August 26, 2010.
Twenty-four days are enough to get to know Vietnam. It is the time we spent traveling from south to north and from north to south in this country that extends in length to more than 2000 km. Here our group of three people became more numerous with the arrival of the family Borras. For two weeks we have had the pleasure of traveling with the family of Jordi complete: father, mother and brother. Of course, given their presence could not travel as usual, without having organized the trip in advance, so we took advantage of the long stay in Hanoi, five days in the chaotic city to better organize their two weeks and see as much as possible using the tour of the many travel agencies in the country, that both facilitate travel of tourists for a limited time.
Unfortunately for me it was not possible to see Sinead, she was in Vietnam in recent days but the different travel itinerary has not made the meeting possible, a pity my friend, but I hope to see you soon in another occasion or another trip.
between north and south of the country we see a whopping difference in character of the people. While in the south are more sociable, cheerful, friendly and affable, in the north we have not had positive experiences with some people. Although not wanting to generalize, is easily seen that the people of the north and colder, antisocial, arrogant and ignorant in the south. Despite this, in the north of Vietnam and can be found in idyllic locations, such as the area of \u200b\u200bSapa in the north west of the country, where different ethnic groups live in villages where the living rice terraces built up naturally verdant hills overlooking a incredible natural beauty. The Halong Bay to the east of Hanoi, which is the natural emblem of Vietnam, with more than 2000 small islands that stretch out comfortably in the green of Halong Bay, where natural caves of extraordinary beauty surprising sight of tourists. The green hills of Ninh Binh and the boat ride on banks of the green mountains surrounding the valley of Tam Coc, another experience to live.
The history of the country represented by several cultural landmarks in the capital, Hanoi, as the temple of literature, where tens of centuries ago, the best students across the country were called to study within its walls and learned important lessons on Confucianism.
The mausoleum and residence of Ho Chi Minh, the most important historical and political character of the country that led to the independence of Vietnam from French rule and founded the bases of socialism, which leads to a cultural and economic development as well as to give a ' their identity to the nation. Very interesting
was also to visit the ancient Vietnamese capital, the city of Hue, steeped in history and culture. ENom's beauty are the graves of ancient emperors of the Nguyen dynasty, the old city of Hue, which retains fortalezza city, now under restoration, the temple pagoda Buddhist emblem of the city and the local market with its colors and flavors, obligatory stop to discover the culinary products typical of the renown Vietnamese cuisine.
To understand the history of Vietnam with its wars, first with the French and Americans after the visit to the tunnel Cuchin, 3 hours away from Saigon, is a unique experience to understand how the Vietnamese live in times of war. The construction of underground tunnels, which can be visited today, allowed the guerrillas in the south to defend against attacks by the Americans.
interesting is the visit to the temple of the Cao Dai sect, the combination of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism to form the new religion to one that does not reach 100 years of age but keeps in the town of ' sect of the same name, one of the most spectacular temples and colorful of the Asian continent.
is certain that nobody can be bored in Vietnam, there are many things to see, food to taste, experience a living, but is one of the countries that once saw not go back there again. In my personal opinion, Vietnam lacks the charm that no I know that would make the traveler falls in love and out of the country with the desire to come back sooner or later, as I happened to other Asian countries. It will be for its small size, or treatment with the tourists by the locals, or the lack of a consolidated means pride or patriotic, or is for these reasons that I leave with memories of Vietnam a country which, it is worth visiting once in a lifetime, its natual landscapes and unique for its delicious food, but apart from that, I left an indelible mark in my heart as it was for India, Malaysia or the beaches or the cultural diversity of Indonesia.
Now we headed to Phnom Penh, the capital of another country with a peculiar history of glorious moments and other disasters like civil war ending the genocide in the years 70-80 from which this country is still in recovery phase: the Cambodia.
To be continued ...
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