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!
Flower H'mong woman testing the quality of the tobacco in Bac Ha market.
Bac Ha Market Vietnam.
Every Sunday the ethnic hill tribes dress in their best to come out for market day. A pallette of colors dot the market!
Sapa lies in the north west of Vietnam and is populated by myriad hill tribe minorities. It is a trekking mecca and you can reach it by overnight train from Hanoi followed by a short car ride.
A Greek Orthodox Church at the top of Lykavittos Hill, the highest point in Athens.
Nestled in the northern hills of Vietnam exists one of the best ethnic markets in all of Southeast Asia! On Sundays, the ethnic minorities from the surrounding villages and hills come by foot, by motorscooter, by horse, and by water buffalow for their chance to socialize, eat, drink, smoke, get a haircut, and buy produce and meat for the next week.
La Casa Grande — as dull as the name sounds — is anything but a mundane B&B. In fact, it has a flare for the dramatic.