Archive for January, 2010
admin on 29 Jan 2010
Exploring Vietnam’s Central Highland’s pine tree forests, waterfalls and coffee plantations by motorbike
“Nha san”, or stilt house’s K’Ho people in Lam Dong, Vietnam
Despite breathtaking mountain scenery and a rich diversity of hill tribe cultures, Vietnam’s Central Highlands remain one of the least ‘tourorized’ areas of Southeast Asia. This region […]
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admin on 28 Jan 2010
Series of blog entries from Burrows Red Spider group describe their great 16-day motorcycling trip in Vietnam with ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA. Let’s follow their trip day by day!
Red Spider bikers over the wood bridge
Saturday Jan 16th
They came from London, Birmingham, St. Louis and Chicgao….that […]
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admin on 23 Jan 2010
Lying in Tan Hiep commune, in the central province of Quang Nam’s Hoi An town, Cu lao Cham or Cham island is a cultural historical monument that is closely associated with the establishment and development of Hoi An town for a thousand years.
The island has become one of 15 Vietnamese maritime reserves since 2007. However, […]
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admin on 19 Jan 2010
Visiting Bac Ha Highland in Lao Cai province on early spring days, tourists will be treated with a pure and special selection of beautiful Tam Hoa plum flowers covering villages with its white colour.
Villages of ethnic minorities such as the Mong Hoa, […]
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admin on 19 Jan 2010
Pu Mat National Park, Nghe An Province is now home to two elephants, both about 1 year old.
Sang Le forest is located at Pu Mat national park (photo by Pu Mat national park)
Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Director of Pu Mat National Park, says that one elephant was born […]
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admin on 14 Jan 2010
In colonial days, the mountains surrounding Sapa were known as the Tonkinese Alp for the quasi-European climate, with the town functioning as a former hill station, built by the French as a retreat from the heat for vacationing military officers. It is also home to Vietnam’s highest peak, Mount Fansipan, […]
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admin on 06 Jan 2010
ACTIVETRAVEL ASIA has been member of Adventure Travel Trade Association, who operates and promotes sustainable adventure travel as well as trusted tour operators online
Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) is a global membership organization dedicated to unifying, networking, professionalizing, promoting and responsibly growing the adventure travel market as well as operates and promotes sustainable adventure travel […]
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admin on 05 Jan 2010
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on June 10th 2009 issued a decision approving the 1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary scheme in 2010. Here are celebration activities in detail:
1000th Thang Long – Hanoi anniversary in 2010
I. Activities to celebrate the Party, the New Year 2010 and 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi:
1. Events held […]
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admin on 04 Jan 2010
Falling in love with Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam is to fall in love with its wonderful alleyways, which for locals are the soul of their home town.
According to the town’s documents, major roads in Hoi An, such as Tran Phu, Nguyen Thai Hoc and Bach Dang were formed in the […]
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