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The Battle of Dien Bien Phu 2014

By: Julia Escaño August 9, 2014May 7, 2017

Asia, Traveladventures, buses, hellride, Indochina2014, longform, narrative, roadtrips, storytelling, Vietnam2 Comments

Six o’ clock PM. The fog hung low over the plaza at Sapa’s town center. My friends Nica, Bernice, and I stood across the Holy Rosary Church taking selfies as we waited for our sleeper bus to Dien Bien Phu, where we would cross the border to Laos. Here and there were small groups of…

Steps to Sapa

By: Julia Escaño July 28, 2014June 20, 2017

Asia, TravelD7000, Feature, hiking, Indochina2014, outdoor, Photography, portraits, roadtrips, Sapa, travel, Vietnam2 Comments

I opened my eyes to rolling green rice fields. Our bus wove through the quilted landscape of terraced paddies as the sun’s pale yellow rays lightly kissed the mountain face. Inside the murmur of awakening softly buzzed, but was quickly blanketed by the quiet of the Sapa dawn.

Soppy Welcomes from Hanoi

By: Julia Escaño July 22, 2014February 25, 2017

Asia, TravelD7000, halong bay, Hanoi, Indochina2014, outdoor, Photography, thehopscotchway, travel, Vietnam6 Comments

It was a year in the making. It was the biggest undertaking of our lives thus far. I and two other friends, Nica and Bernice, would put our normal lives on hold for six weeks and travel through Indochina. Our first stop: Hanoi, Vietnam.