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  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 15

    Poetic and dreamy Hue

    August 15, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌩️ 30 °C

    The ancient Hue, located on the bank of the Huong River, was recognized by UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites. This city is the cradle of Vietnamese culture and used to be the national capital, educational, cultural and political center of Vietnam under the Nguyen Dynasty.

    Hue’s unique history is appealing to any history buff.
    Home to national treasures, including complex of temples, pagodas, tombs, and monuments, this riverfront town welcomes millions of tourists arriving annually to see these fascinating sites. Although the American troops had destroyed many historic structures in the past, Hue does retain its charming beauty.

    For this reason, we decide to spend 2 nights at Hue.

    We arrive Hue City at about 2pm. Temperature outside must be 38-39oC, the heat has had dried and burned us so we hide inside the room until the sunset completely disappeared.

    In the evening, we just walk out to the walking street and Trang Tien bridge, we also take a tour on Huong River to enjoy Hue traditional music show.

    And we will not forget plenty kinds of Hue cuisines ( it's called banh Hue in Vietnamese) we had in Hanh Restaurant where Noah met some Dutch people at the adjacent table.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 15

    Quang Tri Citadel

    August 15, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C

    After Hien Luong Bridge, at 12:00 noon, the heat killed us when we came to Quang Tri Citadel.

    According to documents, at the beginning of emperor Gia Long's reign, Quang Tri citadel was constructed in the Tiền Kiên ward. In 1809, wanting to secure the North of the then capital Phú Xuân, the emperor ordered to move the citadel to Thạch Hãn commune (the present location), which he deemed a position with strategic advantages in terms of politics, economy, and military.

    The citadel is mostly remembered as the site of the Second Battle of Quang Tri in the country's resistance against the United States during the Vietnam War.

    You can refer further information on Quang Tri Citadel thru this site https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quảng_Trị_Citadel.

    We also remember the lunch at a small street restaurant right outside the gate of ancient citadel, where Noah decide Banh nam & Bun thit nuong dishes are the best food Noah has ever taken in Vietnam.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 15

    Latitude 17 and Hien Luong Bridge

    August 15, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C

    After 2 days playing with rivers and caves in Phong Nha, we say goodbye to a cute homestay & Son river and continue heading to the south. Today destination is Hue City.

    On the way to Hue, we can't help stop in Quang Tri heroic city where latitude 17, Hien Luong Bridge and Quang Tri Citadel taught you a historical lesson.

    Hiền Lương Bridge (Vietnamese: Cầu Hiền Lương) is a bridge over Bến Hải River, Vĩnh Linh District, Quảng Trị Province, North Central Coast, Việt Nam. This bridge is located in 17th Parallel and in Vietnam War, it was bisected between South Vietnam and North Vietnam (DRV) from 1954 to 1976. American bombs destroyed the first Hien Luong Bridge in 1967 and again destroyed it in 1970. In 1973, an iron girder bridge was built and reopened following reunification in 1975. The current bridge was built in 1999.

    Hien Luong bridge, being located at the military border of the war, witnessed symbolic and propaganda conflicts between the two sides of the war. Both South Vietnam and North Vietnam deployed huge speakers with high power to broadcast their message as far as possible. Moreover, whenever the South Vietnamese repainted their part of the bridge, the North Vietnamese also repainted their part with the very same color, to signify their will to unify of Vietnam nation.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 14

    Dark Cave & Chay River

    August 14, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    After lunch, we continue the trip to discover Dark Cave, a deep cave connecting to Chay River. Here, once again you use zip-line, then go inside the dark cave to enjoy floating mud, then the other water games on the Moc Spring.

    Dark Cave was discovered in 1990 and not long after that it was exploited as a tourist discovery destination. Chay River flows around Dark Cave. It is called Dark cave because this is a closed cave. Except for the two cave entrances, there are no other exposed spots, no light gets in, meaning all activities are in the dark, relying only on flashlights and helmet lights.

    Hope the activities here gave you a good impression and memory. And this time, Bi gave Chay river a new glasses as a present.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 14

    Thien Duong Cave

    August 14, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Thien Duong Cave in Bo Trach district, Quang Binh province has a length of 31.4km deep in Phong Nha Ke Bang national park. This is the longest cave in Asia. Tourists when traveling to Quang Binh to the Thien Duong cave only visit the first 1.5km on the long wooden staircase system. Not many people know that to the last stop, Thien Duong cave also goes 7km deeper with extremely splendid and magnificent scenery, worthy of being called one of the most beautiful caves in the world.

    Paradise Cave was discovered in 2005, the Royal British Cave Association explored it from 2005-2010. Due to the beauty of the stalactites and stalagmites in the cave, they named this cave Paradise.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 13

    Hello Phong Nha Ke Bang, hello Son River

    August 13, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C

    Phong Nha - Ke Bang is a provincial town of Bo Trach District, Quang Binh Province. It's widely known as a National Park, that inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2003. It's ~500km far from Hanoi and 200km from Cua Lo Beach.

    After a lazy relaxed morning in Cua Lo, we moved toward Phong Nha.

    Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is located in the middle of the Annamite Mountain Range in Quang Binh province, Viet Nam, and shares its boundary with the Hin Namno Nature Reserve in the Lao PDR to the west. The property comprises an area of 123,326 ha and contains terrestrial and aquatic habitats, primary and secondary forest, sites of natural regeneration, tropical dense forests and savanna and is rich in large, often spectacular and scientifically significant caves.

    The property contains and protects over 104 km of caves and underground rivers making it one of the most outstanding limestone karst ecosystems in the world. The karst formation has evolved since the Palaeozoic period (some 400 million years ago) and as such is the oldest major karst area in Asia.

    We arrive Phong Nha at about 4pm, the selected Phong Nha Escape homestay is quite cute. The homestay locates right on the bank of Son River. The locals here call Son River with a very popular name: the Troc river. This is a tributary of the Gianh river and flows completely on the territory of Quang Binh province. An upstream part of the river is 7,729m long, flows underground in limestone mountains in Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park, and flows out from Phong Nha cave mouth located on Phong Nha village, Son Trach commune, Bo Trach district.

    Sun spreads golden rays into the room through a window facing to the river. Can not wait more, we rushed to the river and manage the sup swimming fluently in the flow. Sunset comes down lower, the sun hides behind the roof of the church on the other river bank.

    Oh, Phong Nha, we are happy to be here with Son River, deep the body into the cool river flow and totally forget all the difficulties of the life.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 13

    Hochiminh Hometown

    August 13, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Hometown of President Ho Chi Minh, Sen Village, Nam Dan Distirct, Nghe An Province, is close to Cua Lo Beach so on the way to Phong Nha, we visited Uncle Ho (Ho Chi Minh) Hometown .

    This will be the first page of historical book about Vietnam for Noah.

    Sen village is located in Kim Lien commune, Nam Dan district, Nghe An province. The village is the birthplace of the later president Ho Chi Minh.

    Like other normal rural villages in Vietnam, Sen village, also called Kim Lien village, is quite tranquil, peaceful and poetic with green bamboo, public well, temple' ground where festivals or crucial occasions of the village taking place.

    The house was built by donation and effort of local residents in 1901 to celebrate high result in national examination of Uncle Ho's father Nguyen Sinh Sac. It has been preserved with almost original structure and design, with all simple objects of a Confucianism family like traditional brushes or ink boxes, and popular items that can be seen in any house in rural area such as bamboo mat, trays or rice mortar. Around the house is a lush garden with numerous green plants, including many souvenir trees grown by guests who have visited this place.

    Noah raised many questions during visit, the biggest question relating to Uncle Ho's name, Mommy can not give Noah the exact information at that time so we list his main names here to remember together.
    - Ho Chi Minh: from 1942 to 1969;
    - Bac Ho (Uncle Ho): 1946
    - Nguyen Ai Quoc: from 1919 to 1945;
    - Nguyen Tat Thanh: From 1902
    - Nguyen Sinh Cung (Nguyen Sinh Con): From 1890 (birth certificate name)    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 12

    Cua Lo

    August 12, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    Cua Lo will be the first stop-over in the North to South Trip.

    We select Cua Lo because of its location and reputation. In this trip, Mommy & Daddy will carry Bi and Noah by car from Hanoi until to Da Nang/Hoi An. After Danang, Two of you, Bi and Noah will take flights/train to continue to the South cities by yourselves (Da Lat, Hochiminh City, Nha Trang).

    By car, we will have some stops: Cua Lo, Phong Nha, Hue, Lang Co, Hoi An (Da Nang).

    For the 1st place Cua Lo, we will remember an afternoon with seashore clift, the warm beach, and salty coffee drinks in the next morning.

    Look at these beautiful pics.    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 12

    North to South Trip

    August 12, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    A trip of more than 2 weeks together with Bi and Noah will start from today. Many stops ahead will be full of funs and discoveries.

    Mom and Dad are happy to carry you two to the beautiful land areas in Vietnam.

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️    Read more

  • TravelerNoah in Vietnam
    Day 10

    Ha Long Bay

    August 10, 2023 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Ha Long Bay, located in the Gulf of Tonkin, within Quang Ninh Province, in the northeast of Vietnam, is165 km from the capital of Ha Noi. It includes some 1,600 islands and islets, forming a spectacular seascape of limestone pillars. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and unaffected by a human presence.

    So, for sure Ha Long Bay is a must-see-place when Noah comes to Vietnam. And a trip 2 days 1 night by cruise around the Bay is a good option. Bi studied the cruise and decided to select Paradise Grand, one of the best 5 star cruise in Ha Long Bay.

    Bi and Noah took limousine from Hanoi to Ha Long and very much enjoyed the beautiful sunset and sunrise on Ha Long Bay, they also happily row the kayak.

    The pictures will remind and keep memories of them for this trip.    Read more

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