TRAVELLIVE 03-2017
March comes when every available space is full of flowers’ scents and lush green plants. It comes dripping rain, with white cherry-apricot blossoms, the murmur of green pine forests, and pure water sparkling under the first rays of the sun. I take a bus to the city’s suburb in the early morning. The bus is full of sleepy passengers leaning their head near the windows. The bus slowly runs along the familiar road, passing through familiar people. Some boys are playing marbles in front of their house, trying to catch the running spheres which glint in the light of the day’s sun. A girl wearing áo bà ba (traditional shirt) is preparing tea before visiting an old village. A Korean friend wearing nón lá (Vietnamese conical hat) is buying tea, busy with his phone. My girlfriend says she loves saving her trips by photos. The photos are not used to showcase where she has visited or who she has met. Rather they’re for her personal use. In her free time she opens her online dairy, goes through the photos and reminisces upon all the great memories during her trips. In my camera, March is beautiful. It retains the purity of spring but is tinted with a bit of the playfulness of summer. In my photos, a little girl standing on chair finds her March in little red Antigone flowers. Meanwhile, a farmer working in the plateau finds his March on hills covered with white coffee flowers. And, where is your March?
March comes when every available space is full of flowers’ scents and lush green plants. It comes dripping rain, with white cherry-apricot blossoms, the murmur of green pine forests, and pure water sparkling under the first rays of the sun.
I take a bus to the city’s suburb in the early morning. The bus is full of sleepy passengers leaning their head near the windows. The bus slowly runs along the familiar road, passing through familiar people. Some boys are playing marbles in front of their house, trying to catch the running spheres which glint in the light of the day’s sun. A girl wearing áo bà ba (traditional shirt) is preparing tea before visiting an old village. A Korean friend wearing nón lá (Vietnamese conical hat) is buying tea, busy with his phone.
My girlfriend says she loves saving her trips by photos. The photos are not used to showcase where she has visited or who she has met. Rather they’re for her personal use. In her free time she opens her online dairy, goes through the photos and reminisces upon all the great memories during her trips.
In my camera, March is beautiful. It retains the purity of spring but is tinted with a bit of the playfulness of summer. In my photos, a little girl standing on chair finds her March in little red Antigone flowers. Meanwhile, a farmer working in the plateau finds his March on hills covered with white coffee flowers.
And, where is your March?
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TOURS<br />
HCMC<br />
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS<br />
IN THE SEASON OF COFFEE FLOWERS<br />
(Duration: 4 days 3 nights *Transportation: Passenger car *Price from VND3,879,000/pax)<br />
Tay Nguyen (the Central Highlands) is imposing yet simple. Travel to the undulating lands with the experience of enjoying coffee<br />
flowers instead of plum flowers as is common in the Northwest. There you can have a chance to visit a coffee farm and enjoy<br />
signature Abarica and Robusta products. March, the season of coffee blossoms, is the best time to travel with your family and<br />
friends to this stunning land.<br />
(SAIGONTOURIST *45 Le Thanh Ton, Dist. 1, HCMC *Tel: 08 3827 9279 * Ext: 207 *Website: www.dulichtet.com)<br />
HANOI<br />
HCMC<br />
Ha Giang -<br />
When Flowers<br />
Blossom In the<br />
Plateau<br />
(Duration: 3 days 2 nights<br />
*Transportation: Car<br />
*Accommodation: 2-3 star<br />
hotel *Price: VND2,450,000/<br />
pax)<br />
Steep cliffs, slopes, valleys<br />
in the clouds, rustic<br />
houses, terraced rice<br />
fields, and warm alcohol<br />
near the fireplace are<br />
enough for Ha Giang to<br />
impress most any visitor.<br />
Travel to the plateau this<br />
March to immerse yourself<br />
in the world of pink peach<br />
and white plum flowers.<br />
Visit Khau Vai love market<br />
on the 27 th of March in<br />
the lunar calendar to learn<br />
more about one of the<br />
most unique festivals of<br />
ethnic groups in Ha Giang.<br />
(APT TRAVEL *05 Hang<br />
Chieu, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi<br />
*Tel: 04 6650 6262)<br />
Explore the<br />
Mekong Delta<br />
(Duration: 3 days 2 nights<br />
*Transportation: passenger car<br />
*Price: VND3,490,000/pax)<br />
Travel along the river to<br />
visit the South of Vietnam.<br />
From Can Tho - the capital<br />
of the Southwest region,<br />
you are invited to visit a<br />
floating market to see how<br />
locals do their business in<br />
the early morning. Travel<br />
to Bac Lieu to listen to<br />
the story about Cong Tu<br />
Bac Lieu, conquer the<br />
southernmost point of<br />
Vietnam in Ca Mau, and<br />
enjoy specialties such as<br />
b·nh cÒ c∂i with a rich<br />
diversity of flavors and b∏nh<br />
xÃo in a longan garden.<br />
Meanwhile, Sa Dec is a<br />
romantic setting featuring<br />
the ancient house of Huynh<br />
Thuy Le - a landlord in Sa<br />
Dec in the past. The house<br />
was also the setting of the<br />
love between the house<br />
owner and French writer<br />
Marguerite Duras, the<br />
author of L'Amant novel.<br />
(VIETRAVEL *190<br />
Pasteur, Dist. 3, HCMC<br />
*Tel: 08 3822 8898<br />
*Website: www.vietravel.<br />
com.vn)<br />
HANOI<br />
Majestic Landscapes in the Northeast of Vietnam<br />
(Duration: 4 days 3 nights *Transportation: car *Price: VND3,350,000/pax)<br />
To the Northeast of Vietnam you will have a chance to take in the poetic beauty of nature. Here one can visit the turquoise waters of Ba Be lake, a<br />
truly tranquil atmosphere, as well as the majestic Ban Gioc waterfall which is known as one of the most beautiful waterfalls in Vietnam. Worship at Phat<br />
Tich Truc Lam Ban Gioc temple, and be impressed by Nguom Dao and Puong caves, Dau Dang waterfall, Ao Tien (Fairy pond), and Lenin stream, and a<br />
plethora of other enchanting places.<br />
(VIETRAVEL - HANOI *<strong>03</strong> Hai Ba Trung, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi *Tel: 04 3933 1978)<br />
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