Every Sunday, Bac Ha - Sapa hosts the biggest fair close to the mountainous highlands and the Chinese border. The market was very crowded, local products for sale or barter are carried on horseback. Moreover, the usual items such as pigs, cows, chickens, and ducks, the Bac Ha market also sold dogs. As dogs were available as cuts of meat, they were also available live, right close to the live pigs, chickens, and other livestock.

Rounding the corner and pungent fumes of alcohol accosted our senses of smell, from corn whiskey, a Bac Ha specialty. The potent moonshine is decanted by vendors from huge white plastic jugs to used bottled water containers. If you doubt the possibility of a vendor's hooch to peel paint or light your senses on fire, you can try a shot for free. At the fair, adventurous gastronomes can try thang co blood porridge, a popular dish of the H'Mong and other local people.

Bac Ha Market, at about 80km from Sapa, is the most colorful and biggest atmosphere for minority groups. At the market, guests are able to see colourful ethnic people like Flower H’mong, Phu La and Dao Tuyen collecting to buy and sell very lively. It is an opportunity to take beautiful photos. Nearby Bac Ha, it's the Ban Pho village inhabited by the Flower H'mong, you can do a light trekking to the village and meet hospitable, friendly people. Other villages are also near by Bac Ha containing Trieu Cai, Na Ang and Na Hoi.

Source:sapatourexpert