Photo: Rings and Stripes

In the small town of Bac Ha in Northern Vietnam exist a Sunday market that drips with local culture. All of the hilltribes from the local mountains come to market on Sundays as if it were teenagers going to a mall in New Jersey! The colors are vibrant, the smells pungent, the sites a bit disturbing (dogs for sale for dinner), and the tourists are practically non-existant. You can get lost in the sea of plaids.