The lunar new year is also a big festival in Vietnam (its called the "Tet Festival") and the city was almost completely closed during the 4 days we were there. So we couldn't do much of the regular touristic stuff; like sail along the back-waters of the delta; or visit the local markets. But the festive mood in the city was quite something. There were parades & yellow flowers on almost every street in the city & it was abuzz. To give you an idea, this was what the city looked like from a rooftop bar we were sitting at :)
8 comments:
wow! deep envy happening...added to the deep envy for the previous post :)
awesome!!!!!! this reminds me of watching Mardi Gras parades here in New Orleans from the top of the restaurants in French Quarter......
more pics please.........:)
That could be a crowded market in India :-)
Padma, Moi,
It was an interesting holiday. Was my first trip to a communist country & some of the contrasts were striking. I shd write a post abt that maybe! I did click a lot of pictures, will put them up soon.
Parth,
More like the mela in Pune because there were hoardes & hoardes of two-wheelers in that crowd!
Do yellow flowers symbolise something? And did you see any rats on the menu? I was reading a Wall Street Article on how it has become a delicacy.
That bar must be real high up! :)
I'll just borrow others' comments. "Envy happening", yes. "More pictures please." :D
Aquin,
Hi!!! How've you been??
Don't think the yellow flowers are symbolic of anything, they're just the traditional decorations used for the festival. The trees (that carry the yellow flowers) are used to hang beautiful envelopes with cash in them...they're given away as gifts to the children in the family or juniors in the office.
And no, there were no rats on the menu :) Although there were huge cut-outs of rats everywhere because the new year is the year of the rat!!
Jas,
It wasn't that high, its only the 5th floor, but the view was great :))
:(
when will I step out of my city:(
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