SAPA Vietnamese market

Excursion took place on Saturday in the heavt heat. We travelled the long and dangerous route all the way to Kacerov, from where we needed to rely on the help of natives to catch the bus 113.

Ok ok, it wasn't that far but it was exotic. Really. Not like a market at all but like a small city, half abandoned and still buzzing with life. Like something from tex-mex-italo western movies. We did everything palefaces are supposed to do there: ate pho, drank bubble tea and iced coffee, were berated by angry wholesale sellers when we wanted to buy only one pair of trousers instead of 25. Had some clothes modified by the tailor, bought smelly groceries and went back home satisfied.

Next time at SAPA I'll definitely try vietnamese language bingo. Maybe buy a 25 kg sack of rice or 40 tacky bright colored seating cushions for only 30 (or 300) czk each. The bubble tea pic depicts perfectly the dominant esthetics of the market, it's not a pictoresque spot, no sir. But lots of fun.