Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Bac Ha Market - The Traditional Market of North West of Vietnam


Joining our Vietnam motorcycle tours to Sapa, you should spend your time on visiting Bac Ha market. For most visitors travelling to Bac Ha market which is considered as traditional one of some tribes living around there. Bac Ha market is a very special one among a lot of different markets in the North of Vietnam so it is chosen to be one of the best destinations that tourist should not miss. You can come here not only for sightseeing, but also having a chance to taste Ban Pho wine.

The market is very crowed on every Sunday, a lot of tourists come here and also the local people such as Hmong, Red Dao, Zay people. They are all climb tens of kilometers through the mountains’ picks to reach the market. You can find everything you need here from foods, wine, rice, clothing, souvenirs. The local people also bring buffaloes, horses, dogs, cats …for trading. People in mountainous areas come here for business as well as take part in social activity or meet others.


Walking a lot to every conner of the market and you feel hungry now? Please have a bowl of Thang Co, a local specialty cooked with vircera of buffaloes and horses. It is said that pans used to cook Thang Co, never be washed to keep the flavor. In the winter days, tribe people gather around pan of Thang Co.You can eat Thang Co with Bac Ha rice wine which made from rice or corn and it is very strong. After leaving the market, local young men can sleep on roadside, meanwhile his wife is happy to wait beside the horse.


Continue with motorcycle tours Vietnam to Ban Pho village which is two kilometers from the center of Bac Ha, the village is inhabited by the Flower Hmong, this is also where the famous Tam Hoa plums are grown. In the spring, several trucks bring Tam Hoa plum to Hanoi and other provinces. In addition, there is the Hoang A Tuong’s palace, who is considered as the King of the Tribe Hmong in French colonial times. For decades, the palace still retains the original architecture.

The Vietnam motorbike tours to Bac Ha market are designed for people interested in sighseeing and learning about culture and life of moutainous tribe.

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