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It was a while since my last post about wandering Ha Giang province from my 14-day-journey from North to Central Vietnam. I came back to my routine of busy studying and woking. However, the memorial trip always occupy a place in my brain’s warehouse and I really want to share it to everyone on my blog. I will write about the trip not only to store my memories but also to share to anyone who interest in wandering the mountain area in North Vietnam.

The area of Sapa was discovered and developed by the French in the early 1900. With the cool, fresh atmosphere and beautiful landscapes, many people compare Sapa with Dalat and called it Dalat of the North Vietnam. However, a special point that differentiate Sapa and Dalat is the ethnic minorities that live around Sapa. Together the ethnic people bring a very special thing to the land (even I don’t know how to describe it) that I really enjoy when come there. Maybe it’s the culture or the traditional activities of those people or whatever, the land is special to me in it way.

Around Sapa city centre, there are 3 big villages Cat Cat, Ta Phin, and Ta Van that have a lot of visitors come when they travel to the area. I have been in Ta Van and Ta Phin so I can show you what I did and where I went. For the last village, I will try to tell you things that I know or heard from (and will update later next time I visit 😉)

But first, let have a quick talk about the central Sapa..

Me and my friends (the team 😎) came to Sapa city at around 7p.m. It was night, and we were hungry so the top thing that I remember was Sapa’s night market with a lot of foods for BBQ..

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.. and after my stomach was full of foods, I could notice many restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, souvenir shops, etc. on my ways back to the hotel. Sapa is not a quiet but kind of a vibrant city with a lot of activities and tourists. By the way, there were also some places that I visited: Sapa’s central market, Cau May Street (Western Town), the Central Lake, and the Stone Church (I lost the image 😢).

Sapa market

we called it the western town at Sapa. A lot of foreign visitors stay at the road

Sapa’s central lake at night

There are some places around Sapa city such as the Golden Stream, Love Waterfall, Fansipan Legend, and the Mountain Fansipan if you want to check out.

Now let’s go to the villages.. 🙂

Ta Van Village

Ta Van is the home of some ethnic minorities, typically the Giay and the Mong people. The village is 8km away from Sapa centre and becoming a hot destination that attracts many visitors.

Ta Van village has a lot of activities for visitors to enjoy, starting with playing as an ethnic minority and wandering around the village for taking pictures to trekking on a trail that lead to the ancient-rocks field. There is a campsite at the ancient-rocks area and also a stream for anyone who want bathing. If you don’t want to stay outside under the cold weather of Sapa, there are also ‘homestays’ in the town with cozy furniture and decoration, and a chef to cook your meals. By the way, those homestays serve breakfast for visitors. You can fulfill your stomach before start discovering the village 😉

on the way trekking to the ancient-rock field

my friend played as an ethnic minority

my friend played as a Red Dao

an old house on the way to the ancient rocks

the ancient-rocks field with the stream

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Tips to travel Ta Van village:

The checkpoint to Ta Van village start working at 7 a.m. If you go to the village before that time, you can save VND 75,000 for the entrance ticket.

Homestay at Ta Van village is really cool to stay, but they only have crepes and instant noodle for the breakfast (as I can remember) 😦 If you wanna stay there, click here for booking.

Ta Phin Village

Ta Phin is the village where I spent the most of my time at Sapa. It’s not a popular place with activities for tourists, but a typical place to discover the culture, and daily life of the ethnic minorities, especially the Red Dao, in the area (in my perception).

Thanks to a friend that we met in Sapa city, we had a chance to discover the life and culture of the Red Dao. Red Dao people locate a lot in Ta Phin with the village centre where they offer many services for visitors to enjoy, and the rest is where we stayed, in their homestay, to have the same feels of the locals and learn more about their culture, and life. Honestly that is where I have the most experience and memorable stories.

It was worth every penny of me to spend time there. I enjoyed good foods and liquor made by the locals, took herb-bathing of the Red Dao, did hiking a lot of hills in the area to visit people who live there, held on hand the most beautiful but top poisoned foliage, luckily attended a local wedding, drank till drunk, learnt more about culture, gained more experience, and especially spent time with my friends for memorable moments.

Mrs. Phau, the owner of the homestay, is making the herbal water for us to bath

Her children are making dinner

we are preparing for our party of the night

remarkable dinner with delicious foods

the knocking paddy wine at 45 degrees

black pigs raised by Mrs. Phau’s family

Hiking a lot of hills in the area

beautiful flowers found in the way

a small kind-of-a-fruit in the way of hiking, can only be found there

held on hand the most beautiful but top poisoned foliage

a wreath made by leaves

Mr. and Mrs. Phau, the owners of the homestay we stayed

the bride is led to the wedding hall

ethnic kids at the wedding

main people of the stage, the groom and the bride 😀

the shaman is doing the ceremony

the shaman is blessing for the couple

how Red Dao people put the bowls and chopsticks on the table at the wedding following their tradition

villagers are helping the bride and groom to celebrate the wedding

15 dishes made from black pigs for each table in the Red Dao wedding 🤵🏻👰🏻 As the tradition, a couple have to treat a lot of people in their wedding. So they usually borrow the pigs of people in the village to make the meals. Then raising the pigs and working to pay off the debts after the marriage❤️ . (click to link in my bio for full story)

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Tips to travel Ta Phin village:

We stay at Mrs. Phau’s homestay, you can contact her at ‭+(84)1675056281 if you wanna stay there. She has a son, A Van, who also open a homestay. You can contact him at +(84)1256806308. Both homestays are good with a warm bed, amazing dinner and breakfast, and 1 time taking herb-bath a day. Furthermore, they can pick you up (by motorbike) at your hotel at Sapa city centre.

Some of the culture and tradition of the ethnic minorities are very different with us, so research clearly and be careful when you come there.

The ceremony of the Red Dao’s traditional wedding last very long, you shouldn’t stay there to join the whole celebration (unless you really like it).

It’s great to do hiking around the area but be careful with the beautiful leaves or flowers there, it can be poisoned and dangerous.

Try to pack stuffs as less as possible. Check the weather for your clothes. If you want to go out at night, a flashlight is must needed. And a pair of hiking shoes is better.

If you need a friendly tour guide who can speak English, contact my friend Tung at +(84)989192962, he can help.

And you should try the grilled sweet potato, it’s really good there 😉

..hm… if I remember anything I will update here 😅

Cat Cat Village (to be updated soon..)

Cat Cat is a village of the Mong people which is located about 2km away from Sapa centre. This is a very common place for tourist at the area. Coming to the village, there are a lot of beautiful scenes for you to take pictures, also some activities such as making jewelries from bronze or silver, brocade weaving, and discovering the Mong’s culture and tradition.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to visit the village so I don’t have pictures to show 😑 But it’s great to leave this place for the next time so I have a reason to come back to Sapa LOL 😝

Khoi Nguyen Khoi founded The Broad Life to save his memories of places that he has been visited. And he wants to share his memories with everyone to inspire people go exploring the world.

Where to go within 5 days in Sapa? Sapa city centre, Ta Van, Ta Phin, & Cat Cat villages. It was a while since my last post about wandering Ha Giang province from my 14-day-journey from North to Central Vietnam…

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thebroadlife · 7 years ago

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thebroadlife · 8 years ago

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Ha Giang was the first destination in my 14-day travel from North to Central Vietnam. With me, this place is definitely ideal and awesome for backpackers to wander around. The reasons? Beautiful landscapes, good foods with cheap prices, and especially the experience of riding motorbikes on the passes surrounded by amazing sceneries. Also, Vietnam’s northernmost point is at Ha Giang.

Extract from my note: Arriving in Ha Giang City at 4:45AM, we had breakfast and rented motorbikes to wander around Ha Giang province … We had to go through Quan Ba town and Yen Minh town .. As we could not take our eyes of beautiful scenes on the way to Dong Van Town, we arrived at 6 p.m., later than expected. Along the way Dong Van town, there are many marvellous and picturesque landscape with the famous Buckwheat flower.. Next day, our plan was to visit H’Mong King’s Palace, and Lung Cu – the Northernmost point of Vietnam, then moving to Meo Vac town.. In day 3, except the good breakfast we had at Meo Vac and the enjoyable, memorable experience of riding motorbike on the passes at night without lights, we just were on the road all day long. Finally we arrived in Ha Giang City around 9PM and directly went to a homestay in Tuy village to spend the rest of the night with delicious foods and special wine.

When to Go?

January and February for plum flowers, the peach flowers, and yellow rape flowers blossom.

April for Khau Vai love market.

September and October for ripen rice season.

November for Buckwheat flower season

December with snow (if you are lucky ^^!)

How to Go?

To have a full and awesome experience at Ha Giang, riding motorbike around is highly recommended. It’s better to have a round trip to enjoy the province. Here is my route: Hiring a motorbike at Ha Giang city and starting from the city → Quan Ba → Yen Minh → Dong Van → Meo Vac → Ha Giang city.

This is the address where I rent motorbikes for the trip – Group 15, Nguyen Trai Ward, Ha Giang City. Phone no. is 091 779 7269 or 097 815 9123.

Where to Go?

Dong Van

You have to pass Quan Ba, Yen Minh, and a lot of beautiful scenes with the total distance at around 150km to go to Dong Van. Always keep your camera ready, or you will regret missing the views that you didn’t capture.

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Visit: many fields of Tam Giac Mach flower along the way, Thach Son Than, Sky Gate, Double mountain, Happy Road (old), Lung Khuy cave, House of Pao, especially Dong Van Rocky Plateau, H’Mong King’s Palace, and Lung Cu Flag Tower – the northernmost point of Vietnam.

just left Ha Giang city and start our journey

on my way to Dong Van

first scene on the way

scene 1: kids are playing with the straws

at Quan Ba, we crossed this field and then come back after we found an interested scene 😀

scene 2: a woman is cleaning the straws

at Quan Ba, the location’s just appeared when the sun rises

at one of the common rest stop at Quan Ba, there is a heart-shaped grass in the hill so anyone can notice 😀

Dong Van City

scene alongside on my way to H’Mong King’s Palace

ethnic kids playing beside the roadway, I took this photos while riding at 40km/h

a market place in front of H’Mong King’s Palace

a view from the window at H’Mong King’s Palace

Lung Cu flagpole – the northernmost point of Vietnam

a scene around the northernmost point

the way which takes us to Ha Giang city

another corner of Lung Khuy cave

Eat: Tam Giac Mach pie (at Thach Son Than), spices and fast foods sold at the market in front of H’Mong King’s Palace, stuffed pancake with egg, Au Tau congee, Thang Den, black chickens and stream fishes at restaurants at Dong Van Town.

Tam Giác Mạch pie (in Vietnamese)

Dinner of the team: Stream fish, black pig meat, vegetables,..

a dish of black chickens

Au Tau Congee

Thang Den

‘fast foods’ for energy to continue the journey

Meo Vac

To come to Meo Vac, you have to go through Ma Pi Leng pass, one of the four top passes in North Vietnam. The pass is 20km long which is also named the “Happy Road”.

There are not so many places for visiting in Meo Vac but for foods… Yeah! you are going to the right destination.

Visit: hm… actually, wandering around the town is interested enough.

Eat: We went to Thanh Phuong restaurant most of the time for meals. It had a long list of foods cooked specially with North-mountain-area’s recipe. The restaurant’s address is no. 51, group 3, Meo Vac town, Ha Giang. There is a place which has Banh Cuon (stuffed pancake). It’s also a special food at Meo Vac and it’s different with the one we have in the South Vietnam. Furthermore, you should try the foods at street shops at the town too (I don’t really remember the place but you can see it while wandering around the small town).

Banh Cuon (stuffed pancake) in Meo Vac style

street foods at Meo Vac town

sữa chua nếp cẩm (in Vietnamese)

Ha Giang City

The city is the start and also the last point of the trip around Ha Giang. However, at the time we come back, we chose to stay at Ban Tuy village rather than city centre for the rest time at Ha Giang province. Here is the phone no. in case you want to book the homestay that we stayed – 094 282 50 88 or check it out at Agoda here.

The super dinner we had at Tuy village after spending a long time on road from Meo Vac to Ha Giang at night without light 🙌🏻

view while wandering around Tuy village

view while wandering around the village

Bun Vit Lang, our breakfast at Tuy village on the last day at Ha Giang

Khoi Nguyen Khoi founded The Broad Life to save his memories of places that he has been visited. And he wants to share his memories with everyone to inspire people go exploring the world.

A Guide to Ha Giang, Vietnam Ha Giang was the first destination in my 14-day travel from North to Central Vietnam. With me, this place is definitely ideal and awesome for backpackers to wander around.

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thebroadlife · 8 years ago

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Are you looking for a good place to stay at Quy Nhon? Your criteria is good price, clean, comfortable, and easy to reach many places? Yasss, you definitely have to check out O.M.E hostel when traveling to Quy Nhon, Vietnam.

Located at 32 Chu Van An, the hostel is at the heart of the city. A small park next by, 5 mins to a supermarket, 10 mins walking to the Long beach, and few mins walking to a lot of food and beverage shops, the specialties of Quy Nhon. Don’t worry if you don’t know the direction, the friendly and helpful hostel’s owners will show you the way, and furthermore they can also take you to the stores (if they are free 😅).

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shampoo, shower gel, and facial cleanser are provided

this very nice kitchen where everyone can make coffee, tea, grab some beers, or have breakfast, dinner, and many more

the coffee table with the view from roof top

By the way, breakfast is served with sandwich and jam. Also in the ground floor you can find some soya noodles with eel and congee with eel in the morning, mixed rice pancake and milk tea in the afternoon (not included in the hostel).

Backpackers, if you want to book O.M.E hostel for your trip at Quy Nhon, click here!

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So finally I quit my job to join my friends on a journey of stepping out of safe zone and discovered my country, Vietnam. It was 14-day trip going from Ha Giang to Quy Nhon, and it was the 14 most memorable days to me in 2016.

Instead of 3-week trip as planned before, the whole trip was occurred in only 14 days due to heavy rains and floods in some provinces in the central Vietnam. In that short length of time, we have been to Ha Giang, Sapa, Hanoi, Ninh Binh, Danang, Hoi An, and Quy Nhon. I’m going to update all the detail of places on the journey later in other posts. At first, let me show my trip’s schedule:

We (me & my friends) departure to Hanoi from Ho Chi Minh City on 9 Oct in the late evening. Right after arrival, we took a night sleeper bus (a bus with beds inside) to go to Ha Giang. I wouldn’t call it my first day of the trip because we spent most of our time in sitting boringly on plane and bus from HCMC to Ha Giang. And our journey was truly started on the next day …

Hà Giang Province, Oct 10 – 13, 2016:

– Day 1, 10 Oct: Arriving in Ha Giang City at 4:45AM, we had breakfast and rented motorbikes to wander around Ha Giang province. Our first destination was Dong Van which was about 150km away from Ha Giang city. To get there, we had to go through Quan Ba town and Yen Minh town where we could take some rest and have something to fill our empty stomach. As we could not take our eyes of beautiful scenes on the way to Dong Van Town, we arrived at 6 p.m., later than expected.

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Along the way Dong Van town, there are many marvellous and picturesque landscapes that are worth to see once in your life. Ha Giang province is famous for with Buckwheat flower, which can be easily found every corner of the province.

we came to Ha Giang city’s bus station at 4:45 a.m. ..

.. had our breakfast, Bun Cha Ha Giang ..

.. and rented motorbike to wander around Ha Giang province

just left Ha Giang city and start our journey

first scene on the way

on my way to Dong Van

at Quan Ba, we crossed this field and then come back after we found an interested scene :D

scene 1: kids are playing with the straws

scene 2: a woman is cleaning the straws

at one of the common rest stop at Quan Ba, there is a heart-shaped grass in the hill so anyone can notice :D

ethnic kids playing beside the roadway, I took this photos while riding at 40km/h

Dong Van City

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– Day 2, 11 Oct: Our plan was to visit H’Mong King’s Palace, and Lung Cu – the Northernmost point of Vietnam, then moving to Meo Vac town.

About 2km away from Dong Van, there was an intersection which led to H’Mong King’s Palace in one direction and to Lung Cu in another way. We firstly went to the Palace, about 13km from that intersection, then went to Lung Cu, 26km from the Palace. In the afternoon, we crossed Ma Pi Leng, one of the most beautiful passes in the northern mountainous region, to Meo Vac which is about 50km far from Lung Cu.

scene alongside on my way to H’Mong King’s Palace

a market place in front of H’Mong King’s Palace

‘fast foods’ for energy to continue the journey

Lung Cu flagpole – the northernmost point of Vietnam

a scene around the northernmost point

Meo Vac was a small town which could be called a recommended stop on the journey from Dong Van town to Ha Giang city. It had many must-try foods that we could not miss.

Meo Vac has many good foods that must be tried, especially this street shop

– Day 3, 12 Oct: It was a long day coming back to Ha Giang City from Meo Vac, about 150km. Except the good breakfast we had at Meo Vac and the enjoyable, memorable experience of riding motorbike on the passes at night without lights, we just were on the road all day long. Ahh, we visited Lung Khuy Cave at Quan Ba in the middle of the day but found nothing excited.

the way which takes us to Ha Giang city

at Quan Ba, the location’s just appeared when the sun rises

Lung Khuy cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Giang

another corner of Lung Khuy cave

Finally we arrived in Ha Giang City around 9PM and directly went to a homestay in Tuy village to spend the rest of the night. The highlight point of the 3rd day is delicious foods and special wine at our homestay. That’s all for the third day in the journey.

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– Day 4, 13 Oct: Last day in Ha Giang, we had breakfast after wandering around the village. Then we took a bus to go to Lao Cai at 11:55 a.m.

Bun Vit Lang, our breakfast at Tuy village on the last day at Ha Giang

view while wandering around the village

view while wandering around Tuy village

Sapa, Oct 13 – 17, 2016:

at Lao Cai city

It was a long day sitting on the bus. We were at Lao Cai territory at about 3 p.m. and arrived at Lao Cai city at about 6 p.m. The owner of the bus had helped contacting a van to take us to Sapa, 1 hour away and we were there at about 7 p.m. Luckily that we met Tung, a very friendly manager at the hotel that we stayed. He took us to the market for a very first delicious dinner in Sapa.

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– Day 5, 14 Oct: The journey exploring Sapa started this day at 6:30 a.m. We came to Ta Van village at 8 a.m. and had breakfast there. We went to a cool homestay to find some foods but they just had instant noodle and crepe.

Ta Van is one of the three popular villages that many tourists visit. We played as the ethnic minorities to take photos and visited the ancient rocks there, then back to Sapa at 1 p.m.

we played as the ethnic minorities

an old house on the way to the ancient rocks

the ancient-rocks field

We went to the Waterfall of Love at 2 p.m. There is Fansipan Legend – the station with cable cars that take you to Fansipan peak, on the way. And if you want to trek to the mountain peak, the entrance at Waterfall of Love is also the starting point to hike to Fansipan.

we are hiking to the waterfall

the Love Waterfall

the Golden Stream

We then left the waterfall in the afternoon to go to Ta Phin, 1 of 3 most popular villages in Sapa and also the one that’s less affected by tourism. We stayed at a homestay of a Red Dao family, the ethnic people in Sapa. They served us the most memorable dinner with their iconic liquor, paddy wine, and local foods. Especially the Red Dao herbal bath, my body is inundated with the herbal hot water in a round wooden tub; it’s one of the best ways to relax after a long day wandering around. Those are the best memories of me in the trip :D

Mrs. Phau, the owner of the homestay, is making the herbal water for us to bath

Her children are making dinner

we are preparing for our party of the night

remarkable dinner with delicious foods

the knocking paddy wine at 45 degrees

– Day 6, 15 Oct: It’s a whole exploring day at Ta Phin village. We went to the silversmith’s house of the village. I intended to buy some souvenirs there but he wasn’t at home :(

We then strolled through 10 hills to visit the fortune-teller of the village. Beside telling the future, in Red Dao’s culture, the fortune-teller can also affect the marriage of people in the village. The Dao people need the fortune teller to see if a couple are suitable in age or destiny so they are able for wedding. Unfortunately, there was some problem with him so he didn’t see our future. Instead, he invited us to enjoy lunch at his home. That lunch was so remarkable with the super-delicious carp fish that the teller had fed in 10 years and the 50 degree spirit he made.

6th day of the 14 days journey. Strolling around the village to explore and enjoy the atmosphere of the high mountains ⛰ See interested stuffs as well as the most beautiful and poisonous leaves – La Ngon 🌿 at Ta Phin village, Sapa, Vietnam 🇻🇳 . (try new IG's feature, swipe to see more 😁)

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One special food of the village was the grilled and boiled sweet potato. We were invited to Van’s home, the son of the homestay owner that we lived, to enjoy the food.

The day end after we enjoy dinner and drinking a whole big jar of paddy wine, the really needed drink for the cold weather outside.

– Day 7, 16 Oct: We were invited to join a wedding in the village. That was a very lucky opportunity to enjoy and learn more about the culture of the Red Dao as it’s quite rare to see a wedding there. The celebration of the wedding had so many steps following the tradition of Red Dao people. It was so interested for me to see the wedding and the foods were delicious.

the bride is led to the wedding hall

a guest at the wedding :”>

ethnic kids at the wedding

with Red Dao people, they appreciate the value of silver. The more silver a person has, the richer that person

villagers are helping the bride and groom to celebrate the wedding

how Red Dao people put the bowls and chopsticks on the table at the wedding

the shaman is blessing for the couple

the shaman is doing the ceremony

main people of the stage, the groom and the bride :D

We then said goodbye with Ta Phin village to go back to Sapa at noon. Did take some rest and go shopping at Sapa market, it had many good brocades and handmade stuffs.

Sapa market

brocades and handmade items sold at the market

jewelry and silverware sold at Sapa market

The night ended with a lot of grilled foods around Sapa, the must-try cuisine at the city.

Sapa’s center lake at night

we called it the western town at Sapa. A lot of foreign visitors stay at the road

– Day 8, 17 Oct: We said goodbye to Sapa at 7 a.m. and arrived at Hanoi at 12 p.m. by Camel’s sleeper bus, phone number (+84) 98 569 4914.

Hanoi – Ninh Binh, Oct 17 – 19, 2016:

It was a food day because it seemed like I put everything that I can I could put into my mouth, it had problem right at that night :(( We then strolled around the old town at Hanoi and had to say goodbye with one member in the team :((

Hanoi old town

the thinnest houses in the old town

big lunch that hurts my stomach :(

We went to a nice acoustic cafe at night for some music but because of my stomach, I can’t enjoy the whole beautiful night :(( [few bad things happen in the day] :((

– Day 9, 18 Oct: Our destination for this day was Ninh Binh, a famous spot for cultural travel in Vietnam. We left Hanoi from Giap Bat bus station at 9 a.m. and reached Ninh Binh at 12 p.m. We arrived at noon so we did not have much time to visit many places as wanted. The ticket at Trang An is 150k VND/ person for 3 hours sitting in a boat and the ferryman will take visitors going around the area.

3 hours sitting in the boat and the ferryman took us around Trang An, Ninh Binh

as tour 1 has closed for maintenance, we chose tour 2 at Trang An

We came back to Hanoi at 6 p.m. then had some foods and drank throughout the night to end up the day. And my stomach still had problem :(

– Day 10, 19 Oct: A full day of strolling around old town for foods and visiting some popular places in Hanoi.

Menu of the day: . Bun Doc Mung (rice vermicelli with colocasia gigantea and meatballs) at 10 a.m. . Pho Cuon (grilled meat rolled with pho) at 11 a.m. . Miscellaneous foods in the afternoon. . Xoi Man (steamed sticky rice with meats) at 6:30 p.m.

Bun Doc Mung

Lunch with many types of Pho Cuon and foods

Pho Cuon

Xoi Man

We spent the noon visiting Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum, Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, and Bat Trang Pottery Village which is about 10 km away from Hanoi’s old town.

Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum

One Pillar Pagoda

Bat Trang Pottery Village

a temple at Bat Trang village

a pottery painting found at the temple at Bat Trang village

The flight to Da Nang city would take off at 5AM in the early morning, we did need to go to sleep early.

Danang – Hoi An, Oct 20 – 21, 2016:

– Day 11, 20 Oct: On a taxi that took us (and 2 strange guys we just met at the airport) VND 415k, we went straight to Hoi An after had arrived to Danang. The noon at Hoi An that time was boiling hot, I was like a meat in a burning pan (OMG!!!). Unfortunately, our homestay did not have AC which was the most wanted stuff for us at that time. We ran around the town to find a coffee shop with AC and luckily, Hoi An Rostery had a cool room (the only place that we could find AC at the old town) so we can stay there till afternoon.

the coffee shop that has AC, +10 point for Hoi An Rostery :D

a corner of the ancient town

Japanese bridge at Center Hoi An ancient town

Hoi An center market at the ancient town

how romantic!!

Hoi An ancient town in the afternoon

caption for the pic: the pier :|

Hoi An’s river in the afternoon

view of the ancient town from the central bridge

Hoi An river at the sundown

And what to do when the night come? We strolled around the old town to take pictures and enjoyed the foods, and sat on a boat propelled by a ferry man to go around the river along the town and dropped the paper lantern.

we strolled around the oldtown ..

.. took pictures of the lantern ..

drank nước mót (an iconic drink at Hoi An)

a restaurant with delicious foods at the town..

a coffee shop at night

we sat on a boat and a ferryman took us around the river

dropped the paper lantern and wished

– Day 12, 21 Oct: After having breakfast, we went to a handmade leather workshop to visit some friends. The workshop was really nice, it had classes for people to learn on how to work with leather and create products. It also had some finished products for sale with very good price. Furthermore, the second floor of the workshop was a nice homestay that visitors can rent for staying.

at the leather workshop having Soa Soa, a very good drink at Hoi An

We then hitchhiked a bus to go to Danang at 1:30 p.m. The time that we spent in Danang was short. It was just enough for eating some Danang pancakes, lemongrass skewers, grilled girdle-cake, and visiting Linh Ung Pagoda.

Danang pancakes, lemongrass skewers, grilled girdle-cake

Danang city at night, view taken from Linh Ung pagoda

The Dragon bridge at Danang

Quy Nhon, Oct 22 – 24, 2016:

– Day 13, 22 Oct: We left Danang at 8:45 a.m. By taking Son Tung Bus we arrived to Quy Nhon, the city of cheap food (to me =]]) at 3 p.m. Even though there were many nice places at Quy Nhon that we could visit, we mostly enjoyed the foods around the city. So this day menu had: Banh Beo (bloating fern-shaped cake), Oc (many kinds of clams), and cocktail at the beach after dinner.

Banh Beo

Especially, I love lying on the beach at night.

– Day 14, 23 Oct: We started the day by going to a nearby mountain of the city to enjoy the dawn. Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day so we couldn’t find the sun. Then, as planned, we went to Xep Beach, a nice and quiet beach, to enjoy the sea.

this is Xep Beach (or Bãi Xép in Vietnamese)

.. and another corner of Xep Beach, very nice ..

But first, here is the foods of the day: . Banh Hoi Chao Long (fine rice vermicelli with Congee and pig’s tripe) for breakfast. . Nem, Cha Nuong, and Banh Cuon (grilled meat roll, grilled chopped meat, and steamed rolled rice pancake) for lunch. . Banh Canh (rice spaghetti) and coffee, juice for dinner.

Banh Hoi Chao Long

Nem, Cha Nuong

Banh Cuon

Banh Canh

– Last day: We went to Phu Cat airport which is 35 km away from Quy Nhon to go to Saigon. Luckily, we could enjoy the most cheap and tasty bread with patê for breakfast at Quy Nhon before taking the flight back to home and end our dream journey.

we take the flight back home and end our dream journey ..

(But that’s not really the end, it’s just the first chapter of the long journeys in the future ..)

Us in our glory days

Khoi Nguyen Khoi founded The Broad Life to save his memories of places that he has been visited. And he wants to share his memories with everyone to inspire people go exploring the world.

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So finally I quitted my job to join my friends on a journey of stepping out of safe zone and discovered my country, Vietnam. It was 14-day trip going from Ha Giang to Quy Nhon, and it was the 14 most memorable days to me in 2016.

Hà Giang Province, Oct 10 – 13, 2016:

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we came to Ha Giang city’s bus station at 4:45 a.m. ..

.. had our breakfast, Bun Cha Ha Giang ..

.. and rented motorbike to wander around Ha Giang province

just left Ha Giang city and start our journey

first scene on the way

on my way to Dong Van

at Quan Ba, we crossed this field and then come back after we found an interested scene :D

scene 1: kids are playing with the straws

scene 2: a woman is cleaning the straws

at one of the common rest stop at Quan Ba, there is a heart-shaped grass in the hill so anyone can notice :D

ethnic kids playing beside the roadway, I took this photos while riding at 40km/h

Dong Van City

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– Day 2, 11 Oct: Our plan was to visit H’Mong King’s Palace, and Lung Cu – the Northernmost point of Vietnam, then moving to Meo Vac town.

scene alongside on my way to H’Mong King’s Palace

a market place in front of H’Mong King’s Palace

‘fast foods’ for energy to continue the journey

Lung Cu flagpole – the northernmost point of Vietnam

a scene around the northernmost point

Meo Vac was a small town which could be called a recommended stop on the journey from Dong Van town to Ha Giang city. It had many must-try foods that we could not miss.

Meo Vac has many good foods that must be tried, especially this street shop

the way which takes us to Ha Giang city

at Quan Ba, the location’s just appeared when the sun rises

Lung Khuy cave, one of the most beautiful caves in Ha Giang

another corner of Lung Khuy cave

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– Day 4, 13 Oct: Last day in Ha Giang, we had breakfast after wandering around the village. Then we took a bus to go to Lao Cai at 11:55 a.m.

Bun Vit Lang, our breakfast at Tuy village on the last day at Ha Giang

view while wandering around the village

view while wandering around Tuy village

Sapa, Oct 13 – 17, 2016:

at Lao Cai city

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Ta Van is one of the three popular villages that many tourists visit. We played as the ethnic minorities to take photos and visited the ancient rocks there, then back to Sapa at 1 p.m.

we played as the ethnic minorities

an old house on the way to the ancient rocks

the ancient-rocks field

we are hiking to the waterfall

the Love Waterfall

the Golden Stream

Mrs. Phau, the owner of the homestay, is making the herbal water for us to bath

Her children are making dinner

we are preparing for our party of the night

remarkable dinner with delicious foods

the knocking paddy wine at 45 degrees

– Day 6, 15 Oct: It’s a whole exploring day at Ta Phin village. We went to the silversmith’s house of the village. I intended to buy some souvenirs there but he wasn’t at home :(

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One special food of the village was the grilled and boiled sweet potato. We were invited to Van’s home, the son of the homestay owner that we lived, to enjoy the food.

The day end after we enjoy dinner and drinking a whole big jar of paddy wine, the really needed drink for the cold weather outside.

the bride is led to the wedding hall

a guest at the wedding :”>

ethnic kids at the wedding

with Red Dao people, they appreciate the value of silver. The more silver a person has, the richer that person

villagers are helping the bride and groom to celebrate the wedding

how Red Dao people put the bowls and chopsticks on the table at the wedding

the shaman is blessing for the couple

the shaman is doing the ceremony

main people of the stage, the groom and the bride :D

We then said goodbye with Ta Phin village to go back to Sapa at noon. Did take some rest and go shopping at Sapa market, it had many good brocades and handmade stuffs.

Sapa market

brocades and handmade items sold at the market

jewelry and silverware sold at Sapa market

The night ended with a lot of grilled foods around Sapa, the must-try cuisine at the city.

Sapa’s center lake at night

we called it the western town at Sapa. A lot of foreign visitors stay at the road

– Day 8, 17 Oct: We said goodbye to Sapa at 7 a.m. and arrived at Hanoi at 12 p.m. by Camel’s sleeper bus, phone number (+84) 98 569 4914.

Hanoi – Ninh Binh, Oct 17 – 19, 2016:

Hanoi old town

the thinnest houses in the old town

big lunch that hurts my stomach :(

We went to a nice acoustic cafe at night for some music but because of my stomach, I can’t enjoy the whole beautiful night :(( [few bad things happen in the day] :((

3 hours sitting in the boat and the ferryman took us around Trang An, Ninh Binh

as tour 1 has closed for maintenance, we chose tour 2 at Trang An

We came back to Hanoi at 6 p.m. then had some foods and drank throughout the night to end up the day. And my stomach still had problem :(

– Day 10, 19 Oct: A full day of strolling around old town for foods and visiting some popular places in Hanoi.

Bun Doc Mung

Lunch with many types of Pho Cuon and foods

Pho Cuon

Xoi Man

We spent the noon visiting Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum, Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, and Bat Trang Pottery Village which is about 10 km away from Hanoi’s old town.

Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum

One Pillar Pagoda

Bat Trang Pottery Village

a temple at Bat Trang village

a pottery painting found at the temple at Bat Trang village

The flight to Da Nang city would take off at 5AM in the early morning, we did need to go to sleep early.

Danang – Hoi An, Oct 20 – 21, 2016:

the coffee shop that has AC, +10 point for Hoi An Rostery :D

a corner of the ancient town

Japanese bridge at Center Hoi An ancient town

Hoi An center market at the ancient town

how romantic!!

Hoi An ancient town in the afternoon

caption for the pic: the pier :|

Hoi An’s river in the afternoon

view of the ancient town from the central bridge

Hoi An river at the sundown

we strolled around the oldtown ..

.. took pictures of the lantern ..

drank nước mót (an iconic drink at Hoi An)

a restaurant with delicious foods at the town..

a coffee shop at night

we sat on a boat and a ferryman took us around the river

dropped the paper lantern and wished

at the leather workshop having Soa Soa, a very good drink at Hoi An

Danang pancakes, lemongrass skewers, grilled girdle-cake

Danang city at night, view taken from Linh Ung pagoda

The Dragon bridge at Danang

Quy Nhon, Oct 22 – 24, 2016:

Banh Beo

Especially, I love lying on the beach at night.

this is Xep Beach (or Bãi Xép in Vietnamese)

.. and another corner of Xep Beach, very nice ..

Banh Hoi Chao Long

Nem, Cha Nuong

Banh Cuon

Banh Canh

we take the flight back home and end our dream journey ..

(But that’s not really the end, it’s just the first chapter of the long journeys in the future ..)

Us in our glory days

Khoi Nguyen Khoi founded The Broad Life to save his memories of places that he has been visited. And he wants to share his memories with everyone to inspire people go exploring the world.

With 14 days to travel around Vietnam, we have been to Ha Giang, Dong Van, Meo Vac, Sapa, Ha Noi, Ninh Binh, Da Nang, Hoi An, Quy Nhon. So finally I quitted my job to join my friends on a journey of stepping out of safe zone and discovered my country, …

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Yomiuri Land Jewellumination, Tokyo

Winter is the season when everyone is preparing for a new year. You will have days off after hard-working times for jobs and studies. So what will you do on those days? Many people in Tokyo, Japan spend their days off to visit Yomiuri Land – I call this place Led Land, a destination which is decorated by millions of LEDs. At this place, there are many beautiful scenes that you can selfie; also,…

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There are two enormous playgrounds in Japan: Disneyland and Universal.

Let me first introduce you to Disneyland in Japan, where you can have a “ticket to your childhood.”

Disneyland

Disneyland is located in Chiba, Tokyo so there are many transportation methods for you to get there such as by bus or subway. If you choose to go by subway, you would first have to get to Maihama station.

get to Disneyland by subway

.. or by bus

Note that Disneyland is separated into 2 places: DisneySea and DisneyLand. DisneyLand is a playground for kids with soft games and decorated with colorful lights. DisneySea is built for adolescents and adults with more thrilling games.

welcome to Disneyland

Tokyo Disneyland

Preparation

You should avoid going to Disneyland on holidays or in August as students are off to school and the place will be extremely crowded. You will have to wait about 2 to 3 hours to go on a rollercoaster if you go on these days, but don’t let the huge crowd bring down your day.

queue up buying ticket

Another tip is to buy your ticket online. They will ship the ticket right to your doorstep; that will save time waiting in a long line to buy your ticket at the park.

At the main gate, you can see a resort area. The resort is constructed like the castles in Disney stories. If you want to see all of DisneyLand and DisneySea, you can book a night at the resort. Also, it’s better to book the room one month ahead of your trip.

Resort at Disneyland

Let’s Go

The first area you will be able to see are the gift shops where you can find many souvenirs or clothes will Disney characters on them.

As you continue walking, you will see many iconic castles that you may recognize from Disney movies.

Around DisneyLand, there are times posted around each rollercoaster that tell you how long the lineup is going to be until you reach the front. You should get that tickets for the game that you most like because you can only get the second after 2 hours.

The first ride I went on was “Small World.” Basically, the ride is a ship that takes you around all of the Disney fairytales.

“it’s a small world”

The second ride that I went to is the Ghost House. In my opinion, it is not very scary, because the ride is mainly built for children.

welcome to the haunted masion

There are also many outdoor activities such as rowing, and many many games that you can participate in.

Disneyland has a special parade of the characters that appear in Disney stories and movies. The parade is incredible with loud music and many characters. A tip is to get a map and a show schedule at the main gate so you can go see a one of a lifetime performance. You should come 30 minutes in advance to find a good spot to enjoy the show.

The grand finale of the night is at the central square: The Disney Castle. It is a fabulous show with the mix of light, music, and fireworks that will take you back to your childhood.

Find the special shows at TBL’s Youtube Channel.

Thach Le Cooking and traveling lover. An international student at Japan currently spending his time wandering and exploring the “Land of the Rising Sun”.

Tokyo Disneyland – ‘A Ticket to Your Childhood’ There are two enormous playgrounds in Japan: Disneyland and Universal. Let me first introduce you to…

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Summer is almost over and fall is coming along in New Zealand and Pacific countries. This year, your autumn may be full of pleasant scents, may be filled with simple wishes, may be getting a nostalgia atmosphere. Whatever it will be, just have a look in the last fall in Hagley Park, New Zealand and prepare for a simply yet peaceful autumn in 2016. Wish all of you have a wonderful autumn with your loved ones and family.

Gracy Nguyen A realistic daydreamer who owns the love of travel in her blood, experiences by all of her senses and uses her hands to write it down. Show her the world and she can show you the beauty of every little thing.

Autumn in Hagley Parl, New Zealand with pleasant scents, simple wishes, and nostalgia atmosphere. Summer is almost over and fall is coming along in New Zealand and Pacific countries. This year, your autumn may be full of pleasant scents, may be filled with simple wishes, may be getting a nostalgia atmosphere.

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It has been a week after I went to Koh Rong Island. My friends asked me to join a trip to one of the most beautiful trekking path in Vietnam, Ta Nang – Phan Dung. There was nothing to say, I was in with the team without hesitation.

After the trip to Bu Gia Map, I didn’t think that any trekking route would be a barrier to me. However, Ta Nang – Phan Dung path was a real challenge. That route was really hard to pass but the reward was worth my while. I did think of how camping at night in the top of the mountain was but I cannot think of how awesome it was. A real fascinating experience that I have ever had.

Ta Nang – Phan Dung

Ta Nang – Phan Dung is a 2-day trip with 40 km route that challenges any hard trekkers. The destination is at around Lam Dong, in the middle of Da Lat and Phan Thiet – two well-known travel places in Vietnam. The spot was quite drought when we got there. It would be more ideal if you can go there in the raining season as the landscape will be covered more green by plant development.

Prior to The Trek

Preparing for any trek is always necessary to make the adventure safety and enjoyable. Below is the list that I think you should bring with for this trip:

A good pair of shoes are designed particularly for trekking purpose. It will be a nightmare if you bring running shoes to climb up and slide down the hills.

A sleeping bag or a warm blanket. Night on the top is surely windy and cold.

A small bag to carry the necessary stuffs. You don’t need to bring many clothes for bathing or anything. And if you have porters, they will carry stuffs for you. Nevertheless, in the way out to Phan Dung, you have to do yourself.

Water is vital. Bring enough your needed water for the whole trip. There is a river inside the jungle but I’m not sure if you are willing to drink it (it’s drinkable).

Obviously that you need foods for energy to finish the trip. So consider this ones also.

Tent is necessary for the camping at night.

A flashlight for night use and a knife just in case.

How My Trekking Was

Thanks to the very careful team leader, we had a very good support for the journey. He has ordered 2 porters to help my team (12 people) carrying the stuffs needed. And above all, he brought a lot of foods that can make us gain weight even the trekking was so hard.

This is our schedule for the trip that you can consider:

» Apr 1

21:30 to 22:00 – have been at the gathering point, packed stuffs on the truck and started going to Ta Nang.

» Apr 2

3:30 – arrived at the team leader’s house for breakfast and prepared for the upcoming adventure.

5:00 – arrived at Ta Nang’s starting point. Let’s rock!

7:30 – got to the Bougainvillea House. There were cattle at the house including chickens, pigs and a herd of buffaloes. Those buffaloes were always standing dead and staring anyone who holds up the phone.

11:20 to 13:00 – at the second rest stop for lunch and a quick nap before a long way to the final destination.

Food for the whole trip. And this was how we gained more weight :D

This was the first porter that helped us to carry stuffs in the first stage.

This guy was our porter to the camping point.

Starting point.

On the way!

First rest stop, the bougainvillea house.

Those buffalos were stunned and stared at anyone who kept a phone :))

The first slope in the trip.

On top of hills. First stunning view in the trip.

This is how locals carry timbers over the hills.

Our rest stop for lunch.

The team was having lunch :D

16:30 – finally at the camping point. We started making the tents and preparing for dinner. But first, let’s us took some photos :D

19:00 – dinner was great with a fire-camp, roasted duck, grilled chicken, corn, beers and music.

21:00 – the party on the top was end soon and the team went to sleep.

It’s time to trek!

Meet the team! xD

It’s better to go with a friend than alone!

Alone tree.

Preparing the tent for camping.

Good afternoon!

Fire-camp.

» Apr 3

5:00 to 6:59 – had breakfast and packed belongings for the way out to Phan Dung.

7:00 to 9:30 – trekked to the Tiger Lake, the first rest stop in the way escaping the jungle (It is a lake where a tiger drank water there; the locals saw that and called it Tiger Lake).

9:30 to 10:30 – we had some meals at the Tiger Lake to gain energy for the way out. That day was harder than the previous day.

11:20 – finished the trek at noon. We waited at the final point for the porters to carry us out of the jungle. The path that porters took us was about 20′ and it was super sunny.

First view of the day.

Good morning!

Camping site – View from the top of mountain.

Trekking colors

At the Tiger stream

At the finished destination, rest under a tree.

Heart-shaped leaf.

After that, we got to the beach Ke Ga, Phan Thiet to relax and took path after hard time trekking.

Echinus (or sea urchin) – what we have for lunch

Ke Ga beach

Ke Ga beach in noon

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Ta Nang – Phan Dung, One of The Most Beautiful Trekking Paths in Vietnam It has been a week after I went to Koh Rong Island. My friends asked me to join a trip to one of the most beautiful trekking path in Vietnam, Ta Nang - Phan Dung.

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That was a 3-day trip that me and my friends had planned before Tet (Vietnamese New Year). Our first plan was went to PhnomPenh from Ho Chi Minh City then end up at Siem Reap strolling around Angkor. But then the Koh Rong Island showed it’s attraction over the ancient temples, the team has finally decided to wander the tropical islands enjoying white beaches and the super-clean sea.

It’s great to have a planed trip, and below is some info of how we went to Koh Rong in 3 days that you can use to prepare before you go.

Koh Rong Island, Cambodia

Belonging to Sihanoukville province, Koh Rong is an archipelago including 5 islands Tiny Koh Tuich on the South-East, Koh Bong-Po’own and Koh Song-Saa on the North-East, and Koh Koun and Koh Rong Samloem on the South that make the Commune 5 of Mittakpheap District or Sangkat Koh Rong. Among the 5 islands, there is the biggest one located 25km from Sihanouk where the main pier is placed, from which you can take different boats to go to other islands. Koh Rong is home of 4 communities Koh Tuich, Doeum D’keuw, Prek Svay and Sok San. The islands are now developing with many guesthouses, bungalows and resorts. It’s be great if you can go now because there aren’t so many people, you can still enjoy the natural desert islands.

Prior Time to Go

Main used currency in Sihanoukville and Koh Rong Island is USD, so make sure you have enough cash for use there.

Sunny is great to have beautiful pictures on the beach, but if you don’t want to get tanned, a tube of sun cream should always be in your bag.

The boats at Koh Rong sail awfully, bring some pills for seasick and be careful!

Koh Rong’s main island is more eventful and lively. It has many events and bars at the beaches. If you want a vibrant environment, you can stay there then go to other islands in a day. (We didn’t go like this).

You should note the timetable of the boats there. Obviously noone wants to miss any trip that may affect the whole plan.

Day 0.5 – To Sihanoukville

It was 21:30 o’clock on Mar 24th, we started to go to Ha Tien, Kien Giang. We have chosen the Kumho bus to carry them. It is a nice bus for 160k ticket, you get a bed, a wet tissue, a water bottle, and a blanket. The bus stops at Dong Thap for 20 – 30 minutes then heads to Ha Tien bus station at about 4:40 in the morning.

Day 1 – The Nature Beach

We arrived at Xa Xia border at 6:00 to access Cambodia. There were some Cambodians who stood at the bus stop in Vietnamese territory asking visitors to use their bus service to go to Cambodia’s provinces with a good price (do not believe them, you get what you pay for). If you didn’t book a bus from Prek Chak (Cambodia’s border) to Sihanouk, you can find yellow buses (it’s not usually there). It’s from travel agency and it has quite good service. Because we have booked a bus service to Sihanouk and he has waited us in Cambodia territory so we denied the seduction from those Cambodian guys. By the way, you can consider the bus that carried us, Du Lich Ha Tien’s phone number: 0944440235.

At the passport-checking gate, the customs officer asked us to pay 50k VND/person for the process. Although there is no rule like that, and you can bargain to pay nothing or give them 10k to faster the process, we surprisingly paid for the access. Then another officer took us to a quarantine room to check the temperature, he also asked us 10k VND just for the ‘5s-temperature-test’ that they called health check. OMG!

I’m standing in both Vietnam and Cambodia

An image in customs office

If you see casinos, you are on Cambodia territory.

Casinos are built a lot near the border.

Bbq ribs, our breakfast in the first day and the first meal in Cambodia. It’s really delicious!

After leaving the border, we got on a bus which took us to Sihanoukville. We had lunch at the province in the Olive and Olive restaurant located near the Golden Lion and waited there till 2 tuktuks came and picked up us at 13:00 to the harbour. We got on a fast boat that brought us to Nature Beach. The route took 1 hour from 14:00 to 15:00.

The Golden Lions, the symbol of Sihanoukville province.

Our lunch at Olive&Olive restaurant, it’s was good at taste and price.

Do you wanna drink some?

Tuk-tuk, a common transportation that you can find in Cambodia.

This speed ferry will take you to Koh Rong in about 40′. But we got on a smaller one.

Nature Beach is a private resort located in one of the Koh Rong islands. It’s a very nice place, quite silent, peaceful or I have to say it in one word: serenity. It’s ideal for anyone who wants to escape the noisy world to an isolated place. Wi-fi covers all areas. Staffs at the resort are friendly. Nature Beach has various kinds of accommodations such campsite with tents, or bungalows. Our group has booked 2 bungalows at Nature Beach resort via booking.com, it costed $60/room/4person/night. In the resort, there is only a bar (or it’s the only that I found) where you can be served foods and drinks. We had dinner there. Then bought some beers to the beach, drank together while looked at the sky full of stars and listened to music. That night was really great, it was my first time seeing a red moon in an island.

The view from my bungalow.

Campsite at Nature Beach. It costs $10/day.

You can choose to stay in this tent also.

The bungalow that we stayed at Nature Beach.

Inside the room.

Bungalow’s balcony.

The only bar that I found at the island where you can find drinks and foods.

My dinner at the bar.

Firecamp. People gather here at night.

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Day 2 – Koh Rong Main Island and Koh Rong Samloem

In the second day morning, we checked out the Nature Beach resort and took a boat to Koh Rong Main Island. I call it the Main Island because there is the main pier in the island where you can get different boats to other places. (I have to say that I prefer this island rather than the Nature Beach. There are a lot of bars and night events here. It is an vibrant island and it matches my type. It would be ideal if we could stay at this island and then go visiting the others within a day). We had breakfast there and wait till 11:30 to start going to Koh Rong Samloem. The ticket to Koh Rong Samloem is $5/person.

Where we had breakfast in the second day, Bunna’s place

There are a lot of bars and night events here.

Sum up events for the whole week

Again, the boat sailed awfully. However, what you see at Koh Rong Samloem is really worth your while. It was the first time ever that I have seen such a beautiful beach with white sand and clear sea. The pictures below will show you views about the island. After some activities there, we leaved the island to Sihanoukville at 15:55 on a happy boat – a bigger boat with drinks but still sail terribly. Ticket for the way out is $3.45 and the prices for meals there vary from $4 to $6.

Koh Rong Samloem is there.

A kind of boat that took us to Koh Rong Samloem

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We arrived at Sihanoukville’s main pier at 17:45. Sihanouk appears to me just like Vung Tau, a beach in my country. And because of the seasick made by the ‘happy boat’, we decided to take a bus to Ho Chi Minh City. I was at home at 11:00 the next day.

Sihanoukville beach, a view from the ‘happy boat’

Sihanoukville beach

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Life at Dunedin, New Zealand (Part 4)

Coming to Dunedin at night while it is raining outside, it is lucky to have a station in Otago University for me to get off. Thanks to the light from the University, this rainy night becomes less dark to me. The temperature in Dunedin now is 5 degrees which makes me feel like I am in the freezer. I shall tell you a brief description about this place before we get into the trip. Dunedin is located…

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‘The dreamland’, ‘The miniature of Paris’, or ‘The city of flowers’, it’s how people called Dalat. This city is famous with its cool weather and the brilliant of the flowers there. Khoi was in Dalat many many years ago, the things that he could remember were hills with a lot of flowers, night market with fresh fruits, and coffee shops that he and his family spent for night time. At this time he come back, Dalat surprises him with a lot beautiful scenes, mountain pass roads and delicious foods. Let’s Khoi take you go around this city!

Dalat City

Dalat was firstly discovered by French when they’ve been looking for a place to create a resort in highlands. Today, ‘The miniature of Paris’ is a well-known destination in South Vietnam by its cool weather and many beautiful scenes.

The city would be most beautiful in winter – in Nov and Dec. The weather is cool (or a bit cold) and all the flowers are blossom at that time. Those things make Dalat shining brighter than ever, and becoming the ‘hottest’ place for family time or the most romantic place for the lovers.

Before the Trip – Tips to Enjoy Dalat

Xuan Huong Lake

Phuong Trang (futabus.vn) and Thanh Buoi (thanhbuoi.com.vn) are the most popular carriers. You can check their websites for the timetable and book tickets. There is a flight from Saigon to Dalat if you don’t want to cross the pass road by bus. Riding motorbike is also an option.

People come to Dalat a lot, especially in Nov and Dec, when it has Flower Festival. Making sure to book a place to stay there before you go, or you will be struggling to find a sofa for resting. A place near Dalat market or Xuan Huong Lake would be ideal.

Dalat would be most beautiful in Nov and Dec, if you go at that time, the weather can be quite cold. Hence, bringing warm clothes is necessary. Locals sell sweaters and coats at Dalat night market, you can buy some if you forgot. Also, trousers are better than shorts in this case.

If you don’t ride a motorbike to Dalat, hiring one in Dalat market is a good idea to enjoy Dalat like a local. Motorbike is a flexible vehicle that help you fully enjoy the cool atmosphere of the hills, the beautiful scenes while crossing pass roads and easily get to the restaurants which are hidden in the alleys.

Dalat has many alleys, you can ask people there for directions, or better to have a map in your smartphone.

Okay, now you are prepared well. Let’s go exploring this city!

Places to go..

1. Xuan Huong Lake

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Located at the central of the city, Xuan Huong Lake is well-known with the game driving duck boat. Around the Lake are coffee shops with lake and city views, and a lot of street foods at night. A great place to spend time relaxing!

2. Dalat Market

Also placed at the central of the city, near Xuan Huong Lake. Dalat Market is a destination that almost visitors come when go to Dalat. You can buy many fresh fruits, wines, sweaters, etc.. here. There are also many street foods, especially hot soymilk and vietnamese-styled pizza, at the market.

3. Langbiang

Langbiang mountain is about 12km from Dalat City. It’s also known as the rooftop of the area.

4. Tuyen Lam Lake

Villas around the lake

With 320ha area, Tuyen Lam is the biggest freshwater lake at Dalat. The Lake is located near Phung Hoang mountain, 7km from Dalat city. The lake is surrounded by a pine forest and has many oases.

5. Truc Lam Monastery

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Truc Lam Monastery is located at Phung Hoang Mountain, above Tuyen Lam Lake, about 5km from the central of Dalat.

6. Clay Tunnel

Clay Tunnel is a new destination for tourist in the nearby time. Located in the area of Tuyen Lam Lake. If you interest in clay and want to find a place for photograph. Clay Tunnel could be the one.

7. Cau Dat Tea Hill

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Located at Cau Dat town, which is far far from Dalat City, about 25km. Cau Dat Tea Hill currently is one of the hot destinations that people visit when they come to Dalat. For beautiful photoshoots, you should get to this destination at 10 – 12 a.m.

8. Strawberry farms

Strawberry is a famous and special fruit of Dalat. If you worry about the quality of strawberries sold at markets, you can find the good one at strawberry farms around the city.

9. Linh Phuoc Pagoda

Located at 120 Tu Phuoc, in Trai Mat’s area, about 8km from the central Dalat. Linh Phuoc Pagoda is well-known with a decorated dragon made by 12,000 empty bottles and the Pagoda is also made by terracottas.

10. Dalat Train Station

Dalat Train Station is a National Historic Site of the city. The Train Station is built from 1932 to 1938 by French. Today, it is an attractive destination especially for photography lovers.

.. and Places to Eat

1. Bánh Căn (in Vietnamese)

Bánh Căn

Made by grilling rice flour with an egg. Bánh Căn is eaten with Vietnamese meatball sauce. Address: 4 Tang Bac Ho, Dalat City, Lam Dong 7 Tang Bac Ho, Dalat City, Lam Dong 22 Tang Bac Ho, Dalat City, Lam Dong In front of 62 Phan Dinh Phung, Dalat City, Lam Dong

2. Vietnamese pizza – ‘Bánh Tráng Nướng’ in Vietnamese

One of the iconic street foods in Dalat, Vietnamese pizza (or grilled ricepaper) is sold a lot at Dalat Market or around Xuan Huong Lake. But you can find here some address that many visitors come: 61 Nguyen Van Troi, Dalat City, Lam Dong 112 Nguyen Van Troi, Dalat City, Lam Dong 53 Nguyen Van Troi, Dalat City, Lam Dong At the corner of Hoang Dieu – Tran Nhat Duat, Dalat City, Lam Dong 56 Thong Thien Hoc, Dalat City, Lam Dong

3. Nem Cuon, Nem Chua, Cha Lua (maybe it’s Fermented Pork Roll or Spring Roll in English)

Here are some address: 254 Phan Dinh Phung, Dalat City, Lam Dong 4 Bui Thi Xuan, Dalat City, Lam Dong 1 Chi Lang, Dalat City, Lam Dong 2/2 Tran Quy Cap, ward 9, Dalat City, Lam Dong

4. BBQ

Cu Duc at 6A Nguyen Luong Bang, ward 2, Dalat City, Lam Dong.

5. Streetfood

The streetfood stall that Khoi and his friends have gathered.

You can find many streetfood stall around Xuan Huong Lake. Khoi has spent a night gathering with his friends at a streetfood stall. One of his favorite places for night time at Dalat.

6. Coffee shop

Coffee shops are places that Khoi really like to come when he is at Dalat. There are some outstanding coffee shops that you must visit:

Cafe Bich Cau – Bich Cau Oasis, in front of the city’s flower garden.

Rose Villa Cafe – 4 Huynh Thuc Khang, Dalat City, Lam Dong.

Dalat Train Cafe – 1 Quang Trung, Dalat City, Lam Dong.

Dalat Night – 4 Dong Da area, Dalat City.

Windmills Cafe – 113 Phan Dinh Phung 2 or 3/2, ward 1 or Le Dai Hanh, ward 1.

7. Other foods

There are also a lot of foods that you can find around the city like Pho, Noodle, Com Tam, Bun Bo Hue, Banh Cuon, etc… You should choose the restaurants that have many visitors inside; people come to good foods :D

Khoi Nguyen Khoi founded The Broad Life to save his memories of places that he has been visited. And he wants to share his memories with everyone to inspire people go exploring the world.

'The dreamland', 'The miniature of Paris', or 'The city of flowers', it's how people called Dalat City. 'The dreamland', 'The miniature of Paris', or 'The city of flowers', it's how people called Dalat. This city is famous with its cool weather and the brilliant of the flowers there.

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Khoi Nguyen’s phone is ringing, “hey K, wanna backpacking to Bu Gia Map?” his friend asked. “Yes” he said. That was how his first trip started, after he thoughtlessly answer to his friend’s question. He just thought it would be excited, and his wanderlust said it would be excited. Few days later, his friend gave him an excited plan of 10 people trekking through a jungle, camping beside a stream, having dinner with ‘bamboo rice’ and boar, and sleeping under the stars. ‘Having been going through bad days since the beginning of the year, this trip would start his better days’, he hoped.

Let’s Khoi shows you his trip!

Bu Gia Map National Park

The national park is belonged to province Binh Phuoc, Vietnam. With the area of 26,032ha, Bu Gia Map is the home of 724 plant species including 278 medicinal-valued kinds and various species of mammals and birds.

Before The Journey

You have to contact the managers of Bu Gia Map National Park (no.’s here: +84 6513724235 hoặc +84 989 218 912). The managers will assign a tour guide to lead your group to the camping destination (without the tour guide, the rangers and border guards won’t allow you to access the jungle).

Things needed to prepare for the trip:

If you go by motorbike, notice fuel for a long run.

Bring a mask, there are much sand and dust on the way you go, especially at the entrance of the jungle.

There is a long way in the jungle with many slippery stones, a suitable pair of shoes would be ideal to support you. Boots is great!

Foods for breakfast, the tour guide and his assistant will prepare your dinner if you registered.

Energy drink for trekking, alongside water you can order from the tour guide.

Tent if you don’t want to hire from the jungle managers.

Cooking tools: A pot, the tour guide may cook for you a special soup made by plants in the jungle. Chopsticks, folks if you don’t want to use your hands picking foods.

A Long Long Way to The Spot

Bu Gia Map National Park is about 240km away from Ho Chi Minh City. It will be ideal if you go early, the weather is nicer for a long way. Khoi and the team started at 6a.m and tried to meet the tour guide at 1p.m. Unfortunately, they have lost about 50km so it was late when they arrived and were more tired. ‘Can you image of a bad road with red dirt and a lot of potholes?’, it was how they found in the wrong road.

At Binh Phuoc province, on the way to Bu Gia Map town. Rubber trees alongside the road

Rubber trees, the typical tree that can be found a lot at Binh Phuoc.

Khoi’s experience from the lost: must remember preliminary the route before the trip, maps on smart-phones are quite trustworthy, and ask frequently and differently the locals on the way (they may guide you different directions).

Here is the route that you can go to Bu Gia Map National Park from Ho Chi Minh City by motorbike (or car):

From Ho Chi Minh City, you can follow highway 13 to Binh Duong City. At So Sao intersection (near Dai Nam), turn right to Phu Giao. Heading forward to a roundabout, then turn left to the way with a sign leading to Binh Phuoc. Going straight to Phuoc Long town, you can ask the locals for the way to Bu Gia Map town or Dak O. Then, you will go 25km from Dak O to the central of Bu Gia Map.

It was about 1 p.m, at Binh Phuoc, on the way to Bu Gia Map

Go straight: National Park – Turn right: Bu Gia Map Town

Sleeping Under The Stars And Waking Up in The Heaven!

From Bu Gia Map Town’s welcome gate to the entrance of the jungle, the road is under construction so the main vehicle that can be used here is motorbike. You can contact the tour guide to hire ones.

Red dirt road at the entrance of the national park, it was about 1:50 p.m.

Red dirt road at the entrance of the national park

2 hours trekking in the jungle is really excited to him. Although he has gone 290km by motorbike from Ho Chi Minh City to Bu Gia Map, the tiredness can’t prevent him from the interest of camping beside the stream, sleeping under the stars, and waking up in a straight forest.

The gate made by bamboo trees

We are trekking to the camping spot

A stream appear on the way to the point. I have thought it was the camping spot but no :(( It was still about 1 hour to go =.=

A ranger station inside the jungle, the second time I thought that we would stay here.

The rangers grow vegetable themselves to support their daily meal

Grilled fishes, delicious!!!

Just come to the camping spot and we are preparing a fire camp

Here is the result

Guys are pitching

The tour guides are preparing the meal. That night we had grilled boar meat and rice cooked in the bamboo

Night at the jungle comes very soon. At 8 p.m, without the light from his phone, Khoi can’t see anything but the fire camp. That’s make his first time spending a night inside a forest more special. He found a place to lie down, looked at the sky filled with a lot of stars while listening to the song of the stream, then opened an e-book to read till his eye got tired and fell asleep.

The next morning was amazing. The jungle appeared like in the heaven. Fresh air, the simple but very hard thing that can’t be found in the city, is everywhere. It’s hard to describe the appearance of the forest in that morning; let’s the pictures do:

First seen of that day, heaven in my eyes

This is how we camping

The stream in the morning, and one of my team member is brushing his teeth

The tour guide is boiling the water taken from the stream to prepare our breakfast

Boiled water is used for instant noodle

And here’s the breakfast. We need the energy to trek out the jungle. It is more tired than the way in.

The team is ready for the way out

Slippery stones on the stream. And the best way is just get in the stream :D

The view from the other side of our camping spot

Meet the team ^^

The Secret Waterfall

Because the team hit the camping point at late time in the day and need to get out the jungle in the early morning, no one take bath in the stream. Instead of that, the tour guide took them to a secret waterfall after 2 hours quite tired getting out the jungle. Luckily, seemed that their decision of not taking bath in the stream was right. The way to the waterfall is quite bad and sandy. It would be ideal to swim in the waterfall after you can crossed that very red-sandy road.

The red dirt road to the waterfall

Bad road with many stones and potholes

Our motorbikes after crossing the road

And here are our shoes. Awesome!

The Secret Waterfall (it’s what I call :D I forgot the name)

View from the cave

Other Pictures Taken in The Trip

Panorama view taken in the jungle

A view when we’ve been trekking in the national park

A rubber forest, we met it right at the directions guide board

Thac Mo hydroelectric station that we met on the way to Bu Gia Map

Dak An church near Bu Gia Map town

At Binh Phuoc, on the way to home

Khoi Nguyen Khoi founded The Broad Life to save his memories of places that he has been visited. And he wants to share his memories with everyone to inspire people go exploring the world.

Into the wild – Camping at Bu Gia Map National Park Khoi Nguyen's phone is ringing, "hey K, wanna backpacking to Bu Gia Map?" his friend asked.

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