New Year has just passed, and as is usual, the city was alight with displays and the streets filled with partiers and families from all over Vietnam come here for a few days of celebration. The locals that live here are hard at work preparing for new years celebrations with friends and family. The photos on this post are of a family of a friend making traditional rice cakes. One of them is vegetarian, and the other stuffed with minced pork. In the end the made 50 kg of delicious rice cakes,
As is the norm, the whole country came to a stand still on New Years day. Surprising to me is that some businesses and restaurants were open the very next. I guess times are changing.
Hi Owee,
Just found your site. Its great!
Girlfriend and I are travelling to Vietnam for 3 weeks in Jan 2012, we havent booked flights yet as were unsure whether to fly into the north or south. We plan to do the coast from Hanoi – Saigon or vice versa. Tet is on 23rd and I have read/heard the country shuts down for approx 5 days..travel between places is tricky and lots of businesses are shut etc. We were thinking we might settle in for 5 days somewhere.
Is Tet as chaotic as I have heard?? Any advice or ideas?
Thanks in advance!!
Cheers
Chris
I have emailed you Chris
It was great having you guys. Please send me a photo for the hotel photo page
Hi Owen, Thank’s to you and Mia for giving us such a warm and friendly place to lay our hat’s for the week. I will never forget my time with you guys and look forward to returning soon. Special thanks to Mia for the pho she made for us, it was lovely and best of all I now have the courage to order it at our local Viet-Thi restaurant.
Take care and please add me to your E-mail list for any updates from Paradise.
John