing these girls in the negative sense. While we would have loved to support each and every one of these sales women, it is not possible to do so. The girl stuck her tongue out because we did not buy from her.

[gumsavath]

i think at 2:13 one of them said one dollar you want picture. that was funny.

[spacerobot]

haha yes, that's exactly what she said. She also stuck her tongue out at me.

[miaoyaht]

Wow, seems economic desperate. Maybe you need a translator next time. I wouldn't go to Sapa not unless you are ready to accept ethnic Hmong selling their crafts--the best part.

[spacerobot]

Pretty much all of the locals seemed to speak decent (enough) English, so communication wasn't a problem. We did have a guide, but he was only with us some of the time. We did buy a lot of stuff from the Hmong women, but my Mother was being too nice and wasn't saying "no" when she didn't want to buy anything... which led to these situations. It was a great experience though.

[travpoet]

Oh, this made me cry cause I miss Viet Nam so much. Yes, you are very right - if you mean "no" you must say "no". If you say "maybe" and then say "no" later, people will call you a liar. It is not like here, where people say "maybe" just to be polite! Anyway, beautiful video, is just as I remember it.

[nhostyle]

those stuff is like $2000 vnd ($ .10 usd). I'll just buy them all just to make them happy.

[scones55555]

The Hmong are mostly Christians, they and other tribes are exploited , and sometimes persecuted by the Viets, Notice how when you pay admission fees to go to villages it is the Viets that take the money!! , I just came back from Sapa, I am thinking of raising money to buy buffalos for them, any ideas ?? they are malnourished and often the women die in childbirth , they have no free medical service, I will probably spend a couple of thousand and help some of them.

[scones55555]

You made two mistakes , 1. you should not look and ask the price if you do not intend to buy, no use raising their hope for a sale, 2, If you video them you should pay something to them, Sometimes they do not make a sale for two or three days , they have to pay Viet moto taxi to get back home to their village or walk the 5 to 10 K. Their menfolk work in the fields while they try and sell crafts, last winter many buffaloe died because of the extreme cold , a buff cost about $800.

[FUdirtbag]

@AdOrAbLe4u that's what i was thinking!

[SomeBunnies]

the american woman in this video is making the rest of us look bad. 1:08 in. can't imagine traveling with someone like that.

[spookyboy6619]

Every day I'm hustling.lol

[kojpuasncokuv]

@hottoyboy where are you now?

[kojpuasncokuv]

@AdOrAbLe4u you are rite..she is mai sue.

[AdOrAbLe4u]

Hey that one young girl is mai sue! Lol