March 26, 2012 Talat Sot and Hmong Market Vientiane

For our last day we headed off to the small Hmong market near the Talat Sot. The Talat Sot used to be a quaint old market with stalls selling various handicrafts, Laos skirts (sinn) and other products for daily life. It is now in a modern shopping center.  We canvased the Hmong market and came away with a few turban scarves with beautiful weaving at the bottom which would show on the women's heads.  We then wandered through Talat Solot and on  the second floor were overwhelmed by the shop "Yia Thao".  One of us was happy to have a chair and a good book while the other looked through all the goodies. More of these headscarves with weavings were purchased - need to research the weavers - Thai Dam and what the motifs mean.