I have been to a local market in Sapa where I have once visited about two or three years ago. So at that time I had never paid Sapa visits before. That’s why I was really eager. That’s why it was nice before the trip. I had hardly put sleep. The reason why my family chose Sapa to visit is because Sapa is the only place in my country, in my tropical city, to have the snow, which is kind of a fight between where I live. So when we got there, we also had the opportunity to pay a local market there a visit. Well, the first thing worth mentioning is the local market offered a wide range of goods, ranging from fresh ingredients to clothes and ornaments and handicrafts. And all of them, I would say, were good bargains. I even bought handicrafts with intricate tribal patterns. And I still keep it until now. And you know what, why I was working around, looking at many stalls, I saw an influx of the locals wearing their traditional attire, which were really colorful. That’s why their clothes really lightened up the atmosphere there.
Band 7+: 3. Describe a place in the countryside/village that you visited
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I have been to a local market in Sapa, where I visited about two or three years ago. At that time, I had never been to Sapa before, so I was really eager. It was nice before the trip; I hardly slept. The reason my family chose Sapa to visit is that it is the only place in my country, in my tropical city, where it snows, which is quite a contrast to where I live. When we got there, we also had the opportunity to visit a local market. The first thing worth mentioning is that the local market offered a wide range of goods, from fresh ingredients to clothes, ornaments, and handicrafts. All of them, I would say, were good bargains. I even bought handicrafts with intricate tribal patterns, which I still keep to this day. While I was walking around, looking at many stalls, I saw an influx of locals wearing their traditional attire, which was really colorful. Their clothes really brightened up the atmosphere there.
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