A Walk around Bac Ha Market

 

The vast space of the fair can accommodate hundreds of people trading. The buffalo market is one of the most exciting places at Bac Ha market. Here you can find all kinds of buffalo such as white buffalo, black buffalo with various sizes. The buffalo price depends on the usage purposes which are to plow or to eat. The buffalo selection process is quite demanding. Many people travelling through many mountains and hills to get to the market to sell their buffaloes have to return with their buffalo unsold because it cannot catch the eye of any buyer.

 

 

Following the buffalo market is the dog market of the peoples of the Mong and Dao. Here they sell smart puppies and large dogs which have many colours. The price ranges from several hundred thousands to one million dong. Many people come from the cities to choose dogs at Bac Ha market.

 

The cuisine area consists of more than 20 booths with the most characteristic dishes including Thang Co (a mountain specialty traditionally made from horse meat, including almost all the offal such as intestines, liver, and kidneys, but beef and pork may also be used), sour rice noodle, smoked pork, bacon, fried rolled dumpling, etc. These dishes attract many tourists by their unique taste which cannot be found elsewhere.

 

 

Bac Ha is a beautiful highland characterized by passionate dances and fiery bowls of corn wine. In this season, tourists coming here will get lost in three-flower plum forests which stretch as far as they can see, enjoy sweet plums with thick pulp and join the fair market. Taking a walk around the market, visitors will get lost in the wine market which offers a kind of clear and sparkling wine. Whether you buy or not, the seller will pull out the cork, pour wine in a cup and offer you. Whether you are a wine connoisseur or not, you will still have to put it up to your mouth and drink up. Bac Ha's wine can be made in many areas, but the most delicious wine comes from Ban Pho, a commune at the foot of Co Tien Mount and about 4 kilometres from Bac Ha which mainly produces corn. Thanks to corn, wine making and cattle breeding also develop. All the households in Ban Pho commune can make wine because their advantages include corn, ability to make wine ferment and unique water source. Along with flowers and fruits, Bac Ha's wine has followed travellers to all other parts of the country. Bac Ha market fair offers many things to discover, always luring tourists to come back again.