Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Indochina Guides Travel Vietnam

Acting as local responsible tour operator, INDOCHINA GUIDES offers customized tours and eco-friendly vacation trips to beautiful destinations in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

Your request, booking or planning of a Vietnam tour with Indochinaguides will be taken care of by a personal tour operator who cares for all your travel needs before and during your trip in Vietnam.

With its eco policy, IG cares about the environment, helps to preserve Vietnamese culture, and works with the local guides to help them benefit. By booking Vietnam Travel through IG, tourist money will stay and benefit the local population. There is no need for a broker.

IG is recognized internationally as reliable local tour operators and has been highly recommended in many travel guides, such as Lonely Planet, Rough Guide, Ethical Guides.

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Monday, August 17, 2009

Vietnamese tour guide

Vietnamese tour guideVietnamese tour guide

I am touring around Vietnam with more than 8 year experiences. I am so passionate about my country Vietnam where I was born and grew up. I want to show off the beauty, historical, and culture country to travellers around the world. Come with me, you never feel disappointed for what I do and provide. whenever you go, just email or call me for travel services and tourist guide around Vietnam. To take care of all your needs. Many thanks, see you!

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

MARBLE MOUNTAINS TOUR

MARBLE MOUNTAINS TOUR

Price: $ 32 USD/2pax

From 3 - 7 USD/pax: 11 USD/pax.

From 8 - 12 USD/pax: 8 USD/pax.

Departure: 9 am or 2 pm

Duration: 4 hours

Inclusive: English speaking tourguide, entrance fee, 4-16 seats A.C car, 2 bottles of water and pick up & drop off from any hotel in Hoi An & Danang City, service charge & tax.

Not inclusive: meal or other expenditure.

Marble Mountains are seemingly familiar to everybody who heard of there or has been to Danang City.

There are so well known as to be a symbol of the area. The subtle, lyric and poetical ambience of pagodas, grottoes, trees, bushes, sounds the mixed of pagoda bells and murmuring waves and the mysterious legends of sea are all that are not far from the city center, making the mountains a fairy land for tourists for ages.

Almost two hundred years ago, King Minh Mang came here. He named the mountain, grottoes and pagodas. Nobody knows why names such as Ngu Hanh Son, Huyen Khong, Hoa Liem, Lang Hu, Tang Chan, Van Nguyet, Thien Long put King deep in thought, despite of dwelling on to national development, the King kept in his mind the picturesque landscape of the mountains as the pride of

the beautiful southern land.

Cultural and historical stamps can be seen on every pagoda and tower built in the 19th century, and on Champa sculptures of the 14th and 15th century. There are written-on-stone poets of the Le and Tran Dynasty, a grave of Capital Tran Quang Khai’s mother, a temple worshiping Ngoc Lan princess (Minh Mang King’s younger sister) and such evolutionary relics as Da Chong tunnel, Ba Tho cave, Kim Son mount, Am Phu cave, etc… All are persuasive evidences to the legendary Marble Mountain and the land endowed with the people of great talent.

Like other landscapes, these mountains have many different mysterious legends. The poetical ambience plus echoes of my mysterious legends gives mountains their own characters that it is difficult to find on other places. In ancient oriental philosophy; metal, wood, water, fire, earth were five elements that created the universe. Five is the paramount important number in thinking and lives. The coincidence of the five peaks: metal, wood, water, fire, earth still keeps them mysterious.

The natural grottoes and pagodas on the mountains combine both heaven-endowed and man-made to create the harmonious beauty. The feature the attractive characters that keep tourists surprised and emotional on the way traveling.

On hot summer days, let us imagine you and your friends going up the 108 steps to Ling Ung pagoda, sitting at Vong Giang tower to look to green Truong Giang murmuring slightly in the sunset or standing on Vong Hai tower to look far to sandy beaches flirted by the sea waves. In the late afternoon, city dwellers rush to the seaside, fishermen group by group patiently push their boats offshore, and on the greasy paths leading to the grottoes and inside pagodas the sandalwood exhales its fragrance. One day staying at the in Marble Mountains makes life more beautiful and meaningful.

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Tra Que Vegetable Village tour

Tra Que Vegetable Village tour

TRA QUE VILLAGE TOUR

You could spend a year in Hoi An and not discover all of its charms. However, if you only have a few days and you want to experience the delights of the local countryside then the half day Organic Discovery Tour is a good option.

Tra Que is a charming little village located just a few kilometres from Hoi An. The village is named after the sweet scented vegetables they grow in the village, and are used to spice up famous Hoi An dishes, like the local noodle dishes Cao Lau and My Quang, or Hoi An Pancakes (Banh Xeo).

The half day "Organic Discovery Tour" is available everyday - with both a morning and afternoon program available.

 PROGRAM

8.30 am or 3.30 pm

After a short drive through the local countryside we arrive at Tra Que Village , and the home of your host, Mr Tuan. A welcome drink of freshly picked fruits is waiting, before we take a walk around the village and learn about the history and customs of this charming village. We walk through the market gardens where hundreds of local farmers work their fields using the traditional methods of hundreds of years ago - no electrical machinery here.

We return to the home of Mr Tuan, and this is where the real fun begins. Everyone is given a farming instruments, and we set about joining the farmers in preparing the land for sewing. Our guide describes the traditional farming methods while we help fertilize the garden using seaweed from the local river, and then water it using huge tin cans strapped to our back. Time is then spent picking vegetables and herbs, and learning how to wrap them to prevent damage.

Many of the local herbs are used by the farmers for traditional village medicines - this includes the herbal pillow, which helps relax your body and mind, ready for a good night's sleep.

It's now time to try are hands at making the village speciality named “Tam Huu” spring rolls - using the local herbs and vegetables we have just picked or Xeo Cake ( Banh Xeo). We then sit down and enjoy a lovely local meal.

 Menu - Tam Huu, Family's spring rolls, Banh Xeo, Vietnamese dishes ( Fish, Soup, vegetables, Rice)& Fruit Salad

1.00pm or 6.30pm - Transfer back to Hoi An.

Valid until December 31, 2009

includes:

 Morning Tour

• 1 drinks (non-alcoholic) - welcome

• Village entrance fee

• Lunch

• Local guide

• Foot Massage

• Farming course

• Making fun with cooking some dishes.

 Afternoon Tour:

• 1 drinks (non-alcoholic) - welcome

• Village entrance fee

• Snacks & Fruit Salad or Special cakes from Hoi an

• Local guide

• Foot Massage

• Farming course

 Note:

• The program requires a minimum of 2 paying passengers to operate.

• The program operates on a seat-on-coach basis.

• No child prices

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Just travel to Vietnam in a smart way!

Just travel to Vietnam in a smart way!Just travel to Vietnam in a smart way!

Smart Travel Vietnam has been known in Vietnam and Travel World as a young and small scale but remarkably successful and professional Tour Operator.

With head office based in Hanoi, Vietnam and being newly established but not new in the travel industry as it was founded by experienced and passionate travelers.

We provide private small group tour packages and full range travel services such as: flights, transfers, hotel bookings, visa supports… to all parts of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and specialize in customizing or tailor making tours for individuals, families and special interest group.

We focus in small group tour with budget saving but make sure all is in accordance to our commitment of standard. We aim not to provide cheap price with poor service but high quality service for smart travelers.

Our company welcomes many clients from many countries each year; most of them come from Europe, North America, South Africa, Russia, Japan and Australia...

All of the clients end their tour with us with the satisfaction and most of them wish to come back for another chance to explore once again many unknown places and enjoy our excellent tour services.

Our Mission

As an employee-owned travel management company, Smart Travel Vietnam is committed to be an innovative industry leader in Vietnam whose growth and success is anchored by our values, integrity and dedication to customer service.

We also share a conviction that as world travelers we have a responsibility as individuals and as a company with respect to positive social and environmental change. We are committed to responsible travel that promotes understanding of and helps conserve cultural and natural environments, and are mindful of practicing good citizenship that is supportive of places we visit, as well as of our own community.

Our Promise

We promise to delight customers and colleagues. The growth and success of our company depends upon fulfilling customers expressed and unexpressed needs.

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