Back to my father's homeland (Quảng Ngãi - Part 1)

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August 12th 2012

Published: August 12th 2012

This is Part 1 of my 7-day trip to the Central Vietnam (from 3 Aug to 9 Aug 2012). On this trip I traveled with my parents, sister and nephew to Quảng Ngãi province and visited the village where my father was born. It has been a long time since my last visit, so things have changed. My father was born in a wealthy family in the Central Vietnam and many poor people in the village worked on my gr... Read Full Entry

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I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Decorations for a wedding in Sa Huỳnh

At Sa Huỳnh beach resort.

Bánh ít (rice cakes) in Quảng Ngãi city

There are two types of Bánh ít cakes. When you open the leaves, the black ones are sweet, and the white ones are salty. Both have green bean inside. (Bánh ít có hai loại mặn màu trắng và ngọt màu đen với nhân đậu xanh giống như bánh gai).

Sunset over Mỹ Khê beach

Beautiful colors of clouds.

Uncle's bike at my grandparents house

My nephew at Sa Huỳnh beach

Quảng Ngãi city

View from the museum.

Bánh căng pancakes in Quảng Ngãi city

Landscape on the way to Sa Huỳnh beach

Quảng Ngãi museum

Traditional clothes of Cadong ethnic minority people in Sơn Tây district.

Visiting grandparents & relatives graves

We are passing by sugar cane trees and walking toward graves of my grandparents in Mộ Đức district.

Vân Hà village

Vân Hà village is the place where my father was born. The workers are building gate of the neighbor house opposite to my grandparents house.

Sunset over Mỹ Khê beach

My grandparents house in Mộ Đức district

This is the place where my father was born and my grandparents used to live. When I was a little girl, it was a wooden house.

Food on the altar to invite our deceased grandparents

In the north we put the whole chicken on a plate, but in my father's home village it is different. (Đồ cúng trên bàn thờ ông bà nội của tôi tại huyện Mộ Đức gồm có thịt gà và cháo. Đồ cúng ở đây là gá xé ra chứ không phải nguyên con gà giống như ở ngoài bắc).

Sa Kỳ port

Quảng Ngãi museum

Traditional clothes of the H'rê ethnic minority people who live in mountain area of Ba Tơ district.

Quảng Ngãi museum

Quảng Ngãi used to be a part of the Champa kingdom.

My nephew at Mỹ Khê beach

The beach is located about 20km from Quảng Ngãi city.

Quảng Ngãi museum

Dung Quất oil refinery factory

The white ball contains oil.

Sa Huỳnh beach

12th August 2012

Violets
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Interesting account
Thanks for the comments about your family history Hong Ha. You always make me want to go to the places you write about. Last trip I planned to go to Quang Ngai to see the museum of the My Son massacre but I couldn't find a bus to get there. Your information will make it possible next trip. It was a very sad event but made a big difference to the course of the war as thousands of Americans were so horrified they stopped supporting the American war and ca Led for the US to withdraw from Vietnam.

13th August 2012

Leah
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Hi Hong Ha, It is wonderful to read your travel blog to your father's birth place. It was very sad to have Vietnam divided & families separated during war. However, it is great to move ahead now as a country after unification. Your nephew seemed to have a great time at the beach :)

13th August 2012

anonymous
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thanks for sharing such a personal blog with us ... well written and very interesting thanks

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