Today, we would like to introduce you about Coc Ly market:
If you want to visit the most un-spoiled market in the Sapa region, go to Coc Ly. Coc Ly market is held every day from 7 am to early afternoon on Tuesday. You can get here via a good road, or by road and river. If by road when joining Vietnam motorbike tours, from Dist. Lao Cai, following the national highway 4D, visitors will come to Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province, Vietnam. Turn left and follow provincial road 154 which sneaks through the country side along the Chay River for 17 km to Coc Ly. The market is also very near Sapa, just only 95km from Sapa. Visiting Coc Ly market, you can enjoy your time at the market by walking around, bargaining and taking in the sights and sounds of local life. A good idea is to stroll every corner of the once-a-week bazaar as you listen to unexpected conversations, see nice surprises and learn how ethnic people sell and buy farm produce, life’s necessities and other things. And you can buy some souvenir during your motorbike tour in North Vietnam.
Because it is a medium sized minority peoples market that you should visit when having Vietnam motorbike rides, so what catches the eyes of visitors most are the different colors of the costumes worn by ethnic people and the handicrafts they sell at the market. You can find some of the minority hill-tribes here such as: Flower Hmong (Red Hmong), Black Dao, Nung, Giay and Tay peoples in attendance and the goods on offer range from local fruit and vegetables to livestock, handicrafts and clothes. The colorful items are put on sale not just for locals but also tourists, particularly foreigners. However, you should remember to bargain when you want to buy your favorites.
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