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Coc Ly Market
Leaving Sa Pa early Tuesday
morning or picked up in Lao
Cai arriving with the train
from Hanoi, we drive with
land cruiser to Coc Ly
Market. The drive from SaPa
will take us approx. 2 1/2
hour. We visit the market
with all it's colourful
ethnic people such as Flower
Hmong, Phu La and Dao Tuyen
who gathers to buy and sell.
Before lunch we go on a
short trek to the nearby
village of Sa Koun Ho which
is inhabited by the Flower
Hmong and Black Dao
minority.
We enjoy lunch in a local
restaurant before we leave
Coc Ly and drive to Trung Do
village - inhabited by Tay
minority. From the village
we go by boat down the
river, where we experience
the magnificent sight of the
beautiful caves and bustling
life on the riverbank. The
boat trip takes us about 2-2
1/2 hours before we are
picked up by our jeep. The
jeep takes us back to Sa Pa
or to Lao Cai train station
depending of your wishes.
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