BacHa - a small town built on a desolated highland plain NorthWest of Lao Cai, is well-known for the century-old colorful market of the real mountainous people including the Dzao and the Flower-H’Mong. They and the mountains seem to fall in a sleep and time stands still until Sunday mornings when the Bac Ha market occurs.

Sapa is a remote and very isolated town. Their customs have changed little even with the influx of tourists (mainly backpackers). The women wore exquisite head dresses in the tradition of their individual tribes. ..