A trip to Vietnam’s local park.
It was my last day in Vietnam and I decided to pay a visit to their local park. The park was located estimately 70km from the city. The journey took approximately 1 hour by taxi. About 10a.m I arrived at the jetty, I hopped on a boat for a journey to the park which is just across the river.
My curiosity strikes when, I saw 2 ship with 2 large eyes at it’s bow. A Vietnamese- Chinese which we met on the jetty was kind enough to explain to me the reason that a lot of their ships have 2 large eyes. He briefed, “In ancients beliefs, the large eyes are meant to scare away devil fish and clear the way of the ship so that the ship could have a safe journey…..”
I was stunned by these special tree. It has papayas, dragon fruits, and surprisingly pineapple too. But after taking a closer look at it… I realised that I was just a bunch of fruits tied to the tree branches.. Creative.. aren’t they 
There were several huts selling locally made products.. such as these shirts and hand bag..
Finally, after several hours of touring I managed to take short break at the rest house. The tourists and guests were entertained with their local dance and music. The singers are dressed in their traditional costumes which have some similarities in design with the Chinese traditional costume “Cheong Sam”.
We were also served with traditional Glutinous Rice. The red is sweet while the white one is salty. I personally prefer the white one. It’s made with salted butter but the red ones are stuffed with sweet red banana.
One of Vietnam’s main export are their dried snacks. I had a chance to taste their dried jack fruit, dried mangoes and dried nuts in the park. Nowadays, these dried fruits and vegetables are available locally in our supermarket.
Beez! These soldiers of bees are farmed for their honey.
You can also have a sip of honey which is produced by the bees. It tasted so fresh and amazingly flavoured like longan. I was explained that the honey that were produced by the bees altered differently according to each season. The honey that I sipped tasted like longan simply because it was longan season.
Besides liquid honey, dried nectars were also sold in the park. I had purchased several packets of dried nectar of longan flowers for my families and friends. It was believed by the local, especially for women to keep their skin tender and prevent skin age-ing and improve health.
