Our lovely pre­co­cious guide let us know that elec­tric­ity, imported from China, just came to the rice ter­races two years ago, which gave the entire Hmong vil­lage enough time to set up their Face­book pro­files and Tweet away.  No lie.  Also of note, these charm­ing tech­nocrats have a nasty habit of attach­ing them­selves to you at a 3 to 1 ratio as soon as you arrive in this for­mer French hill sta­tion town.  They fol­low, they stalk, they weave hemp bags and will sell you any­thing on their per­son for enough Dong.   It gets inter­net creepy, folks.

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