Photos of Lao Cai province
Coc Ly market
It is the colorful market in a mountainous area where the Flower H'mong mainly gathers to exchange their homemade products.
This Tuesday market is about 70 km from Sapa. You can get here via a fairly good road, or by road and river. Coc ly is a small village on the Chay river inhabited by the Flower H'mong Minority people. The Flower H'mong traditionally wear a distinctive and bright coloured costume. They are a gentle, softly spoken people who live in the steep mountainous country close to the Chinese border. Because Coc Ly is more remote than Sapa, the dress and way of life is more traditional than in the large centers. The market deals in fruit, vegetable, pork and chickens, in addition to colourful fabrics and items of traditional dress. There is a buffalo sale in progress and many of these placid animals are tethered close to the market.
source: http://www.sapaadventure.com/sapa_attractions.html#Cocly Market (Tuesday)
It is the colorful market in a mountainous area where the Flower H'mong mainly gathers to exchange their homemade products.
This Tuesday market is about 70 km from Sapa. You can get here via a fairly good road, or by road and river. Coc ly is a small village on the Chay river inhabited by the Flower H'mong Minority people. The Flower H'mong traditionally wear a distinctive and bright coloured costume. They are a gentle, softly spoken people who live in the steep mountainous country close to the Chinese border. Because Coc Ly is more remote than Sapa, the dress and way of life is more traditional than in the large centers. The market deals in fruit, vegetable, pork and chickens, in addition to colourful fabrics and items of traditional dress. There is a buffalo sale in progress and many of these placid animals are tethered close to the market.
source: http://www.sapaadventure.com/sapa_attractions.html#Cocly Market (Tuesday)