These mountain tribes have lived very secluded lives far away from the outside world for many years. Today, most of them wear traditional dress and still live according to ancient customs. Village elders greet you with smiles exposing dark red teeth which have been stained as a result of chewing the red seeds of the betel palm which are rolled up in a leaf and chewed like chewing tobacco.

The women of the Black H’mong hill tribe in mountains of northern Vietnam traverse miles of mountainous terrain each day to work in the rice paddies or sell their handmade goods to visitors. Their traditional hemp clothing is dyed with indigo and intricately embroidered by hand.
Pigs in the Sapa region are all free range, and are all a breed of black pig.