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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Nªm trn cao nguyn L©m Vin, Î ÆÈ<br />
cao 1.500m so vÌi m∆t n≠Ìc bi”n, thin<br />
Æ≠Íng tr®ng mÀt cÒa c∏c c∆p Æ´i mÌi<br />
c≠Ìi xa kia tıng lµ trπm nghÿ d≠Ïng cÒa<br />
ng≠Íi Ph∏p trong th’ chi’n th¯ hai, khi<br />
sÛng Æπn ng®n c∂n b≠Ìc ch©n h‰ quay<br />
v“ qu cÚ. Ng≠Íi Ph∏p Æ∑ x©y d˘ng r†t<br />
nhi“u c´ng tr◊nh mang ©m h≠Îng ki’n<br />
trÛc ph≠¨ng T©y tπi ßµ Lπt nh≠ Æ” t∆ng<br />
nh˜ng ng≠Íi ÆÂng h≠¨ng cÒa m◊nh mÈt<br />
chÛt th©n quen n¨i vi‘n x¯.<br />
Vµ cÚng nh≠ nh˜ng thµnh phË Ch©u<br />
¢u kh∏c, Î ßµ Lπt c„ mÈt nhµ thÍ ch∏nh<br />
tfla theo phong c∏ch Roman vÌi m„ng<br />
h◊nh ch˜ thÀp. ߯ng trn th∏p chu´ng<br />
cao 14m cÒa nhµ thÍ, bπn sœ Æ≠Óc sÎ<br />
h˜u g„c nh◊n xuËng toµn c∂nh thµnh<br />
phË. Bi”u t≠Óng con gµ sıng s˜ng trn<br />
n„c th∏p chu´ng gæn li“n vÌi chuy÷n<br />
Th∏nh Phr´ ghi trong PhÛc ©m nhæc<br />
nhÎ s˘ s∏m hËi, th¯c tÿnh. V◊ lœ nµy,<br />
nhµ thÍ cfln c„ mÈt tn g‰i kh∏c lµ "Nhµ<br />
thÍ Con gµ".<br />
ThÀt chºng ngoa khi v› ßµ Lπt nh≠ mÈt<br />
b∂o tµng ki’n trÛc lin v®n h„a, n¨i giao<br />
thoa gi˜a vÀt li÷u tre, gÁ cÒa Vi÷t Nam<br />
vÌi gπch tr«n, xi m®ng cËt thäp vµ thÒy<br />
tinh mang ©m h≠Îng T©y ph≠¨ng. Nhµ<br />
thÍ Domaine lµ mÈt c´ng tr◊nh Æi”n<br />
h◊nh cÒa xu h≠Ìng nµy. Nhi“u chuyn<br />
gia cho rªng ÆÈ dËc m∏i cÒa nhµ thÍ<br />
Æ≠Óc x©y cao h¨n so vÌi c∏c nhµ thÍ<br />
truy“n thËng kh∏c lµ Æ” th” hi÷n cho lËi<br />
d˘ng nhµ R´ng cÒa ÆÂng bµo d©n tÈc<br />
thi”u sË.<br />
S¯c hÛt cÒa ßµ Lπt nªm Î vŒ Æãp trÈn<br />
l…n gi˜a hai n“n v®n h„a mµ nay v…n r©m<br />
ran trong nh˜ng c©u chuy÷n k”, hi”n thfi<br />
trong tıng hµng c©y, g„c phË mÈt l«n ta<br />
g∆p gÏ n¨i vÔng Ɔt mÈng m¨.<br />
98<br />
<strong>TRAVELLIVE</strong><br />
Vµ vÌi t´i, n’u ph∂i b◊nh ch‰n kho∂nh<br />
khæc th†y m◊nh quy’n luy’n nh†t vÌi<br />
m∂nh Ɔt nµy, chæc chæn Æ„ lµ lÛc<br />
th≠Îng r≠Óu n¨i chfli k›nh trong suËt Î<br />
g„c v≠Ín Cadasa cÔng bπn ÆÂng hµnh.<br />
Nh˜ng gi‰t vang ßµ Lπt khi †y Æ´i l«n<br />
d…n t´i Æ’n nh˜ng lin t≠Îng xa x´i, v“<br />
nh˜ng ly r≠Óu mıng s„ng s∏nh ni“m<br />
vui cÒa mÈt gia tÈc nµo Æ„, chıng mÈt<br />
tr®m n®m tr≠Ìc, cÚng ch›nh tπi kh´ng<br />
gian nµy.
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