Dien Bien archive: ban flowers, travel stories from northern Vietnam, and memories of a historic battlefield. Photos of the Dien Bien Phu battlefield.
Though there was a girl checking in the room yesterday afternoon after me, I was still woken up at midnight by 2 others. They also switched the aircon to a temperature that made me hard to sleep again. I tried the buffet breakfast. It cost me 15 yuans and was worth it. The Dien Bien […]
Before I went on this trip, I thought Mt. Siguniang must be a place for climbers. I only liked hiking for a day of about 30,000 steps which was tiring enough. Stargazing on the snowy top of the mountain at night under the cold wind was no fun to me. I didn’t really wanna go […]
Really, Langmusi (Taktsang Lhamo according to Tibetans) was out of my initial plan. This was somewhere unplanned. Its name wasn’t in my last plan sheet in May. It was somehow a last minute decision. It turned out to be the best place of the journey. As we all stayed in one room with 2 beds, […]
Because it was raining when we started for Huanglong, we decided to take the cable car to halfway. On the way to the top, I saw some precautions of health and oxygen, but didn’t experience any breathing problem if I walked slowly enough. The view from the top lake was astonishing. If Mounigou was all […]
I didn’t have a good night sleep with people coming in and going out. Why did they have to make so much noise at night? I envied the other 2 Hanoian girls having their own room yesterday because there weren’t enough beds in the dorm rooms. And I found out the Dien Bien girl also […]
So I woke up early this morning to board the plane to Hanoi, in order to meet up with my 3 companions that I found online through a Facebook travel group. I might have got out of bed the wrong side, because I had a problem from the start. The VNA ground staff was very […]
On celebrating 10 years of my domain NgocNga.net, I decided to post an entry on how I picked music to listen on the road. First, songs whose lyrics inspired me to go. – This type of songs accounted for the big part of my playlist. For several years now, Đen and Da Lab’s raps have […]
🌞🌸💞 Suddenly after the warm sunshine, the ban flowers bloom white in the forest. Suddenly after being intoxicated, we become strangers. // Bất chợt sau nắng ấm, hoa ban nở trắng rừng. Bất chợt sau say đắm, ta hóa đôi người dưng. P.s.: Picture taken in Dien Bien Phu, Dien Bien, Vietnam in 2014.
Every May arrives, Dien Bien memories rise. // Cứ tới tháng 5 là nhớ Điện Biên. P.s.: Picture taken in Headquarters of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, Muong Phang, Dien Bien, Vietnam in 2014.