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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Seri: Tips to travel in Vietnam - episode 1: how to travel in Hanoi

All people want to travel with fun but still save money. Yes, so do I. We don’t want to waste our money to visit a boring place. Let me show you the best way to explore Hanoi.
As you know, Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, its age is more than 1000 years, really old, right? Because of that, the Hanoi urban is really small. The architecture is the combination of ancient Vietnam and French.

First and foremost, I will talk to you where to visit if you choose Hanoi as a place to explore. You couldn’t say that you visited Hanoi but you didn’t go around Hoan Kiem lake. Take a walk around this lake, get a guide and hear old stories concern it, you will be surprise with them. The second place is one pillar pagoda, special pagoda which was built at the middle of a pond and the fairytale behind it. The third one is the Temple of literature aka the first university of Vietnam. See more place in here.

At the second point, I will discuss about food. Three main typical dishes in Vietnam are pho, banh mi thit aka Vietnamese baguette bread with meat and veggies, ca phe aka coffee, but in Hanoi, you can find out a lot of different interesting dishes such as xoi aka sticky rice, che aka sweet soup and tons of awesome desserts.

At the third place is transportation, because Hanoi road is really small, having a van or get a cyclo are better than going with a bus. A private tour with tour guide will the best solution. From that, you can explore Hanoi and understand more about this city.


If you are interested in exploring Hanoi, click it for further information. 

Monday, January 19, 2015

How Vietnamese celebrate our own New Year’s Eve

     The kind of calendar that we use today is based on sun period, but do you know that there is another calendar is based on moon period? Yes, this calendar is Lunal calendar. Thanks Lular calendar, we have Lunar new year which Vietnamese us call “Tet”. Today is first of December as Lunar calendar, just one month to Lunar new year. “Tet” is coming!

     As Christmas, Tet is one of the most important occasion with Vietnamese, this is family reunion time, every family members stay together, make “chung cake”. This is a really good way to enhance family relationship.

     The main dishes for this holiday contain “chung cake”, red sticky rice, boiled chicken, 8 types of stir fried veggies, 4 type of soups, spring roll, etc. It’s up to each family and tradition. This is a chance for woman in family show their cooking skills to guests. All houses are decorated with beautiful balloons, sometimes, they also use pompons, but the unique feature of Tet holiday is the tree. Peach blossoms aka “Dao”, kumquat trees aka “Quat” will be decorated with string lights aka Christmas lights and adorable ornaments.