A Summer in Sapa
$19.00
'A Summer in Sapa' is about four months spent in Sapa by artist and writer Bridget March. She accepted the invitation to spend 4 months in those mountains from a guy she had never met because she cannot resist an adventure and because she knew that the work she produced could provide a sustainable income for some of the most underprivileged children in Vietnam.
The children, the warm people of the ethnic minorities and the talented artists of Sapa all taught Bridget a lot about love, laughter, life and painting. Some summers do last for ever.
The book begins with my last day in Hanoi before departing for four months in the mountains. It is late spring and getting very hot. I arrive, for the first time, in the fresh mountain air of Sapa and completely understand why it was chosen as a retreat from the heat of Hanoi and Haiphong.
It's a small town and everyone quickly knows that there is a new face. The Black H'mong women were full of questions and the Red Dzao were quick to make friends. Bridget met a group of 12 artists who summer in Sapa and her own studio was in the huge gable room of an old French house, with an unrivaled view down the magnificent Moung Hoa valley.
The final pages of the book are about harvest time in the villages and the spectacular lantern festival in Sapa town.
'A Summer in Sapa' is for anyone who loves the mountains or is contemplating a trip to discover the 'other Vietnam' for themselves. It is not a guide book, but makes an excellent travel companion with its stories, insights and snippets of history.
Soft cover: 56 pages on art paper: 70 illustrations
400,000vnd / $19 / £12
Contact: http://www.bridgetmarch.co.uk/
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