Hiking with the hilltribe

In April we did a hike through the mountains of Sapa- it’s a town close to the border of China. It was raining really badly, but the people accompanying us didn’t seem to care and walked those mountains up and down like nothing. They all belong to a hilltribe called Hmong. We met this little girl in the middle of nowhere, carrying her little baby brother on her back and begging for money. This photo makes me think about how much those people are actually still in touch with nature and if all the tourists going there destroying that special relationship.

Christine Berg