Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 694 views
Mai Chau is located in Hoa Binh province, approximately 135 km from Hanoi and 60 km from Hoa Binh. From the top of Cun Mountain, one can admire the superb panorama of Mai Chau surrounded by a green valley and stilt houses. Many minorities, including the Thai ethnic group, live in Mai Chau.
Stilt houses border [...]
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Thursday, June 17th, 2010 1,401 views
Tam Coc means three caves, which takes about two hours driving from Hanoi (110 km) to the South, and visitors may say that distance is not a matter after seating in a boat rowed by one or two local persons in Hoang Long river and see the first limestone mountains, which will run along their [...]
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 676 views
The imperial city of Hue, situated in the Thua Thien-Hue province of Vietnam is famous between tourists for its magnificent monuments and architectural buildings. Located in the central Vietnam there is some useful information related to Hue city that one should know while staying or before heading to the city.
At the beginning of the [...]
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 1,112 views
Hoi An, popularly identified as Faifo, is a picturesque town set along the coasts of South China Sea. The place is known as a shopping paradise that attracts you towards its wonderful souvenirs, craft handiworks, antique pieces, silk materials and art paintings etc. Hoi An, which is also called the Ancient City of Vietnam, is [...]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010 817 views
A trip to Mu Cang Chai District reminds one of the Robert Frost poem:
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference.
Mu Cang Chai in Yen Bai Province, about 350 kilometers from Hanoi and 1,000 meters above sea level, is unique and not well-known to [...]
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Monday, May 31st, 2010 791 views
Yok Don National Park is located in Ea Bung and Chu M’Lanh communes, Ea Sup district, Krong Na commune, Buon Don district, and Ea Po commune, Cu Jut district, in western Dak Lak province. The national park is situated on the flat plain that extends from eastern Cambodia into northern Dak Lak and southern Gia [...]
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Thursday, April 8th, 2010 758 views
Vo Doi Nature Reserve is located in the plain of the Mekong Delta, and the maximum elevation at the site is only 2.5 m. Vo Doi is situated in U Minh Ha or lower U Minh, the southern of the two extensive peatswamp forests in Kien Giang and Ca Mau provinces. The other peatswamp forest, [...]
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