Friday, February 19, 2021

Mu Cang Chai in the Morning

 

 
Mu Cang Chai is a mountainous region with many famous terraced fields. Depending on the time of year, the rice fields have different tones of colors. It is about 280 km from Hanoi.  
 
The most beautiful places to see rice in Mu Cang Chai are: Three communes of La Pan Tan, Che Cu Nha and Di Xu Phinh. In Yen Bai, you can combine your journey to explore Mu Cang Chai and Tu Le.

Rice Fields in Y Ty

 

A Rice Field in Y Ty, Lao Cai Province

Y Ty belongs to Bat Xat District, nested at an altitude of nearly 2,000 meters above sea level, and is covered with frost all year round. When the rice is ripe, this land has a impressive beauty that has spellbound tourists and professional photographers.  

The road to Y Ty is more difficult than Sa Pa. Some places are recommended to you to watch the rice field in Den Sang valley.

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Nghe Tinh

 


In the days before the Lunar New Year, the village in the western part of Nghe An Province was filled with the white color of plum blossoms. 

The photo describes the daily life of the Mong people in Muong Luong Commune. Muong Luong has an altitude of 1,500 m above sea level, this place is considered as "the heaven gate" of Nghe An, 300 km from Vinh city. 

In winter, the temperature here is lower than the plain. This place becomes the destination of many people to visit and admire the beauty of nature. Plum blossoms take place in many places, lasting through the Lunar New Year. When these flowers fall, the fruit develops. Vegetable garden planted by villagers right under the plum tree adds more beauty.

Spring in Y Ty

 

 
Around January 10, the first snowflakes fell in the highlands of Y Ty. The cold air continued to strengthen, and at Y Ty the temperature dropped below 0 degrees Celsius. This was the first time in the winter-spring 2020-2021, there was snow. under the influence of a long cold air wave. 
 
If you come to take photo, check-in from the weekend. Villages of Y Ty such as Mo Phu Chai (photo), Phin Ho, Trung Chai, Phan Can Su are places where significant snow falls on the night. A girl from the Ha Nhi ethnic group is fascinated by the white snow scene. Snow formed thick layers, covering the grass and branches on the ground. 
 
As noted by local people, snow is about 3 cm thick. By 10am on January 11, the snow stopped falling. Tourists enjoy covering the roadside snowman. The pine tree in the snow looks like a European winter scene.

Dong Thap Province

 


Dong Thap is a southwestern province known to many people through the poem "Thap Muoi is the most beautiful lotus flower". If you are from Saigon, you can spend 2 days exploring. But from other provinces, it will take you more time to go all the beautiful places and delicious food in this country. From December to April is the time the land is sunny, suitable for outdoor activities.

Transportation in Dong Thap is quite affordable for a taxi, motorbike, motorbike taxi, ferry boat. You can rent motorbikes in Cao Lanh and Sa Dec cities for between US$5 to US$10 per day.



Ninh Binh Province

 


Ninh Binh

Less than 100 km from Hanoi, Ninh Binh inherits many beautiful landscapes suitable for those who have a passion to explore and selfie. The top beautiful places in Ninh Binh are Cave Mua, Van Long Lagoon, Tam Coc - Bich Dong, Trang An - Bai Dinh, Cuc Phuong Reserve which have spellbound many domestic and foreign tourists. 

If you visit Ninh Binh Province, you can take a boat to explore the cave system, take a lunch break in the cool foliage houses and enjoy popular traditional dishes.

The beauty of Simplicity

 

In the days nearly Lunar New Year, when the South is still full of golden sunlight, the North always has to face bone-chilling northeastern winds. Recalling a past period of the 60s - 70s and earlier, you see that life was very poor at that time, not everyone had enough warm clothes to wear. The simple cotton shirt was considered a dream outfit of the poor in the city. 

No matter how hard and difficult life was, everyone tried to save up for themselves and their loved ones to afford a new cotton shirt for Tet holiday. The poor wore cotton and denim. The richer people put on brocade and velvet ones, particularly luxurious velvet-colored blouses,

But no matter what fabric it was, the cotton shirt was still an art piece, bringing the feeling embodied in stitching and the cultural quintessence of the old Hanoi people. There was a time when it seemed that the tufted cotton shirt associated with the memories of the old Hanoi people was forgotten, because the flow of fashion has made people change their minds in dressing to keep pace with current trends of fashion. The image of the old cotton shirt only appears in a very few long-standing tailors in Ha Thanh land and Van Phuc silk village. 

In recent years, with a love for traditional values, the Vietnamese recall culture of the past, a number of tailors and designers have revived the tufted cotton shirt with a new look, bringing it to life, coming closer to the modern life and fashion world.


Friday, February 5, 2021

Spring Trip with Ao Dai


A collection of ao dai for both men and women with extremely graceful and elegant designs has just released. Traditional cultural motifs have made the collection create a strong impression. 

The collection focused on main colors of Tet such as red, yellow, green .. . along with golden dragon, crane, bird, and lion. The highlight of the collection is the meticulously printed and drawn patterns. 

This is not only considered as a creativity but also a special feature for Vietnamese ao dai to be more powerful and elegant.

The beauty of Son Doong Cave



The photo describes the beauty of Son Doong in the rainy season. Due to the weather conditions, you don't see the bright light coming from cave holes. Hang En is the third largest cave in the world, discovered and announced in 1994. There is a large lake with natural turquoise color. 
 
From the mouth of the cave, you have to go down to the bottom about 80 meters down with a rope. The road is steep, dark and slippery, taking you about 2 hours to travel. In Son Doong cave, the terrain is extremely diverse, you will see many narrow and slippery roads.
 
Some points, you have to wade through cold water, in the narrow gap just enough an outstretched arm, and moves in complete darkness, with the help of a flashlight. 
 
Son Doong is about 9 km long, 160 m wide and has a ceiling height of 200 m, large enough to accommodate a 40-storey building. The stalactite block is called the "Wedding Cake". In the cold weather, water pouring down from above makes the road slippery. The scene is very ghostly with misty mist like cave clouds. 
 






Son La In Spring

 

 
 
 Another year is coming around. It is the time for flower blooming throughout hills. Since the beginning of December, Moc Chau is covered with white color.

The picture describes a daily life of Hmong People, who are living in Moc Chau. Two Hmong girls carry flowers on their back under plum blossoms in Na Ka Village, a place local visitors call "Spring Paradise" in the middle of a mountain, about 16km from the town center of Moc Chau Farm.
 

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Xuan Huong Lake

At present, Da Lat City in midst of cold weather, apricot blooming every corner; cherry trees fill the garden in Da Sar Commune, Lac Duong District on the hill Lang Biang Plateau, about 12 km from Da Lat City.

This is one of the photos "Da Lat in pink cherry blossom" by 9x photographer Tran Ngoc Anh who is working and living in Da Lat City.

If you take pain, you go into Da Sar Commune, you enjoy apricot trees planted side by side coffee gardens and tea hills. 

To get a right opportunity to visit Dalat City, you should have information from the local people for apricot blooming.
 

Cherry Blossom Dying Pink Dalat

 

At present, in the midst of cold weather, cherry flowers blossoms on a route in Lac Duong, the direction to Lang Biang and is about to blossom in romantic Dalat. 

If you take pains to ride a motorbike into Da Sak, you will enjoy cherry bloom in middle of coffee gardens and tea hills. 

Depending on the weather and soil, cherry flowers bloom soon or late in different places in Dalat. Thus, you should have the information from the local people to arrive in on the right time to enjoy the beauty of cherry flowers.  

 

Friday, January 15, 2021

Hoi An Ao Dai Collection


The fashion show in Hoi An Ancient Town took place for the first time on January 2 2021, in the archery area of ​​the Cau Bridge. This is one of the tourist activities of the project "Wake up Hoi An", organized by the city government and the business community, to attract tourists, restore tourism. 

The show is held at 17:30 every Saturday, with many different themes and performances. At the beginning of the program, artists performed traditional ao dai along with bicycles and tricycles around the old town area. This fashion in harmony with the ancient and quiet beauty of the city has created a new vitality for the old town, after the effects of epidemics and natural disasters.

 

 

 

 

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Lonely Planet lists central Vietnam in top 10 Asia-Pacific destinations

 

The Middle Vietnam is proud as the sixth out of Lonely Planet's top 10 must-visit destinations in Asia-Pacific.

It is bookended by the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City and the historic environment of Hanoi Capital, and bring visitors a most diverse region as featured by the U.K. travel magazine. 

Hue's attractive cuisine embodies the city's imperial legacy, while south in Hoi An's well-known paths where showcase local dishes, including fragrant cao lau noodles. Seafood is well-known in neighbouring Danang, which is alongside the Han River, one of Vietnam's most charmful urban destination. 

Hue is the former imperial capital that ever witnessed the glories and falling of the Nguyen Dynasty, the last ruler to govern the country, is well-known for a food paradise.



Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Tuyen Lam Lake in Dalat

 

Compared with Dalat in 10 years ago, Dalat and neighbouring areas nowadays lose a lot of immense space. The encroachment of green houses and houses built in the city inner to the suburb have tore up the deserted ground. Spaces that is believed to unable to afford are disappeared and vanished.

If you visit Dalat now, you can not find wild sunflowers within it, just empty valleys inside the city. If you want to see wild sunflowers, just go to outside of Dalat. 



Monday, January 4, 2021

Dalat in Apricot Season

 

If you visit the surroundings of Dalat City at this time, you would see the apricot blooms in the suburbs and it will fade in 3 or 4 weeks if there is no rain. After New Year, it is the best time to visit there to admire the beauty of nature.  

Going to Dalat, you should go to Lac Duong District, Lang Biang foothills, Da Nhim Commune.These are places with higher elevation than Dalat City.


Wednesday, December 30, 2020

OneHhundred-Year-Old Church

 

 
 
Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the one-hundred-year-old churches in Vietnam. Nesting in the commercial hub in Ho Chi Minh City provides services for holidays. It was constructed in 1877 - 1880 and is a must visit for tourists. 
 
One of the characteristics of this church is all materials imported from France, in which red orange bricks retain the color to the present. Two sharp peaks were build in 1984, once the highest place in the city at that time. Visitors took these peaks as landmark to guess the direction to downtown.  

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Sapa Organized a Marathon Run.

 

The mountain marathon run attracted thousands of professionals and enthusiasts to participate in. Part of the attraction is the landscape of Sapa in cherry blossoms and primitive forests. 

More than 2,000 runners joined the race in Sapa from the night of 20 to 22 November, 2020, with different distance of 10km, 21km, 42km and so on. Particularly, a 100 km race started at 9 pm on November 20, taking place overnight through the high mountains. The participants ran enjoying a sea of clouds in early morning. 


Discover the Surrounding of Dalat

 

Don Duong District nests near Dalat City. About 40 km from Dalat City to Dran, you will easily admire vegetable terraced valleys with automatically watering system designed by farmers in Dalat.

Heart-Shaped Island Lan Ha


 It is an island formed by a block of rocks covered with green trees and taking a heart-shape, about 160 meters wide and around 110 meter in length. The highest pick is about 16 meters from the sea level. 

It is an island Lan Ha, Hai Phong Province. Just below the tail of the island, you find a sandy beach with 10 meters wide and 50 meters long, connecting another island as you see in the photo. 

 

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