Day 5 - Ma Le market

Part of the reason we went back to the same homestay yesterday was because we knew this morning they would have their local market. So we made a better effort to be there earlier, so arrived around 8am to the buzzing market. It's a market for so many things. Here you buy your chicken not wrapped in plastic on a plastic tray, it's feathers and all and well and truly still alive while it's on the balance for its weight. It was common to see many motorbikes ride away with 2-3 chickens being held upside down by the driver. We enjoyed a yummy soup breakfast and grabbed some sticky rice and the bread/cake we saw yesterday.Leer más