Happy memories of Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan

It's very good when thinking of memories on my business trip to the beautiful places in the south-east of Vietnam. It was autumn in 2012.

A fishing village on the side of Ca Ty river - Binh Thuan

My schedule is to visit Bac Binh district, Binh Thuan province. However, it’s hard for me to find the address on the map. The district named Bac Binh where is very wild. This area seems not located on the map. It’s 255km far from Ho Chi Minh.

The first difficulty is that I could not get the good bus to go. The bus is so terrible that I don’t want to recall. Narrow but crowded, old and hot…the second difficulty is that there is no hotel surrounding the area at least 20 kilometers. I had to stay in a motel without wireless. There is no super market, restaurant or entertainment place around the area. So bored… When I first got there I really wanted to come back. But i had to stay. The first night I was there, alone, I had to turn on the TV whole night to sleep. I have to say that this trip is for me to overcome the fears. The best place is the square and the house of Cham ethnic where they display Cham’s cultures. But I could not come in because I had no time. I only was outside and looked at their great architecture.

After finishing my work, I got a bus and went to Phan Rang-Thap Cham city, Ninh Thuan province. It is far 100km from Bac Binh. I like the road from Binh Thuan to Ninh Thuan because of the wonderful view of the mountain and the sea. One side is the mountain another side is the sea. When I came to the city of Ninh Thuan, named Phan Rang-Thap Cham, I felt very good. It seems like I already came back to human. The city is crowded, there are a lot of hotels there but I had to stay in a hotel that my boss asked me to stay. Anyway the hotel was very good. I heard that there are a lot of tourism place in Ninh Thuan such as Ninh Chu beach, Vinh Hy bay, Thap Cham, Nam Duong sand hill, grapefruit garden… But at last I could not go anyplace except for the beach. So when I left, I regretted because of missing some places.

At weekend I went to Dalat city from Phan Rang to visit my relatives. It is far 100km from Phan Rang to Dalat. However, the way is too dangerous for a bus to go because they haven’t constructed it. It’s took me 3hrs for 80km to Dalat city. Dalat is the most beautiful place in the south of Vietnam because the weather is always cold even in the summer. But it will be another story, I will write about it later.

After enjoy weekend with my relatives at Dalat. I took a trip to Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province again. It is far 160km from Dalat to Phan Thiet. The way going to Binh Thuan from Dalat is very beautiful. The hills, rivers, pine forests… I love them. However on the way, I was so shy because of my react. It’s not my fault. I sat next to the driver and I could see everything in front of the bus and the whole street. I saw that the driver was taking a phone call. And it was the big truck in front of the bus, but he didn’t care. I saw that he across over the truck and go straight to the barriers of two lines. I thought that I may be died that moment.  I can only shout at him. “NO”. But he even didn’t care my word and continued with his driving. Nothing happened after that, the bus still ran on the barriers and there is no crash. Then he explained me “Little girl. It’s okay because it’s only the plastic barriers.” I was shy so much and didn’t say anything.

Then I got Phan Thiet city, a beautiful city with the long beach. I love beaches. This time I was not alone. I could stay with my colleague and it was very fun when we were at the beach to take pictures. At last I have someone to take picture for me.