tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61391631580573153482024-02-18T20:44:44.116-08:00Vietnam BeautyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-82904472610631295702013-11-11T23:35:00.002-08:002013-11-11T23:35:43.276-08:00Tomb of Dong Khanh<div style="text-align: justify;">
<b>Dong Khanh's Tomb</b> is located on the land of Cu Si hamlet, now Thuong Hai village, Thuy Xuan commune, <a href="http://www.minmaxtravel.com/travel-guide/vietnam/other-destinations-in-vietnam/hue-city/">Hue City</a>. After being crowned, Dong Khanh had a temple built beside his father's tomb named Truy Tu to worship him. In February 1888, during the construction, Dong Khanh got sick and died.</div>
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Emperor Thanh Thai came to the crown. He had to use Truy Tu temple and renamed it Ngung Hy for the cult of Emperor Dong Khanh. His corpse was buried simply on a hill named "Ho Thuan Son", 30m to the west of Ngung Hy Temple. The whole tomb area was called Tu Lang. </div>
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In 1916, when <a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/11/khai-dinh-tomb.html">Khai Dinh</a>, son of Dong Khanh, was crowned, he had the temple renovated and the tomb built for his father. In July 1917, the tomb was accomplished. Ngung Hy temple and its dependent houses, in particular, continued to be repaired and were finished in May 1923. Dong Khanh's tomb construction lasted through the lives of four Nguyen Emperors (1888-1923) that's why it bears the stamp of two architectural inclinations of two different historical periods.</div>
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The constructions still offer the traditional features according to the "double architecture": a house with multi-succeeding roofs. In the main temple and its dependent houses, we find the familiar splendid red and gilt pillars with decoration of four seasons and four holly animals. Most noteworthy is Ngung Hy temple, the best conserved place for red and gilt art and famous lacquer art in Vietnam. In the main temple, there were 24 drawings consisting of illustrations from "Nhi Thap Tu Hieu", historical references about pious examples in China.</div>
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On the edges of the roof, pillars and beams, appear terra-cotta sculptures with other popular decorations such as "fisherman gains double benefits", cock-fighting, musical instruments, chess-poem-wine, flowers and fruits, animals... (In the tombs of earlier emperors these were not included).</div>
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The design of the tomb is almost completely Europeanized from its architectural peculiarities or decorative models to the building materials. For instance, Bi Dinh is a variation of Roman architecture blended with Asian architecture with its tall, thin mandarin statues from cement and bricks (instead of stone) and tile bricks.</div>
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In general, Dong Khanh's tomb was the beginning of the mixture of European and Asian styles, of old and new architectures.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-28015810790679448362013-11-11T23:27:00.001-08:002013-11-11T23:29:14.421-08:00Minh Mang's Tomb<div style="text-align: justify;">
The Tomb is 12km form Hue, on Cam Ke mount, near Bang Lang fork, on the west bank of the Perfume River. In September 1840, the construction of the tomb began. In January 1841, while the work was implemented Minh Mang was sick and passed away. </div>
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Emperor <a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/11/thieu-tri-tomb.html">Thieu Tri</a>, his successor to the throne, continue this task according to his father’s plans. Emperor Minh Mang's corpse was buried in Buu Thanh on August 20th of 1841. The construction was fully completed in 1843.</div>
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Minh Mang's tomb is a standard architectural complex consisting of 40 constructions (palaces, temples, pavilions, etc.) designed on an symmetric axis running from Dai Hong gate to the foot of La Thanh (Surrounding Wall) behind the Emperor's tomb.</div>
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The constructions are distributed into three main parallel axis of which Than Dao path is the centre.</div>
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Dai Hong Mon: It is the main gate to enter the tomb. The gate presents three paths with 24 heaving roofs covered with beautiful decorations. The gate was opened only once to bring the Emperor's coffin to the tomb, and had been tightly closed since then. Visitors have to use the two side-gates Ta Hong Mon (Left Gate) and Huu Hong Mon (Right Gate).</div>
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Bi Dinh: Behind Dai Hong Mon (big gate) is the Honour Courtyard with its two rows of mandarins, elephants and horses’ statues. Bi Dinh (Stele Pavilion) is on Mount Phung Than. Inside is the stele "Thanh Duc Than Cong", inscribed with the Emperor's biography and merits written by his son Thieu Tri.</div>
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The Salutation Court is divided into four steps - The Hien Duc Mon (gate) leads to the worship place. In the centre is Sung An Temple surrounded by Ta, Huu Phoi Dien (Left, Right Temples) in the front and Ta, Huu Tung Phong (Left, Right Rooms) in the back. The Emperor and Queen Ta Thien Nhan are worshipped in Sung An Temple. Then, Hoang Trach Mon (gate) leads to the Bright Pavilion (Minh Lau), built on Tam Tai Mount. It is a square pavilion with two storeys and eight roofs. On both sides of Minh Lau, two obelisks stand on the hills. In the back of Minh Lau are two flower gardens designed as the character "Longevity".</div>
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Tan Nguyet (New Moon) crescent Lake embraces the circular Buu Thanh (The wall surrounding the grave). There are three bridges on Tan Nguyet Lake. Visitors have to climb 33 Thanh stone steps to reach the sepulchre of the Emperor. </div>
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Besides nearly 60 word boxes of carved poems in the Stele Pavilion, Hien Duc gate, Sung An Temple, and Minh Pavilion are also remarkable and constitute an anthology of chosen poems of Vietnam’s early 19th century.</div>
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Visiting Minh Mang’s tomb, one is impressed by the majesty and symmetry of the architectural constructions.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-57346452103462578992013-11-11T23:11:00.001-08:002013-11-11T23:29:43.139-08:00Thieu Tri's Tomb<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thieu Tri's tomb lies in Chu Chanh village, Thuy Bang commune, about 8 km from the <a href="http://www.minmaxtravel.com/travel-guide/vietnam/other-destinations-in-vietnam/hue-city/">Hue city</a>. Ater being on the throne for seven years, Emperor Thieu Tri was sick and died on 4 November 1847 (at the age of 41). In his lifetime, the Emperor neither thought of his death nor wanted the people and soldiers to waste so much labour and property for him, so he did not have his tomb built.</div>
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As soon as he came to the crown, Emperor Tu Duc had the royal geomancers to seek land for his father's tomb. On February 11th 1848, the construction started, and 10 months later, it was completed.</div>
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On the right with Nhuan Trach Lake is the bronze gate leading to big Binh Dai (Honour Courtyard). The two rows of stone statues on the left and right of the court are typical of the sculpture art in the first half of 19th century in Hue. Then, one can see Bi Dinh (Stele Pavilion) and Duc Hinh tower on a tortoise-shell-shaped hill. Ngung Thuy Lake looks like a crescent moon barring in front , the walls of the tomb itself (Buu Thanh). Across the lake are three bridges: Chanh Trung (in the middle), Dong Hoa (on the right), Tay Dinh (on the left) leading to the stairs going to Buu Thanh.</div>
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It was built separately, 100m from Duc Hinh Tower, on the left. After passing the marble gate and another three steps leading to Bieu Duc temple, visitors will go through Hong Trach gate. In the middle is Bieu Duc temple, where the funerary tablets of the Emperor and the Queen Tu Du are worshipped. In the main temple, on the edges of the roof and Hong Trach gate, are engraved over 450 word boxes including poems with educational and literary values. All the dependent works gathered around Buu Duc Temple such as Left and Right Temple (in the front), Left and Right Houses (in the back), increase the nobility of the main temple.</div>
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Thieu Tri's tomb, with its simple and intimate beauty, leans against the foot of Thuan Dao Mount. In front of the tomb stretches a flat land with green trees and rice-fields ranging from the Perfume river's bank up to Lim bridge.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-40521668926743492232013-11-07T00:49:00.000-08:002013-11-07T00:49:01.084-08:00Khai Dinh Tomb<b>Khai Dinh tomb</b> (also know as Ung tomb) the tomb of emperor Khai Dinh (1885 - 1925), the 12th king of the Nguyen Dynasty, is located Thuy Bang, Huong Thuy, Thua Thien-Hue and it is far about 10 kilometers from <a href="http://www.minmaxtravel.com/travel-guide/vietnam/other-destinations-in-vietnam/hue-city/">Hue city</a>. <b>Khai Dinh tomb</b> has an area smaller than others one but it is more sparkling and sophisticated between western and oriental architecture.<br />
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Khai Dinh King chose Chau Ngu Mountain to built tomb which is far about 10 kilometers from Hue. The tomb was established on September 4th 1920 and lasted to 11 years after. The tomb has a combination between modern and traditional architecture. In comparison with those of the preceding emperors, Khai Dinh’ s tomb is much smaller in surface (117m x 48.5m) but it is very elaborate.<br />
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Overall tomb is rectangle block with 127 steps stair and divided into: Coming to tomb must past the system of 37 steps stair, adding more 29 steps stair, tourists will come to a yard, in the middle has stone stele house. All statues were made from stone in Khai Dinh tomb, two pillars are very hight. Go up three more levels so as to reach the altar monument.<br />
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The walls are decorated and inlaid with elaborate glass and porcelain designs. Beyond these modern building materials and designs, the tombs had elements of eastern art mixed with western designs. The most noticeable characteristic of the tomb is the glassy; it is really a masterpiece of Vietnamese early in the 20th century. Khai Dinh tomb is really a valuable structure and architecture. It makes diversity for complex of tombs in Hue.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-26292019802138864982013-11-07T00:28:00.002-08:002013-11-07T00:28:29.818-08:00Thay Pagoda<b>Thay Pagoda</b>, also called Cả Pagoda and Thiên Phúc Tự , is situated at the foot of Sài Sơn Mountain in Phuong Cach Commune, Quoc Oai Distric, <a href="http://www.minmaxtravel.com/travel-guide/vietnam/main-cities-in-vietnam/hanoi-city/">Hanoi</a>.<br />
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Built in the 11th century during the reign of King Ly Nhan Tong. At first, it was a small pagoda managed by Priest Tu Dao Hanh. The pagoda was initially built according to Sino-Vietnamese character Tam - this character is formed by 3 hyphens parallel to each other.<br />
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The pagoda therefore consists of 3 sections: Ha Pagoda, Trung Pagoda, and Thuong Pagoda. The outer part, Ha Pagoda, is a place for offerings and ceremonies; the middle part, Trung Pagoda, is a place for worship of Buddha; and finally, the inner part is a place for worship of Priest Tu Dao Hanh. An automated sandalwood statue of Tu Dao Hanh that stands and sits is located in a red lacquered shrine trimmed with gold and covered with a curtain.<br />
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In front of the pagoda is Long Tri pond, in the middle of which is a stage called Thuy Dinh, where water puppet performances are held. Nhat Tien and Nguyet Tien Bridges, built by Doctor Phung Khac Khoan in 1602, are located on each side of the stage.<br />
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Interesting sites can be visited in the surroundings of the pagoda. For example, Phat Tich and Cac Co Caves are located not too far behind the pagoda. A hole in the dome of Cac Co Cave lets one see outside the cave.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-2234625531473978362013-09-23T00:58:00.003-07:002013-09-23T00:58:46.952-07:00Quan Lan Island's primitive beauty<div style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">
<i>Quan Lan Island located in Quang Ninh Province ’s Van Don Island District is endowed with many favourable conditions, such as forests, sea, historical architectural works, cultural characteristics, etc. The island still retains its primitive beauty that attracts both domestic and foreign tourists who like discovering the deserted areas.</i></div>
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<strong>Imprints of a trade port in the past</strong><br />After three hours cruising on the <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/news/travel-news/bai-tu-long-travel-offers-ten-percent-discount-to-travelers-who-book-online.html" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="Bai Tu Long">Bai Tu Long Bay</a> from Van Don Port, we saw Quan Lan Island with its white sand banks appearing on the sea in the curtain of mist. When the ship landed, we were very excited and eager for the island adventure and we were guided by enthusiastic locals on the island.</div>
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Quan Lan was the first trading port of Vietnam built by the Ly Dynasty (11th century). Many vestiges of the ancient port together with relics of foundations of ancient architectures, such as water wells and a layer of broken ceramic and porcelain pieces, some metres thick, found at Cai Nang Wharf confirm the fact that the port was once very animated and prosperous.</div>
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It is the place where the locals annually hold the offerings ceremony to King Ly Anh Tong (1138-1175) and the boat-rowing festival in May and June according to the lunar calendar.</div>
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<img alt="" height="266" id="il_fi" src="http://www.halongcruises.net/halong-images/news/img1/halong_quanlan1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; display: block; margin: 5px auto; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="400" />We visited Quan Lan Communal House to see with our eyes the delicate art of carving with various designs. The images of dragons are carved lively with different shapes, such as the dragon flanking a moon, a dragon keeping the “Tho” (longevity) script in its mouth, a dragon rolling water, a daisy turning into dragon, etc. Also, images of silk moths and shrimp in the dynasties of Ly, Tran, Le and Nguyen are also skilfully depicted because the trade of growing mulberry and raising silkworm and seafood catching once strongly developed in the area for <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="Vietnam tourism">Vietnam tourism</a>.</div>
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Another special feature of the communal house is that it was built with Man lai wood. The plant only grows on rocky Ba Mun Island near the Cai Lang trading port. Over the past hundreds of years, the communal house’s pillars remain intact and free of worm and termite infestation.</div>
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<img alt="" border="1" height="282" hspace="0" src="http://imagevietnam.vnanet.vn//Upload/news/2008-11/13/1108to14al.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; display: block; margin: 5px auto; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="400" /><strong>Primitive beauty of beaches</strong><br />Once visiting Quan Lan Island , tourists can not help participating in sea tours and sporting activities on the sea and discovering the traditional cultural features of the locals. To get there, tourists will pass over endless white sand beaches in Van Hai area that have been famous since the 1950s and now are the material source for the national glass and crystal industry.</div>
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It is not wrong when many people said that Quan Lan is like a princess who is waiting for a kiss from a prince to wake up. The area boasts two beautiful natural beaches, including 3km-long Son Hao and 2km-long Van Hai, which are most attractive to tourists. The beaches here slope gently to the sea with soft white sand and vast poplar forests.<br /><img alt="" height="265" id="il_fi" src="http://www.vktour.com/page1/page8/page16/files/quanlan_island.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; display: block; margin: 5px auto; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="400" />At sunset, Quan Lan became deserted and there were only some tourists on three-wheel taxis returning to their hotels on the only small road on the island and a few motorbikes passing by. When night falls, the scene is very romantic with the whistles of the poplar forests, calls of seabirds, soft and low whisperings of waves flapping on the seashore. From a far, the light from ships on the sea to catch cuttlefish reflects on the sea, creating a dreamlike landscape.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><i>50km north-east of Van Do beach in <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/quang-ninh/">Quang Ninh province</a>, Co To appears with its wild beauty and one of the longest white sandy beach in the Gulf of Tonkin.</i></span></div>
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From Hanoi you can take a bus to Van Don at Luong Yen or My Dinh station every one hour from the morning to 5.30 pm. Or you can also catch a later bus at Ha Long or Cam Pha station, and then get on a Mong Cai bus near the Bai Chay bridge to reach the Cua Ong market. In the morning, tourists can take a boat to Thanh Lam Island, a small island close to Co To by trekking.</div>
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Co To Island District comprises three main islands - Co To, Thanh Lan, and Tran - and smaller ones and covers 4, 000 square meters.Local residents, mostly migrants from northern provinces, live in only two communes and a small town.</div>
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From large Co To Island, you can discover many beautiful things. Beaches in the large Co To Island are deserted and not polluted by modern industrial society. </div>
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<em>The lighthouse in Co To island</em></div>
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Starting from the Cai Rong Port in the morning with tender breezes, visitors can spend an hour and a half to sail on the Bai Tu Long Bay where has mountainous sceneries like hundreds of baby dragons were sleeping on a giant green carpet. </div>
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Then, travelers pass through the Doi entrance to begin an unforgettable journey circled by the sea.Next they leave the boat on the Co To wharf, some 5, 00 meters from the center of Co To District, to come to a local guest-house on busy streets with Uncle Ho's statue, markets and restaurants.</div>
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Beaches in Co To Island are very clean and beautiful with white sands and blue water. Co To Island has two beautiful beaches: Van Chai and Hong Van. Van Chai and Hong Van are the two must-see beaches in Co To. Van Chai Beach is still unspoiled and tourists can relax and play in the big waves and stay overnight in small bungalows while Hong Van beach is always quiet with small waves. Therefore, it is said that Co To Island’s beaches are the perfect spot for beachgoers looking for somewhere relatively untouched.</div>
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The attraction is not only known for a long, clear beach near the residential area but also for a green pine forest and a tiled road along the shore where locals love to take a walk at sunset.</div>
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<em>Sea Water in Co To is so clean and blue</em></div>
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For local residents, the best way to explore every corner of the islands is to hire a motorbike and a destination which should not be missed is the solar-powered Cô Tô lighthouse on the peak of a mountain not far from the town. The pathway from the foot to the light house is deserted and difficult to negotiate, with rough stones. From the lighthouse balcony, visitors can get a panoramic view of the mountains and the horizon.</div>
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Another place of interest is the Bac Van military port, around 20 minutes from the lighthouse. Bac Van Beach is known for the different kinds of coral that the authorities are trying to conserve.</div>
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From <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/hanoi/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="Hanoi">Hanoi</a>, we traveled to Tuy Hoa by train. We had 2 days to watch scenes from the North to Central and chatted together. From Tuy Hoa, we hired motorbikes to carry tents and food to Dam Mon.</div>
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On the 60km road, we were enchanted by wonderful scenery of blue sky winding Passes and long coastline.</div>
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Adjacent to Dai Lanh beach is Vung Ro Bay that used to be a place to receive secret weapons from the North transferred into.</div>
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<em>Going back Rang beach, we returned Dam Mon by boat</em></div>
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<em>From Dam Mon, we returned Tuy Hoa by motorbike</em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-2498790266660862772013-09-17T01:42:00.002-07:002013-09-23T00:48:16.518-07:00Da Lat – a flowerful town of romance<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Some traveler ever said: “If you are in love, a week in Da Lat – a rhythmic land of flowers and romance- will make your love turn into a happy ending!”…</span><br />
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<em>“Listening to the noon going down in the romantic town, a Da Lat-violet is filled with fog…” </em>(written by Minh Ky, Da Cam) <em> </em>is lyric of a famous song about Da Lat<em> </em>– one of the top prioritized destinations in Vietnam for its romantic and flowerful beauty. Located in the South Central Highlands of<a href="http://www.vietnam-beauty.com/vietnam-overview/1-vietnam-overview/9-vietnam-overview.html" style="color: #1b57b1; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Vietnam</span></a> (Lang Biang Highlands), Da Lat was originally the playground of the French , and today’s “valley of love”, surrounded by cool, fresh and silently charming atmosphere.</div>
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Da Lat is extremely famous for mild weather. Thanks to the advantage of height and enclosing pine jungle, the town is featured with temperate climate, with an average temperature of 18<sup>o</sup>C – 21°C, highest as 30<sup>o</sup>C and lowest as 5°C.</div>
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What is more, Da Lat has two distinct seasons, the rainy and the sunny ones. The former is from May to October, and the former from November to April. Tourists should be prepared for sudden rains in sunny season, sometimes rocky ones. Never in Da Lat could we ever catch a storm, which make it favorable for tourists to take any daytime leisure walk.</div>
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This pure land of romance was discovered by the French during their invasion in southern Vietnam. Before 1893, Lang Biang highlands, an extremely cool and fresh aired area, was the accommodation of the Viet highlanders. Yet there came the day the French would like to settle a convalescent zone in a European weather-like land in 1899. Of course, they could not miss Lang Biang Highlands then. Ever since the significant choice, Da Lat was later on built with all required French-style houses, villas, treatment places, and temperate flowers & plants, etc. This has step by step formulated today’s romantic and glamorous Da Lat, a clear mountainous air zone for escaping the heat and humidity of the coast and Saigon, or the today’s <span style="color: #999999;"><a href="http://www.vietnam-beauty.com/cities/ho-chi-minh-city/5-ho-chi-minh-city/44-ho-chi-minh-city-ongoing-dynamic-a-enchanting.html" style="color: #1b57b1; text-decoration: none;">Hochiminh City</a></span>.</div>
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It’s no easy at all for travellers to choose the initial visiting place in Da Lat for its widespread covering beauty. On a whole, Da Lat looks like a cross between Vietnam and the French Alps. As mentioned, most of its hotels and houses were built in French style. The town spreads across a series of pine-covered hills, with a small lake in the center, while surrounded by high peaks, creating a lovely scenery quite different from the rest of Vietnam. Temperatures are pleasantly warm by day, and quite cool at night, down to perhaps 10<sup>o</sup>C.</div>
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Today, Dalat is undoubtedly a beautiful tourist town. The vast majority of visitors are both domestic and foreign tourists on short package tours, drawn by the scenery, vivid blue skies, fresh air, flower-filled parks, and local edible treatment. Dalat is a favorite destination for company weekend outings, family get-aways, and most of all, honeymoons. For overseas visitors, it offers a chance to cool down, view a bit of the French legacy, and enjoy the atmosphere. Also, Da Lat is surrounded by some of the best mountain biking, hiking and canyoning opportunities in Vietnam. Da Lat's high altitude of 1,500-2,000m and fertile landscape make it one among Vietnam's premium agricultural areas, producing a variety of fruits, vegetables and flowers that do not grow in the lowlands. In markets as far north as <a href="http://www.vietnam-beauty.com/cities/ha-noi/4-ha-noi/11-hanoi-capital.html" style="color: #1b57b1; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Hanoi</span></a>, vegetables and flower vendors will tout their "made in Da Lat" produce.</div>
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Whoever has come to Da Lat could never forget Xuan Huong Lake (Hồ Xuân Hương), which is located in center of town. Xuan Huong lake is now one of the main draws of Da Lat, and also where we can see honeymooners and locals strolling its banks. Side by side Xuan Huong Lake is Top-peg Hill (Đồi Cù), where has grown up a vast golf ground. If you are fond of fresh flowers, Da lat Flower Park is your accurate choice. The park, around 7,000 sq.m<sup>2</sup>, is situated on top of the Top-peg Hill, northern bank of Xuan Huong lake, and full of species of beautiful colored flowers to be extremely well-fed by planters. Tourists are all interested in the Da Lat’s flower festival, bringing them to a flowerfully fresh heaven!</div>
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For couples, Valley of Love (Thung Lũng Tình Yêu) is the premium place to go. Its special name derived from its romantic view of silence, grace and green. The other choice is Lake of Sorrow or Lake of Sighs (Hồ Than thở), whose name came from a tale of two lovers, one of whom committed suicide after the other was called up to serve in the army. The romantic and beautiful Tuyen Lam Lake (Hồ Tuyền Lâm) (the lake where rivers, springs and forests meet), Prenn Falls, or Pongour are also worth visiting for their beauty and fun.</div>
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On the other hand, Da Lat is popular for French-style architecture. Examples are King Bao Dai’s Palace, Ngo Dinh Diem and Nguyen Cao Ky’s villas, Hang Nga villas, and so forth. All of those should really be visited since they demonstrate the deeply special beauty and somehow culture of the old French. </div>
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<em>A pristine hick area with pure ecological environment created partly by the green of coconut tree lines and large fruits gardens has made Ben Tre a nation’s precious green ecological complex in southern <a href="http://www.vietnamguider.com/">Vietnam</a>.</em></div>
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"Who’s standing there looking like a coconut shadow, with long hair gone in the wind? .. That is Ben Tre’s girl...” is the famous song about Ben Tre, a green land with coconut trees, fruits gardens, rivers and canals... </div>
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Ben Tre province (a delta province) is located at the end of the Cuu Long River Delta. It has borders with the East Sea to the east, with 60 kilometer-long coastline. The province is 2,322 sq. km<sup>2</sup>, around 85 kilometers far from Hochiminh City.</div>
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Ben Tre is featured with a plain geography, which is scattered around by sand dunes and adorned by rice fields, fruit plant gardens, and numerous rivers and streams, canals and arroyos. The four Tien Giang river branches, including My Tho, Ba Lai, Ham Luong and Co Chieu rivers, split Ben Tre into 3 islands of Minh, Bao, and An Hoa. All contribute to an ecological system of rivers, canals, arroyos and green trees, facilitating transportation, hydro-electricity, and more importantly, ecological tourism potential.</div>
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As a typical tropical area, Ben Tre lies in the monsoon tropical climate with two seasons: rainy season from May till October, and dry season from November till April. The annual average temperature is 26<sup>o</sup>C-27<sup>o</sup>C. The average rainfall is 1,250-1,500mm/year. It is the favorable natural conditions that help Ben Tre gain such a pure and green ecological environment.</div>
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<strong>Formation</strong></div>
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Ben Tre used to be part of Hoang Tran palace, in Hoang Tran town, southern Vietnam, which was set up in 1803, and renamed into Vinh Tran in the following year. In 1832, King Minh Mang enlarged and split the town into two provinces, An Giang and Vinh Long. The latter comprised 3 districts Hoang An (or Hoang Tri) (today’s Ben Tre), Dinh Vien (today’s Vinh Long), and Lac Hoa (today’s Tra Vinh). Ben Tre was then the “arrondissement administratif” (important administrative county) of Vinh Long province. During the French occupying period, the districts (counties) were to be turned into provinces according to the Decree No. 20/12/1899 by the Governor-General of Indochina. A part of Vinh Long, particularly Hoang An District, became the naturally favored Ben Tre Province of today.</div>
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<em>Historical value</em></div>
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One of the attractive points to tourists is Ben Tre’s historical values. During the severe wars against foreign invaders, Ben Tre was regarded as the “General Uprising Land”, which initialized the armed patriotic struggle high tide against Ngo Dinh Diem puppet regime by Southern Vietnam’s Liberation Front. The war became most fierce in 1960. Regardless of genders, ages, and occupations, thousands of Ben Tre people arose, fight and heroically died for their homeland liberation. Drawn by Ben Tre locals, people in Sa Dec, Vinh Long, Tra Vinh and elsewhere together violently arose. Thanks to the very Vietnamese heroic spirit like in Ben Tre, finally we have a peaceful Vietnam of today. A heroic and historical Ben Tre is actually worth a visit by both inbound and outbound tourists.</div>
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<em>The green ecological complex</em></div>
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If you could look through your airplane’s window down to Ben Tre, you would feel like it were some heaven’s green land! Covering the whole land is the color of green, green, and green trees adorned with pure rivers meaderring in between rows of trees. When seen from above, these rivers look like huge tortuous gentle snakes, which probably stimulates your curiosity For concrete understanding, Ben Tre is the convergence of three huge islands, An Hoa, Bao, and Minh, who owed their division from the four significant rivers: Tien Giang, Ba Lai, Ham Luong, and Co Chien. Besides so many rivers & canals, the province is favored by nature in terms of a plentiful fauna-flora system, and a pristine series of all-the-year-round green tropical fruits gardens (hick towns). All these excellent natural elements lead to a fresh-aired environment of large green coconut & fruits gardens, and an ecological system, enchanting a huge number of tourists, especially foreign ones. </div>
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The extremely tasty tropical fruits and local delicacies are desired by all visitors. Tropical fruits are available at all fruits gardens during the year, for instance, sweet mango, custard-apple, mangosteen, durian, longan, rambuton, and other kinds of fruits with segments. You can also easily find typical southern specialties here, for example, salted fish (incld. small fish paste or “mắm tép”, “còng”, “nêm”, “ruốc” or salted shredded meat, field fish, etc.), sour-tasted soup (such as fish soup cooked with carambola, tamarine, “chùm ruột”, “bần”, and fresh herbs like peppermint, beansprouts, banana flowers), bitter-tasted soup (such as bitter-melon and centella soup), braised fish (such as anabas, ball fish, “kèo” fish, “lóc” fish, and so on), kinds of shrimp, crabs, eel, frog, and so forth. </div>
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Particularly, Ben Tre boasts a unique specialty, coconut products which are available at coconut gardens. Examples are coconut candies, coconut oil, coconut quintessence, etc, from which about 50 dishes can be made. Theses days, this special kind of delicacy is sold to many areas nationwide. Besides, some other delicacies of Ben Tre are also well known, such as My Long girdle cake, Son Doc “phồng tôm” (rice chupatty with powdered shrimp), Phu Le rice alcohol, and so forth. Should you have a chance to trip around, tasting those specialties, I can assure that you will never forget such a marvelous feeling!</div>
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<strong>Religious life</strong></div>
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As in other areas of Vietnam, Ben Tre’s Buddhism has also much improved. Famous pagodas in the region are Hoi Ton, Tuyen Linh, and Vien Minh. All of those have a long history of around 3 centuries, and are amongst the worthy destinations for those who are interested in religion, besides ecological tours.</div>
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Festivals in Ben Tre contain all the seaside villages’ festive features. The two most important ones are Phu Le and Nghinh Ong festivals. Phu Le is a temple in Ba Tri district, organizing festivals twice per year to pray for favorable weather and fruitful crops. Wheareas the latter is held annually for fishermen to gather and amuse themselves through a series of ceremonies, entertainment, and feats activities. If luckily arrived on these occasions, you would be enchanted by the cosy world of people in waterway & riverside area.</div>
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Ben Tre is only 14 and 85 kilometers far from My Tho and Ho Chi Minh City respectively. What make most tourists feel excited is that they can take a ferry-boat from My Tho to Ben Tre. For a local journey, you may hire a high-speed ship at a very reasonable price.</div>
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Vam Ho Bird ground (Sân chim Vàm Hồ): shelter of nearly half a million sorks and night herons, and other wild species, date-palm jungle, and a plentiful flora (incld. water coconut, custard-apple, guava, French beans, date-palm, sea water morning glory, etc.)</div>
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Cai Mon Fruits Garden (Vườn cây ăn trái Cái Mơn): the cradle of Southern fruits, containing a number of tropical fruit kinds (sweet mango, durian, rambuton, longan, mangosteen, etc.), and many animal-shaped plants</div>
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Dai Dien ancient House (Nhà cổ Đại Điền): a famous beautiful old house of the Huynh, remaining in its origin</div>
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<em>Covering an area of 41,862ha, Cape Ca Mau National Park is located in Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau province, nearly 400km away from Ho Chi Minh City.</em></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-weight: normal;">Cape Ca Mau National Park</span></strong> is originally covered by natural mangrove forest; however, the vast majority was destroyed during the Second Indochina War. Most of the aqua cultural ponds have been abandoned and now support extensive areas of re-colonizing mangrove forest. There are extensive mudflats which are also being colonized naturally by mangrove. These areas are continually growing due to accretion rates along the coastline of up to 50m per year in places.</div>
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<strong><em>Biodiversity values. </em></strong>The Park is a submerged area with a floral complex, mainly including mangrove and <em>Mam</em> (avicenia, black mangrove) trees. This is an ecological system of natural salt-marsh forests with high values in terms of bio-diversity, landscapes, environment, culture and history.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Some small areas of old Rhizophora apiculata mangrove remain at Mui Ca Mau. This vegetation type probably covered much of the area in the past. Evidence of over-exploitation is abundant with many old logged bases of large Rhizophora apiculata trees. There are still some big trees over 10 years old, though the habitat is degraded. There are also extensive Rhizophora apiculata plantations at the national park; the density of them varies from one to six trees per square metre. Each year, the submerged flora on the western beach of the park extends nearly 100m into the sea, creating an ideal environment for the reproduction and development of shrimp, fish and mollusk.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">The park has a rich fauna with 13 species of animals belonging to 9 families, including 2 species listed in the Red Book of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). They are the long-tailed monkey and <em>ca khu</em> (Trachypithecus cristatus). The park is also considered to be an important site for a number of migratory water birds with 74 species of birds belonging to 23 families, including 5 species listed in IUCN Red Book, namely the Chinese stork, grey-legged pelican, ibis leucocephalus, curved beak snipe and black-headed ibis<br /><br />The mangroves at <strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">Mui Ca Mau</span></strong> perform an important coastal protection function, which was strongly emphasized on coastal protection in the management of the site to date. The national park also has high potential for recreation, ecotourism, conservation education and scientific research. Although present visitor use of the national park is low, visitor numbers are likely to increase in the future.</span></div>
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<i>Sam Son is a resort town in <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/thanh-hoa/" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Thanh Hoa province</a> in northern Vietnam.</i></div>
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In order to go from Hanoi to Thanh Hoa, you can choose to go by coach or train. The coaches start from My Dinh, Giap Bat bus station. The price of ticket is 60,000-100,000 dong. You go by coach to Thanh Hoa city and then catch a bus to Sam Son. It just takes you about 10-15 minutes.</div>
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<br />If you go by train, the ticket is 70,000-120,000 dong.<br /><br />You will feel safe when swimming in Sam Son beach because there are always a rescue team of nearly 50 people here. Since early summer in 2013, the rescue team rescued successfully more than 200 drowned tourists.<br /><br />Besides, Sam Son also has Truong Le mountain that is 76 meters in height with imposing cliffs. There is Doc Cuoc shrine, Co Tien shrine, To Hien Thanh shrine on the mountain. You should not miss Trong Mai isle, a symbol of Sam Son.<br /><br />On Truong Le mountain, there are a lot of large lawn, and old pine trees so this is an ideal place for camping and outdoor activities.<br /><br />You also can visit relics and tourist spots in Thanh Hoa such as Ba Trieu temple at Gai mountain, Phu Dien village or city walls of the Citadel of the Ho Dynasty.<br /><br />In addition, being 60 kilometers from Sam Son, Ben En National Park in Nhu Thanh district has mountains, river and lakes with an area of over 16,000 hectares. There are many rare species of animals here such as elephant, tiger, bear, monkey, etc.<br /><br />If you are a romantic person and you want to travel around Sam Son and enjoy the atmosphere, you can hire a tandem bycicle. This service is about 50,000 dong an hour.<br /><br />Besides, on the way to leaving Sam Son, you can stop at Thanh Hoa city and visit Dien Bien market on Phan Chu Trinh street to buy fresh seafood. </div>
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“Hanoi” - the name means “surrounded by river” is the city of ponds, lakes, rivers and bridges. If Hoan Kiem Lake with special green water and the red bridge named The Huc is the symbol of an elegant and charming ancient city; Red river and Long Bien bridge may be seen as the symbol of courageous capital in wars.</div>
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<i>Long Bien Bridge</i></div>
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<em><strong>History of Long Bien bridge</strong></em></div>
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The Long Bien Bridge was constructed from 1989 to 1902 during French’s occupation of the country. Though the bridge was designed by French, it was built directly by Vietnamese workers with indigenous construction materials like woods from Phu Tho, Yen Bai, Thanh Hoa province, cement from Hai Phong, Long Tho lime from Hue.</div>
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The bridge was formerly named Paul Doumer by the French, but Vietnamese have called it Long Bien or Cai River Bridge for a long time, and Long Bien becomes the most popular name of the bridge. Originally, Long Bien had 19 spans and it was the first steel bridge across Red river in Hanoi, and one of four greatest bridges in the world at the time it was built.</div>
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<i>Long Bien Bridge 's Construction</i></div>
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Long Bien was considered the pride, symbol of architecture in the Far East. The bridge was a connection point to transport tons of rice from Northern and Northern Central area of Vietnam to Dien Bien Phu battle, and contributed to the win of <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/vietnam-overview/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vietnam</a> army against French, 1954.</div>
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More than 100 years with decades of war, Long Bien Bridge was bombed many times by air attacks by American army in 1967, 1972; and many spans of the bridge were destroyed. The left spans still remaining today remind us of an unforgettable past. The bridge, hence, is not only a traffic construction, a nice architecture, but also a living historical relic.</div>
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<em><strong>Beautiful sights of Long Bien Bridge</strong></em></div>
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Today, Long Bien is only one of the five bridges crossing the Red river of Hanoi. However, it may be the most special bridge with unique historic, architectural, and cultural value. It is the only bridge in Hanoi where all the riders have to go in the left hand side, where tourists can take a walk and taste mouthwatering desserts offered by vendors (see 5 street vendors you should not miss out in Hanoi), where Hanoians can buy fresh vegetable or fish for the dinner from the small afternoon market on the bridge.</div>
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<strong>Long Bien Bridge at the sunset</strong></div>
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Many people living and visiting Hanoi said that Long Bien Bridge is the best place to look at the sunrise or the sunset and taking nice photos of alluvial patch. Many brides and grooms choose Long Bien Bridge as nice background in their wedding albums. Many tourists come here to visit a historical construction and view nice scenery. Many youngsters, teenagers take nice photos to keep memories of youth on the bridge or in the middle of alluvial patch with full of green tree. Many vendors and housewives still come here every afternoon for an open air market.</div>
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<em><strong>And many trains pass the bridge each day.</strong></em></div>
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That way, Long Bien – the oldest bridge in Hanoi is still living and sharing the daily life with Hanoians silently. If you have a chance to visit Hanoi, do not forget to take a walk on Long Bien Bridge for sight seeing, feeling the daily life of Hanoians, and enjoying peaceful moments at the present but not forgetting memorable past.</div>
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<em><strong>How to get there</strong></em></div>
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You can rent a motorbike and remember go on the left hand side of the bridge, or walk from the centre of Hanoi to here ( just more then 1km from <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/red-river-delta/hanoi/the-old-quarter-the-unique-classical-feature-of-hanoi.html" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Old Quarter</a> to Long Bien bridge).</div>
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<em>If tourists in <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">Vietnam Travel</a> have chance to visit <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/list-of-cities-in-vietnam/hanoi.html" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">Hanoi</a>, Hoan Kiem Lake is a must-see place that should not be missed!</em></div>
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<i>Hanoi is the capital and also the center of politics, culture and tourism of Vietnam. Hanoi has a rich and long history with so many cultural architectures and famous vestiges, which make it to be the greatest destination of tourism for foreign guests. Tourists will be impressed not only by the hidden beauty of this ancient city but also by the elegant and taciturn aspects of 36 old streets in Hanoi.</i></div>
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Some one says that Hanoi is so small, but no matter people can get tired of walking around 36 old streets, they can’t go through all of these old street, taste all delicious foods and profound spice of special things like people’s emotion. ..</div>
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Hanoi old streets – where some little silent algae are remained in small quantum that no sunlight can stand over, where the roads are crowed by people and vehicles that no footprints are left, Hanoi people are still proud of memorable old streets as the special taste remained and deposited of a fast-growing city.</div>
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<i>Narrow and old streets</i></div>
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Hanoi ancient streets should be loved by everything deepened in our own minds; in our hearts that why when people are vibrated of it, they can’t easily go off because Hanoi is characterized by a very special aspect of Vietnamese which can’t be mixed or mistaken by any beauty of other places in the world.</div>
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It is the busy Hang Gai street, the gentle and quiet Hang Hom street, the colorful Hang Ma street and Hang Bac, Hang Buom streets which strongly foot in front of fast-growing lines of time that make up the beauty of ancient streets. It is the shaked yellow sunlight by the windows, the ancient aspects of old tiled roofs in Hang Bong, Hang Dao street, the condensed perfume of blackboard trees in nights, the charming beauty of girls in “ao dai” Vietnam that hang on the steps of tourists. </div>
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You can ride a bike along ancient streets in early morning full of fogs and reward yourself a bowl of Hue vermicelli and beef in Hang Dieu or in Hang Than street. Hanoi old streets are normally called “Hanoi 36 streets” which is the unique architectural complex combined withcharacterized cuisine culture. Cuisine culture of Hanoi Ancient Street is the various combinations between European-Asian traditional foods and between the luxurious style and commonly-street one…</div>
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People often say, when mentioning Hanoi should mention ancient streets because it is the rule that is also like when you love a girl, you should love her soul in advance. And, that ancient street is the soul of Hanoi. People are still busy at work; ancient streets are still quiet as the paces of modern life can’t touch to the deepest alleys in it. People in the ancient streets can live in the narrow houses where 3 generations share daily common activities, the low living style and refined style made only by Hanoi people when some flowers bought from early mornings are along ladies and girls in markets and food stalls in street packages have become the simple beauty of Hanoi. Ancient streets are narrow but it can also hold enough spaces for many people, it is small but it can hold “special Hanoi style” which can’t be mixed. Old and small streets which may be large enough for one people to move through hidden ancient café stores that when people peck at the special cup of coffee they can comfort themselves by relaxing and finding images about Hanoi through films smeared by time. Hanoi people often say when travelling to Hanoi everyone should taste café in ancient streets which isn’t strong but the space there can make them much warmer.</div>
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Streets are also one of the beauties of Hanoi. Hanoi streets have large pavements with many big trees and flowers. When you walk on Phan Dinh Phung Street, you can fell the cool from the shade of big trees. Hoang Dieu Street is quiet. It is named "The Romantic Street" or "The Street of Lovers". Many couples like walking on it because of its beautiful scenes. The most beautiful one is Thanh Nien Street which is in the middle of two lakes Ho Tay and Ho Truc Bach. Like other streets in Hanoi, Thanh Nien Street has s lot of tall trees and a bunch of colorful flowers. Riding bicycle or motorbike on this street, you can smell the fragrance of blackboard trees and fly your soul to feel the atmosphere in a place considered as the most peaceful destination in the world. The extraordinariness of these ancient streets are "Tunnel Houses", those with narrow width and deep length. These houses sometimes open at the back into another street which is different from that of the front door. All houses are similarly designed the room serves as the place where goods can be manufactured and sold. After the front room is a small open courtyard built to let the light in. It is usually decorated with ornamental rocks, small pool with a variety of fishes, plants, and flowers. The backroom is used as living quarter with the dining room and bedrooms. Most houses have one floor, few have the second floor. This second floor is generally low and has small or no windows and you can have benches to take a rest or to enjoy the beauty of the lakes there.</div>
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Hanoi old street's cuisine is the combination of various cuisines. The sophisticate aspect in Hanoi cuisine is expressed in the way of processing, tasting and the truthful emotion of givers and receivers. Each food has it own spice, beauty and tradition in the way of tasting; it is not only common foods but also the art of cuisine. That’s why a writer said that Hanoi foods have agitated people-away-home and tourists who first come to Hanoi.</div>
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Could I love these thousand-year old streets much more a little? For winds to bring me flower perfume, to listen to unfinished songs, to recall memories of someone in the sensational emotion?</div>
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Coming to Cat Ba beach, you can hire a boat to travel around Lan Ha Bay, visiting beautiful beaches such as Cat Co beach, Ben Beo beach, Co Tien beach, etc or caves such as Trung Trang, Hoa Cuong, Thien Long, and then stop at any small isle to fish and enjoy fresh seafood. </div>
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Cat Ba Beach is nominated as one of top 10 tourist attractions. Cat Ba is the largest island in total 1,969 islands in Ha Long Bay.<br /><br />Cat Ba is at the height of 70 meters over the sea level. On the island, there is Cat Ba town and 6 communes: Gia Luan, Hien Hao, Phu Long, Tran Chau, Viet Hai, Xuan Dam.<br /><br />Cat Ba has many beaches: Cat Co 1, Cat Co 2, Cat Dua, Cat Ong, Cat Trai Gai, Duong Danh, etc with smooth white sand stretching endlessly.<br /><br />The road going through Cat Ba island is 27 kilometers in length with many slopes and wonderful scenery. Coming to Cat Ba, tourists can swim, enjoy seafood and visit Cat Ba National Park.<br /><br />Cat Ba National Park has an area of 15,200 hectares with 9,000 hectares of forest, 5,400 hectares of sea. Besides, travelers can visit mysterious caves such as Trung Trang cave that is 15 kilometers from the town with a lot of natural stalactities.<br /><br />Cat Ba was recognized as the world biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2004. The total area of Cat Ba biosphere reserve is more than 26,000 hectares. It includes tropical rainforest on limestone island, mangroves, coral reefs, especially cave system.<br /><br />Cat Ba is a wonderful place for relaxation in the summer. If you have a chance to visit Cat Ba island, you should not miss interesting activities such as swimming, scuba diving to see coral reefs, walking on beach in the evening, and visiting Lan Ha bay.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-43794899836022156652013-08-29T01:14:00.002-07:002013-08-29T01:14:10.292-07:00Vinh Hung Ancient Tower- Ancient Architecture Vestige<span style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"><i>Vinh Hung Tower was originated from Angkor period of Khmer people and until now is it still preserved. Visiting the tower, tourists in Vietnam travel will see the only ancient architecture vestige in the Mekong River Delta.</i></span><br />
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Vinh Hung tower is located in Vinh Hung A commune, Vinh Loi district, <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/list-of-cities-in-vietnam/bac-lieu.html" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bac Lieu</a> province. The tower is the only ancient architecture vestige in the Mekong River Delta, originated from Angkor period of Khmer people, which is still preserved till nowadays.</div>
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Following the National highway No.1A from Bac Lieu towards Ca Mau, after driving 5 kilometers visitors in <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vietnam tourism</a> will reach Sap bridge; then turning towards the direction of Vinh Hung market, the visitors will reach Vinh Hung tower. </div>
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The tower was discovered in 1911 and at that time, it was listed as one of the historical sites in southern Vietnam. The tower is also known as Luc Hien or Bhah Dhat tower.</div>
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In the 20<sup>th</sup> century, archeologists a stele carved with Sanskrit scripts, which clearly states the 814<sup>th</sup>month or the 892th year (BC) in a pagoda next to the tower.</div>
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The 8,9 meter-high Vinh Hung tower is built on a hill with simple structure. In the tower, there are a Buddha’s hand made of copper; a lower body part of the Goddess; a statue of the Goddess made from green stone, statue of Goddess Brahma; a Buddha’s head made from copper and many worshipping items. </div>
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Monks in the tower pagoda chant twice a day at 4:00 am and 4:00 pm. Every year, local residents organize an anniversary on the 15th day of the first lunar month at the tower. A large number of Buddhists inside and outside Bac Lieu Province pilgrimage to the pagoda to pray for good things.</div>
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If you, tourists in Vietnam travel, want good things to come to you, don’t forget to go to the pagoda and pray for them.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-87270672674272547512013-08-19T01:20:00.003-07:002013-08-21T00:23:59.764-07:00BAN GIOC WATERFALL – THE LARGEST IN SOUTHEAST ASIA<div style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px;">
<i>In famous tourists attractions in <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/cao-bang/" style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Cao Bang</a>, Ban Gioc waterfall tourist area is considered as the fourth largest waterfall in the world. It is also the largest natural waterfall in Southeast Asia.</i></div>
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<a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/08/ban-gioc-waterfall-largest-in-southeast.html">Ban Gioc waterfall</a>, the most beautiful waterfall in Vietnam, is one of invaluable gift of the nature for Cao Bang. It is located in the border of China and Vietnam in Dam Thuy commune, Trung Khanh district that is 89 kilometers from Cao Bang city.<br />
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On the way to go to Ban Gioc from the city center, you can contemplate imposing and charming beauty of rivers, streams and forests.<br />
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Ban Gioc waterfall lies on Quay Son river rising from China and flowing through communes in Vietnam such as: Ngoc Khe, Phong Nam, Ngoc Con, Dinh PHong, Chi Vien and Dam Thuy. It is 53 meters in height and 300 meters in width.<br />
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In the foot of the waterfall, Quay Son river is flat as a mirror, reflecting the clear and blue sky into water. Visitors can hire a bamboo raft to travel around the foot of the waterfall to contemplate its stunning beauty.<br />
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Coming to Ban Gioc, tourists have a chance to see Tay people’s houses on stilts.<br />
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In order to develop tourism in Ban Gioc, in 2012 December 8<sup>th</sup>, Saigontourist Company began construction of high-class Ban Gioc Resort with an area of 31 hectares. It will include a hotel with 60 rooms, 24 high-ranking villas, restaurants, entertainment and spa area and areas for camping and outdoor activities.<br />
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The project is expected to complete in late 2013. The total expenditure is about 170 billions dong.<br />
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In 2013 June 15<sup>th</sup>, Cao Bang province People’s Committee and Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam began construction of “Phat Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc pagoda” in Dam Thuy commune. The pagoda is a significant construction to serve people’s need of spirituality and religion in Ban Gioc.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-59999211896481941712013-08-19T01:09:00.002-07:002013-08-20T20:13:34.176-07:00Admire the beauty of Stork Island in Hai Duong<div style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">
<i>The <a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/08/admire-beauty-of-stork-island-in-hai.html">stork island</a> that is located in Chi Lang Nam commune, Thanh Mien district and stays about 25km far from <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/find/q=Hai%20Duong">Hai Duong</a> city, is an ideal place for nature lovers.</i></div>
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Explaining the name, local people said that the village has a small island located in the middle of broad lake with ten thousands of storks and herons residing and nesting. With an area of more than 3,000m2, the stork island is home to 15,000 storks and more than 5,000 herons of various kinds and such rare and precious birds as pelicans and teals residing together.</div>
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<em>Signpost to Stork Island</em></div>
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According to the legend, this area was sunken and the island was formed in the 15th century after the dyke of the Red River collapsed because of a big flood. Then, "birds perch good land", each herd of storks, herons and water birds come here from everywhere. Gradually, it became the home of different varieties of storks, herons and birds.</div>
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<em>Many storks on the tree</em></div>
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Every year, in September of the lunar calendar when the north-east wind blows, thousands of storks, herons and birds from other places fly to the island. They get together to nest, lay eggs and nurse their babies. The tourists are more excited to see young storks with immature legs on soft bamboo branches. They often stay there until April of the following year. Therefore, the island becomes a destination of tourists and an environmental education centre is there to help raise awareness of environmental protection.</div>
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The tourists will witness an interesting "chorus" of families of storks and herons. The stork island is excited with sound like a natural chorus tearing a quite atmosphere of a Vietnamese village.</div>
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Tourists who come to the stork island in the season need only one day to visit the whole island. A small boat, arranged so as not to disturb living environment of the storks, will slowly take the tourists around the lake and see the life of storks.</div>
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<em>Visitors on boat to explore stork island</em></div>
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The best time to visit Chi Lang Nam Stork Island is at sunrise or sunset. At that time, visitors will have a chance to behold a beautiful painting with white storks and herons flocking out of and into the lake. In addition, tourists will enjoy a spacious and greenish space with the peaceful landscape of a rural area. It is wonderful to mingle with nature and be away from our busy lives.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-28331010049150857752013-08-13T01:16:00.003-07:002013-08-20T20:16:03.996-07:00Explore the magic of rocky stream at the foot of Tam Dao<div style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">
<i>Visitors to Vinh Phuc often climb the top of <a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/08/explore-magic-of-rocky-stream-at-foot.html">Tam Dao</a> Mountain but a few knows the majestic beauty of Tam Dao in other side.</i></div>
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Our group had stunning trip on foot. We followed the crystal-clear stream that flows over magic rocks of Dai Tu District, Thai Nguyen.</div>
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Nearly 100km far from Hanoi, from the town of Ba Hang ( Pho Yen Commune) on National Highway 3, we turned a small asphalt road and went straight about 30 km along green mountain, we reached the foot of Go Mieu.</div>
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<em>At the foot of Go Mieu</em></div>
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With just 100.000 VND, visitors can rent a boat for a 5-6 person group to explore the lake of Go Mieu.</div>
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Go Mieu lake is like a giant trough to contain water from dozens of stream, waterfalls from the top of Tam Dao. Every season, water of lake is always blue in color as picturesque scenery.</div>
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Sometimes, we saw the white clouds flying very low, it seemed to be across our boat. Small boat glided slowly on the surface of lake and took us into a canyon.</div>
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Between the blue of mountain, rocks with various shape and colors were looming our view. Being in the hot summer, everyone felt comfortable and cool when coming to the stream at the foot of Tam Dao. Going upstream, we seemed to be lost in a matrix of magic rocks.</div>
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Some rocks looks like heavy truck, other is like teddy bear…It is so interesting!</div>
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<em>Crystal-clear water </em></div>
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After then, we continued our journey at Noi Dong bridge. Here is a small and clear lake that is surrounded by yellow stones. Next to the lake is ancient si tree on giant rock. Next places we stopped were Coi beach, Da Coc. Explaining the name of those, the local people said that there are many sharp rocks around the area that are like piles.</div>
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After exploring magic rocks, people can bath in clear water to relax. If visitors want to stay for lunch or overnight, you can hire motel or stay at home’s resident near Go Mieu lake at cheap price. In particular, you will have a chance to enjoy grilled fish.</div>
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Visitors can go fishing here.</div>
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The most attractive here to visitors is go fishing at stream. After then, visitors can relax and enjoy the delicious dish of grilled fish.</div>
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<i>With cool and comfortable weather, lists here are worth and attractive destinations to refresh in hot summer days.</i></div>
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<strong>Quat Lam sea tourism</strong></div>
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Quat Lam sea is located in Giao Thuyen district, <strong><a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/nam-dinh/" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;" title="Nam Dinh">Nam Dinh province</a></strong> with total area of 58 hectares, exploited fomally in 1999. Coming here, you will have a chance to set foot on Thinh Long beach, situated in Thinh Long town, Hai Hau district. Thinh Long is a stunning and amazing beach with rows of casuarina trees swaying in the wind. Tourists will be certainly surprised with the fine white beaches and really want to return.</div>
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<strong>Moc Chau prairie</strong></div>
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Moc Chau prairie in <strong><a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/son-la/" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;" title="Son la">Son La province </a></strong>is an attractive destination that appeals lots of local and international tourists. This place is famous for the love story of thriller Thai people – Yếm (Áo Yếm) story. Or Ban Van waterfall is a unique spot that attached to ancient residence history of Thai ethnic people in Muong Sang land (now Moc Chau).</div>
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<strong>Sapa in <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/lao-cai/" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;" title="Lao Cai">Lao Cai</a></strong></div>
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Here, visitors will have the opportunity to excurse through red rose valley, Silver fall with an altitude of 1.900m, Golden stream. Besides, you can enjoy the majestic and grandeur of mountain and forest, visit Love waterfall – a symbol of Sapa. You also could climb on the Heaven Gate, Cloud Yard or even on Hoang Lien Son Mountain, tagged as the roof of Indochina. With four season in a day, Sapa is worth place to rest in hot summer days and suitable for those who like conquering the grandeur of nature.</div>
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<strong>Tam Dao</strong></div>
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Tam Dao is ideal resort of North, situated in Mang Chi valley, <strong><a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/destination-in-vietnam/vinh-phuc/" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;" title="Vinh Phuc">Vinh Phuc</a></strong>, about 80 kilometers from Hanoi. With cool weather, Tam Dao, tagged as “town in cloud”, is good idea for refreshing in hot days<strong><a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;" title="Vietnam">.</a></strong></div>
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<i>Possessing breathtaking landscape and be located next to the most ravishing beaches of Mui Ne in Southeast Asia, <a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/08/anantara-resort-spa-exciting.html">Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa</a> is an oasis of elegance and comfort offering a unique and unforgettable way to experience the southern coast of <a href="http://www.vietnamguider.com/">Vietnam</a>.</i></div>
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Situated on Mui Ne’s pristinely sweeping beach, about 22 km from Phan Thiet city and HCMC, Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa is an oasis of elegance and comfort offering a unique and unforgettable way to experience the southern coast of Vietnam. Mornings spent by the sea. Afternoon hikes through nearby sand dunes. A soothing spa treatment before starlit evening drinks on the beach.<br />
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Expertly blending Vietnamese tradition and legendary Anantara service, Anantara Mui Ne Resort & Spa offers a tropical retreat, worlds away from Vietnam’s urban bustle. Take in the splendour of the sunset from the pool deck. Sample fine international dining and mouth-watering cuisine at our restaurants, some of the best Mui Ne resorts have to offer. Wander down garden paths to your own private villa. A cherished holiday within a setting to remember forever in our exceptional Vietnam hotel.<br />
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Anantara resort & Spa has 100 rooms and small villas which have pool with VND 3.000.000-8.000.000 one night.</div>
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<em>L’anmien restaurant of Anantara offers visitors world-famous dishes. Tourists come </em><br />
<em>here to enjoy specialties in a cool space of the sea and sip cocktails served with a </em><br />
<em>ceramic-cup of Cham people.<br /><img alt="" height="333" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d10-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Also, visitors will have opportunity to enjoy different types of wine with romantic dinner<br />named “Dining by design”.<br /><img alt="" height="375" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d11-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Deluxe double room has large bathroom with a big bath made of stone and shower system<br />with unique rain effect.<br /><img alt="" height="378" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d3-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Suite room has separate living room and luxury bath made of stone.<br /><img alt="" height="375" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d8-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Visitors staying suite will have sea views.<br /><img alt="" height="375" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d2-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Villas that are located among tropical landscape with overlooking lush gardens, pools, </em><br />
<em>freshwater marshes and stunning sea views, are designed according to traditional </em><br />
<em>style of Vietnam.<br /><img alt="" height="378" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d3-2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />In particular, there are 2 bedrooms and pool at front beach in an area of 128 m2</em><br />
<em>and living space spreading over two floors in every villa.<br /><img alt="" height="375" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/a100.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Double villa with luxury pool<br /><img alt="" height="333" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d4-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Pool villa<br /><img alt="" height="333" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d7-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Overall view over pool<br /><img alt="" height="333" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d6-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />Visitors can also sunbathing<br /><img alt="" height="333" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d5-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />View of pool at night<br /><img alt="" height="333" src="http://infonet.vn/Uploaded/Admin/20130302/1208/d1-1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202) !important; margin: 10px; max-height: 400px !important; max-width: 600px !important; padding: 2px !important;" width="500" /><br />A soothing spa treatment </em></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-53923730075499504182013-07-31T01:04:00.001-07:002013-08-20T20:29:20.211-07:00Ha Long Bay where you should visit once in your life<div style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">
<i><a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/07/ha-long-bay-where-you-should-visit-once.html">Ha Long Bay</a> is considered one of the most valuable treasure of Vietnam and probably the top tourist attraction of the country. It also has been listed in UNESCO’s World Heritage Site and recently been voted as one of the New7Wonders of the World.</i></div>
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In fact, <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/find/q=Ha%20Long">Ha Long</a> is a place in which we should visit once in your life to admire the sculpture of nature that Creator has bestowed.</div>
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Looking down from above, Ha Long Bay looks like lively picture. Ha Long owns the beauty of world wonder. According to the legend, Ha Long Bay is surrounded by many islands as pearls released by dragon. Therefore, it attracts many tourists coming here to both explore the legend and admire the majestic beauty. Here are some famous places such as Hon Trong Mai, Hon Con Coc, Sung Sot Cave, Thien Cung Cave, Soi Sim Islet…</div>
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<em>Stone mountain on Ha Long Bay</em></div>
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First off, visitors should visit Soi Sim Islet. Soi Sim is an small island which is located in the west of Ha Long Bay. It's about 12 kilometers far from Bai Chay tourist wharf and about 700 meters from Ti Top Island. This is a land - island with two peaks around 100 meters high, a dimple in the middle, and slopped to the southwest.</div>
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<em>Fishing boats of fishermen on bay</em></div>
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Talking about the name “Soi Sim”, the local people said that in the past, the major plant on the island was Rhodomyrtus tomentosa that is called “sim” in Vietnamese. Therefore, the island was named after that plant, “Soi Sim”.</div>
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<em>Visitors swim at Soi Sim beach</em></div>
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Soi Sim Island has an area of 8.7 ha. On the island, there are two 200-meter hills covered by a green primeval forest. This primeval forest is home to many species of flora, especially endemic plants. According to the researchers, the reason Soi Sim has many endemic species is that this island has formed hundreds of millions of years ago, then was surrounded by sea. The local people said that previously there were many myrtle grew on the island, then it was named as Soi Sim.</div>
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Coming to Soi Sim Island, tourists will be impressed by peaceful ambiance and natural beauty of green primeval forest and blue sea. There are two charming beaches on the island with the stretch of white sand and clear seawater. These are the preferred beaches of tourists on the holiday on Ha Long Bay. Moreover, from the top of the hills on Soi Sim Island, tourists will have great views to the spectacular scenery of Ha Long bay.</div>
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One of the best places that Visitors should have pay a visit is Thien Cung Cave and it is certain that you will never forget its magnificence.</div>
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<em>Thien Cung Cave</em></div>
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Located about 100m in the northern of Dau Go island, Thien Cung Grotto is a large cave with well-known beauty of Ha Long Bay. It is one of the most recently discovered caves in the bay, but that certainly does not make its interior any less impressive. In addition to the countless stalactites that hang from the high ceiling, visitors are often struck by the breathtaking artwork create by the hands of time.</div>
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Coming to Ha Long Bay, visitors will certainly have memorable moments in your life.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px;">Today, in the afternoon, in the framework of investment promotion <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/list-of-cities-in-vietnam/quang-ninh.html" style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none;">Quang Ninh</a> in 2012, nearly 100 delegates and guests, representatives ofpress agencies in foreign and countries visited Halong Bay.</span></div>
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Delegates visited some famous sites on <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/halong/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ha Long Bay</a> as: Dinh Huong island, Ga Choi island, fishing village Suppliers etc. The weather is not favorable, it was much fog and under the guidance and referralsof employees of Ha Long Bay Management Board, most of the delegates and guests were satisfied with the <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/halong/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cruise</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px;">It is known that </span><a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/travel-guide/halong/" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.988636016845703px; text-decoration: none;">Ha Long Bay</a><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px;"> Management Board has allocated 14 passenger ships standard level 2, has white paint of 10 businesses to serve the participants of the conference. Work safety, order and security, fire, rescue was the provincial authorities as teams, the Border Guard, Department of Health, Port B12 vessel, the provincialpolice cooperation do well.</span></div>
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This is an honor for Quang Ninh and <a href="http://www.vietnamtourism.org.vn/" style="color: #222222; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Vietnam's tourism</a>!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-2021578768480112332013-07-24T00:48:00.001-07:002013-08-20T20:32:18.953-07:00ANCIENT COSTUMES OF VIETNAM<div style="color: #303030; font-family: Arial; line-height: 21px; text-align: justify;">
<i>Young researcher Tran Quang Duc took over 3 years to study <a href="http://vn-vietnambeauty.blogspot.com/2013/07/ancient-costumes-of-vietnam.html">ancient costumes of Vietnam </a>during the period from the tenth to the nineteenth century and completed the book “Ngan Nam Ao Mu” (A Study of Costumes in 1,000 Years).</i></div>
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Through many ancient paintings and research documents of a number of Asian countries and <a href="http://www.vietnamguider.com/">Vietnam</a>, the costumes of Vietnamese people in the dynasties of Ly, Tran, Le, Nguyen ... have been initially restored and to "fill" the gap of information in this field.</div>
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<em>The costume of the Ly, Tran kings, which was restored based on ancient relieves.</em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="603" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/13/20130704135806-2.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>From top to bottom: Imperial mantle of the Le Trung Hung dynasty,<br />imperial mantle of the Nguyen Dynasty and the costume of Lord Nguyen</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="745" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/13/20130704135807-3.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>The costume of aristocrats of the Nguyen Dynasty.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="357" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-4.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>The costumes of a soldier in 1690 (drawn by a foreigner) and a soldier<br />in the Le Dynasty (a work at the Vietnam History Museum).</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="621" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-5.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>The costume used by the middle class in the Nguyen Dynasty.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="310" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-6.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>Ladies in the Le Dynasty.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="456" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-7.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>According to research by Tran Quang Duc, during the Trinh - Nguyen conflict, the "turban"<br />was born in Dang Trong (Cochinchina) and became the precursor to the<br />later ready-to-wear turban. Photo: a soldier in Cochinchina in 1793.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="536" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-8.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>Portrait of a mandarin in Da Nang Bay (by a foreign author).</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="840" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-10.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>Costume of King Tran Anh Tong in an ancient painting.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="324" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-13.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>Annam mandarins in a painting by a Korean ambassador.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="225" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135807-14.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>An Nam mandarins in plainclothes in 1751.</em></em></div>
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<em>The costumes of Lord Trinh Sam, based on the statue at Kim Lien Pagoda in Ha Noi.</em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="229" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135806-16.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>The difference between the costumes of people in Tonkin (left) and<br />Cochinchina (right). Painting of a foreign author.</em></em></div>
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<em><img alt="" height="388" src="http://img.cdn2.vietnamnet.vn/Images/english/2013/07/04/14/20130704135806-20.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202); margin: 10px; max-height: 400px; max-width: 600px; padding: 2px;" width="350" /><br /><em>The costume of King Khai Dinh.</em></em></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897372159419149815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139163158057315348.post-58822816663186048112013-07-19T20:54:00.002-07:002013-08-20T20:34:27.409-07:00Caramelized pork spare ribs recipe<div style="background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 21.988636016845703px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">
<i>A very simple dish with familiar ingredients can be delicious meal for your family</i></div>
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<strong>Ingredients:</strong><br />
500g pork spare ribs (1.1lb)<br />
1 tsp minced garlic<br />
1 tsp minced shallot (or white part of spring onion)<br />
1/2 tsp salt<br />
1/2 tsp pepper<br />
1 tsp seasoning powder (eg. Knorr - this is optional)<br />
1 tbsp sugar<br />
chopped spring onion or cilantro to garnish</div>
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<strong>How to make</strong></div>
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Chop the ribs into 1.5-inch (4cm) pieces. Soak the ribs in slightly salted water for 15 minutes (or boil for 2-3 mins) to reduce bad smell. Rinse well and drain. </div>
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Marinate with 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp minced spring onion (white part only), 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp seasoning powder. Mix well and set aside for 15 minutes.</div>
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Heat a medium sauce pan on medium heat, add in 1 tbsp cooking oil, and 1 tbsp sugar. Wait until the sugar melts and turns into caramel color. Then add the marinated ribs and stir-fry until the color outside changes. </div>
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Add 1/2 cup water (use coconut water for better result) and bring to boil. Cover the lid and cook on medium low for 25 minutes. Then open the lid and continue to simmer for another 25 minutes or until the sauce thickens.</div>
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Transfer to serving plate and garnish with black pepper, chopped spring onion or cilantro. Serve with hot steamed rice.</div>
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