Posted by admin on July 29, 2011 under Attractions, Vietnam Travel Guide | 
Quiet yellow-sand beaches and historical sites may lure visitors to Con Dao but it’s the old tropical trees that protect them from the scorching sunshine in the archipelago off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
There are a number of cay bang trees which are over 100 years old and hang over Ton Duc Thang and other roads in Con Dao to provide respite from the heat for tourists, who ride past on their motorbikes or stroll around.
Strong winds and sunshine may be not be your idea of a nice break but these noticeable characteristics have turned out to contribute to shaping the trees into distinctive bonsais. The trees are spread out over two lanes of the seaside roads and they shield pedestrians taking a leisurely stroll on the pavement between the tree lines and mossy yellow walls of the old prisons, from the sun.
From tourists resorts, beyond the lines of tropical trees in the esplanade, you can witness the calm of the sea, with fishing boats bobbing on the water and the distant mountains.
At a little coffee shop called Con Son, you can sip a cup of coffee and rest after a long trek at the seaside or in the forests.
Breaths of wind blow in from the ocean sending red leaves of the tropical trees down onto your table as drops of coffee are slowly seeping through the filter, and whet traveler’s appetite for more adventure in the quiet town of Con Dao.
Inside and outside this small town there are other types of ancient trees including the banyan whose roots cover the ruins of historical sites. Underneath these roots contain untold stories about the bravery of revolutionary fighters who shed blood for the independence of Vietnam.
Source: SGT
Posted by admin on January 6, 2011 under Attractions, Vietnam Travel Guide, Vietnam Travel in the South, vietnam beauty |
Con Dao Activities
Tourists can enjoy hiking and trekking in the main land since the national park headquarters offer tourists to explore the and enjoy the mainland, they can also help tourists show the trails and camping sites of the place. If you love bar hoping then you should love island hoping in Con Dao island, most islands can be traveled by motors while some are secluded that you need to ride a boat in order to get to that island.
Con Dao Accommodation & Dining
on Dao Island has fewer hotels, they have local place to stay in but the hotels are at a normal state. Places like apartments or rooms to sleepover are well known in the area. Foods in the area are typical, it is a must that tourists should get to excited among unique foods, most of the restaurants offer unique foods but instead they serve fruits to the tourists. Although they serve fruits in a different way the sea food in Con Dao is the best in its region.
i visit Con Dao and in Con Dao Seatravel Resort, it very good
Con Dao Shopping & Nightlife
Nightlife in con Dao Island depends on you, surely there are night parties and live bands for tourists to enjoy, much like typical Vietnam scene in the movies. Tourists should remember that con Dao Island is at development state so not much is happening mostly if you’re alone travelling.
Getting To & Around Con Dao
You can reach Con Dao islands via boat service from con to Vung Tao, the Vietnam airlines also started to have flights six times a week from the city of ho chi minh to con Dao directly. The boat ride wills take12 hours while the aero plane will take 40 to 50 minutes.
Posted by admin on December 25, 2010 under Vietnam travel News, vietnam beauty |
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Ha Long Bay of Vietnam has been listed among the world’s ten most outstanding tourist destinations by Lonely Planet Magazine.
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Two of Vietnam’s coastal destinations have been listed among the world’s ten most outstanding tourist destinations by Lonely Planet Magazine, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).
Ha Long Bay, in the northern province of Quang Ninh, has made it onto the list of the 10 most outstanding coastal destinations.
About 500 ships ply the waters of Ha Long Bay, designated as the World Heritage site in 1994, carrying millions of tourists every year, according to the VNAT.
Quang Ninh has attracted 5.3 million visitors so far this year, 2.5 million of whom visited Ha Long Bay.
The other nine locations were the Norwegian Fjords, the Amazon River, the Franklin River in Australia, the Quetico
Provincial Park in Canada, the Kerala backwaters in India, New Zealand’s Milford Sound Bay, the Greek islands, Disco Bay in Greenland, and the Galapagos Archipelago off the coast of Ecuador.
Con Dao Islands, an archipelago off the coast of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, was listed in the top 10 most mysterious and outstanding islands in the world for an ideal holiday.
The island was featured for its unspoiled beaches and dark history as a site for inhumane prisons – often known as the Alcatraz of Southeast Asia.
The list includes Socotra off the coast of Yemen, Australia’s Torres, Yaeyama from Japan, Iles du Salut of Guyana, Ulleungdo from Korea, San Blas Islands from Panama, Taiwan’s Penghu; Bay and Hog Islands of Honduras and Uganda’s Ssese.
Posted by admin on November 30, 2010 under Vietnam Food and Drink, Vietnam travel News |
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 Con Dao island ’s unique local specialty is a type of nut that the islanders call mut hat bang (malabar almond jam). |
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| Despite the name (mut means jam) it’s not really a jam, it’s a nut that tastes like walnut. Vendors sell the nuts in jars along the waterfront in the evenings. There are two kinds, salted and sweet.
To make mut hat bang, the ripe Malabar almond fruits are collected after they have been eaten by birds and fallen to the ground. The fruit are dried for four or five days and then peeled and the seeds are removed. Then the seeds are fried with either salt or sugar. Like walnuts they are dark brown outside and white inside. The small nuts are quite expensive because of all the labor to prepare them and are crisp and buttery to eat.
The coastal streets of Con Dao are lined with Malabar almond trees that are all fixed with a sign to identify them.
Malabar almond season is during summer in July or August.
Mut hat bang is sold for VND45,000 per 200gram for sweet nuts and VND55,000 per 200gram for salted.
By thesaigontimes.vn
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