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This elderly Black Hmong gentleman saw me standing in the street in Sapa, staring off into space. He approached and asked, "Parlez francais?" Which, of course, I don't beyond the ability to order another beer: "encore une bière s'il vous plaît." I suspect he was around when the French controlled Sapa. We had a pleasant 5 minute exchange of sign language, smiles and uttering incomprehensible things at each other.