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Ethnic markets
Ethnic markets
Has anyone checked out the ethnic markets in Sapa and Bac Ha? Is it worthwhile going to both? Also, has anyone been to the Wednesday market in Cao Son? We read about that place in one of our guide books and wonder if it is worth going so far out of our way?
#1 gulliverandmarc has been a member since 24/5/2012. Location: Belgium. Posts: 3
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Honestly, I was a little disappointed in the Bac Ha Mkt, and as you say - it's a damn long drive from Sapa Town. Problem is that it's become rather touristy of late. Don't get me wrong though, it's still very interesting, and it does draw quite a crowd of both tourists and locals. Where else can you get an outdoor haircut in the same place you can buy a buffalo? There are so many markets in and near Sapa - no, I wouldn't do it again.
#2 daawgon has been a member since 17/4/2007. Posts: 1,151
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If not on Sunday you can do tribe market on Saturday or Tuesday
#3 ecotravelvn has been a member since 3/6/2012. Location: Vietnam. Posts: 19
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What is a "tribe market"???
#4 MADMAC has been a member since 6/6/2009. Posts: 6,957
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Anyone know what a "tribe market" is, because I am really curious.
#5 MADMAC has been a member since 6/6/2009. Posts: 6,957
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My guess is that a Tribe Market is a smaller one put on exclusively by one ethnic group or tribe?
#6 daawgon has been a member since 17/4/2007. Posts: 1,151
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As good a guess as any I suppose. We have a lot of Phu Thai minorities out where I live, and there are some villages wet of Kamcha-i where they are the majority, but their markets are just like everyone elses. Nobody refers to them as "tribe markets". Really got me wondering what that could be. We have a village market in my wife's village, but it's the same thing as any other market on a smaller scale.
#7 MADMAC has been a member since 6/6/2009. Posts: 6,957
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