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The Cu Chi Tunnels

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 0 nhận xét

Initially created by the Viet Minh in French Indochina time, the underground network of Cu Chi was extended during the Vietnam War, from 20 to 250 km!

Arrival of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and base of operations of Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive in 1968, tunnels were used as hiding places where more than 16,000 people have sometimes shake at the same time in appalling conditions, but also took the place of channels of communication and supply, hospitals, reserves of food, armories ...

Conventional bombing, napalm and Agent Orange ... No military attempts made to overcome the Americans, despite their aggressive terminology (Overkill Zone, Operation Search and Destroy ...), did not succeed in dislodging the Vietnamese soldiers Cu Chi tunnels. The strength of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam has largely been based on these infrastructures have played an important role in the U.S. decision to end the war.

After a propaganda video session (required if you come in a group, but you can excuse yourself if you just individual) praising the bravery and ingenuity of the Vietnamese resistance, you will leave as a result of your "store" assigned to discover the famous tunnels.

Along the way, you can slip into a trap (a dose of dead leaves and agility hop and you'll disappear), get on an American tank (defeated by a roadside bomb ahahah), test the look sharp traps reserved to enemy (there killing twice), shoot a rifle (the M16, AK 47, or even 30 M, the big thing Rambo).

You will then discover the tunnels, which, compared to the originals, were illuminated and expanded for passing tourists (including "big" American). They are now 60 to 70 cm wide with a height of 80-90 cm, so that you are squatting advance (whereas during the war, had to crawl).

Explanations of your guide will show you that everything was incredibly well thought underground could withstand the weight of 50 tons of tanks and bombs under 100 pounds, smoke escaped several hundred meters from kitchen, the vents were hidden in the mounds or tree trunks ..Note that the Cu Chi tunnels were divided into two areas, the first one you can find in the video above, and Ben Duoc whose fairground atmosphere is enhanced by the fact that you can dress up the uniform and equipment of Vietcong soldiers and war games.

Morning in Hanoi ..

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 0 nhận xét

Every morning in the heart of Hanoi, the side of Hoan Kiem Lake is the platform for a strange spectacle. From 5 am, many Vietnamese go there to be exercise. Tai chi, jogging, badminton, aerobics ... but everything is good to relax and take care of his body. Keep fit and maintain flexibility is extremely important in Vietnamese culture, so before starting a long day of work, we like to engage in some small movements of gymnastics.

These practices are quite fun to watch. In a group or solo, young, old, men, women and children, are funny positions with the utmost seriousness. An old man rises on tiptoe 10, 20, 30 ... 100 times in a row, staring into space. A dozen women reproduce slow motion sword following the example of their teacher. A young woman just turns his torso from side to side, taking deep breaths ...

In Vietnam, the gym is mostly a case of slow and repeat! It does not really look like the sport, but rather a ritual intended to start the day in harmony with the body. You can find this "sport" atmosphere in all parks in Hanoi and Vietnam in general, but the Hoan Kiem lake in the misty morning in the middle of a traffic thins it never has a very special atmosphere.Do not hesitate to visit the lake in the early morning to see this scene

Halong bay a view amazing you for life

Monday, May 20, 2013 0 nhận xét

This is a view from helicopter! Amazing panorama in 360 degre ! For Most of people, thay visit Halong bay in cruise so few know how Halogn bay look like from the sky. Here are all the best images about this nature Marvel of the World. Enjoy it How to appreciate the pictures:Very easy, you can manage the distance with a click in your the screen to close the image

Swallow's Nest, a popular dish in Vietnam

Saturday, May 18, 2013 0 nhận xét

Swallow's Nest, a popular dish in Vietnam and South East Asia

Vietnamese Kings and mandarins reserved the privilege of eating the bird's nests, a very delicate royal dishes. Collected in caves in the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam, the swallows' nests are now highly sought after and known to be a good tonic, delay aging, improve digestion, speed recovery ...

Swallow nest

Swallow nest are one of most popular dishes in Vietnam and Southeast of Asia. Eat a bird's nest would not come to the idea of any tourist. However, in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia, some local rich people spend fortunes, just only to eat a bowl of bird's nest in a renowned restaurant.

We talk about bird's nest, but it would be more accurate to speak of swift nest. Only a few species of swifts secrete a edible mucus that they use to build their nests. The nest of this species is partially edible. And a single species of the swift Aerodramus fushipagus ("saranga walet putih" in Indonesian or "yen-or" in Chinese) produces a fully edible translucent white nest. It is considered a luxury item and sold several thousand dollars per kilogram, given its rarity.

To collect swallow nests, the men go into the cavities of overhanging cliffs, steep and dangerous, especially in remote caves in the jungle or in the island. The collection of nests is especially dangerous and men often coexist death to unearth what they see as a treasure.

In Vietnam , many artificial birds houses are built to accommodate the birds in large numbers. Now, you can get the swallow nests in artificial condition so the price can be cheaper

A swallow's nest, how it eats?

It must first get rid of the bird's nest all impurities and its feathers. Then cook over three hours in boiling water. It will then disintegrate into many particles of white fibers. This substance is recovered to compose some dishes like the famous bird's nest soup.

Swallow's Nest: medicinal properties?

In Vietnam, as in almost all of the ingredients in their dishes, vietnamese and Asians Southeast people think that they have many medicinal and aphrodisiac ... And swallow nests can not escape this belief to be a good tonic, delay aging, improve digestion, speed recovery, increase metabolism and energy, to reduce fever, thin the blood, be good for the skin and lungs, for beauty face. They also say they are treating the flu, cough, asthma, sore throat cancer ...

Where to eat snake meat in Vietnam

Saturday, May 18, 2013 0 nhận xét

Coming in Vietnam you must try one thing, eating dog meat. But apparently it depend all on the moon favorable time (avoid to eat dog in the early days of the lunar month)! No problem, you will taste the meat of the snake! There are a village at ten miles to Hanoi where they feed snakes and there are many snake specialized restaurants

First you have large cages or vivarium, where you choose your snake. Most of them are venimous like cobras Herea re the ritual ceremonie that the peopel in the restaurant show in the table

1) The snake are live ! The cookerforce the snake split the venom in a glass
2) Killing of the snake by cutting off the head (no pain because very fast!) And recovered from blood (a few drops) in a glass. The man thake the heart that still beats and mix the blood with a shot of local vodka
3) The man take the snake bile and put in a glass

Dishes of snakes in Lemat village

The snake bones, meat and skin are added cooked later to make many dishes made of herbs and the snake can be eaten like a hotpot too . It’s quite good ! Firstly dont gorget one thing: you have to drink three glasses of alcohol containing venom (yellow ) blood (reddish) and bile (green) all to strengthen virility, tone and digestion ....

Interresting experience ....! !

They eat dog in Vietnam

Saturday, May 18, 2013 0 nhận xét

Sincerely, i advice you to do not read this post if you are dog lover !

But this is the question of culture. And as i have planned to do in this blog, show you the real life in Vietnam. You can find many things, good or bad in my bolg, but it's the real thing

The Vietnamese have their own culture and one of these traditions is : they eat dog meat. Since when they started to eat dog, i dont' knowm but according to vietnamese people, the dog meat is good and nutritious. In the north of Vietnam, dogs restaurants are full of eaters

In Hanoi, there are many places for eating this meat but the nearest the old town is Nhat Tan street Also take consideration the time of tasting: Look out your lunar calendar. choose auspicious days at the end of the lunar month (between Days 15/ 30) to go for when you want to taste the 10 first day (1 -10) of the lunar month, no one serves you. The restaurants are quiet .. no dead dog during this period ...Why: they think that if they eat dog at the beginning of the lunar month, they will be unlucky but they eat dog at the end of month to clean all the unlucky business in the month

Look good ?

Expect around VND 150 000 ( 8 USD ) per person to taste the various dishes of the dog because it is a varied menu consists of at least 7 ways to cook (boil, grill, soup, skewer ....) that the extremely varied tastes with different spices

And one last thing to do, the dog is eaten with very very strong shrimp sauce, but the taste will be raised at the top. This is not an experience that you like to live because at your countries, the dog are the lovely pets

There is not only in Vietnam that people eat dog. So when we blame the Koreans to sacrifice and eat the dog, they say, are not the same dogs that "your" pet dogs is a breed yellow dog could be called dog meat .. .. etc.... Moreover, when there are big events that attract foreigners in Korea the government forbids restaurants to show the dog in the menu (at Seoul before the Seoul Olympics everything was done not to scare tourists and spectators. Dog meat was forbidden. A beijing, more recently ...).

To return to Vietnam, the southern people seem strange such custom original from the north!. We begin to see some dogs that are worth a fortune on the streets of Saigon ... Finally ..... it is still quite exceptional, but it is undoubtedly a fashion that begins!

Vietnam travel, Vietnam holidays

The Cu Chi Tunnels

Morning in Hanoi ..

Halong bay a view amazing you for life

Swallow's Nest, a popular dish in Vietnam

Where to eat snake meat in Vietnam

They eat dog in Vietnam

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