En route to Can Cau market, not far from Bac Ha
more beautiful mountains around Can Cau
Mother and child in the Can Cau market
The market takes place every Satudray morning. Apart from that, there is nothing really in Can Cau
Almost all of the people in the market were women of the Flower H'mong minority - named so because of their colourful dress
The market is only 9 kilometres from the chinese border. Still there were no Chinese people in the market, and no Chinese was spoken
A look back towards the town of Bac Ha
A cute girl in the village of Ban Pho, very close to Bac Ha
Even when working the fields, the H'mong Flower women still were their beautiful traditional custom.
More views of Ban Pho
A child riding a buffalo around Bac Ha
Early sunday morning: getting ready to the big Bac Ha market
The firewood section
The incense section
The vegetable section
In Bac Ha, unlike Can Cau, there are people from other minorites too - the Dzao in this picture
the livestock section
smoking tabacco
selling piggies
And puppies!
I'm not sure from which minority these women are... I think it's the Nung minority, but if you know for sure, please tell me!
going back home after a long market day...
This is already in Sa Pa, the major tourist destination in North-West vietnam
Going back to the village after a visit to the market
A rice mill
A woman of the Dzao minority
Girls from the Black h'mong minority group
The village of Ta Phin, not far from Sa Pa
This friendly Dzao woman invited me to her home and cooked lunch for me. I took her address and sent her back the photos
Trekking around Sa Pa
Unlike the Bac Ha area, in Sa Pa there's a market every day
