HO CHI MINH CITY – Tourists participating in the tour must wear a mask, sometimes inconvenient when taking photos or sightseeing, but for many people that doesn’t matter.
At the end of September, Nguyen Huong Ly received news that she was going to visit Can Gio on October 3. Ly, a native of Nam Dinh, is a medical officer who came to Ho Chi Minh City to support the fight against Covid-19 from July 14 to the present. Since entering the South, she has not left the field hospital for 7 days, the next trip is her first day off in more than 2 months of continuous work. “I’m looking forward to it, all my friends and colleagues all night long for this trip, to be picked up and picked up,” Ly shared.
This tour of Can Gio is a closed tour, Ly as well as the other guests in the group must be vaccinated with 2 doses of vaccine, tested negative for Covid-19 before the departure date. Before getting on the bus, the guide takes the temperature of each guest, asks for hand washing and disinfects, then arranges seats, the car has 45 seats but the number of guests is only about 20 people, each person sitting in a different row and wearing a mask. throughout the journey. There is hand sanitizer and medical masks on board for guests.
Like the tours before the epidemic, when sitting in the car, guests are introduced to the attractions in the 12-hour journey. The Anh, a tour guide, used a microphone to explain the destinations in Ho Chi Minh City every time the car passed, Nha Rong Wharf, Nguyen Hue pedestrian street, Saigon River, Thu Thiem bridge… and the upcoming delegation. We will cross the Binh Khanh ferry to Can Gio island district. Along the way, he also organizes cultural programs and quizzes to make guests feel comfortable and happy.
Nearly 2 hours away from the city center, visitors go directly to the attractions in Can Gio, only get off when there is a notice from the tour guide.
The destinations in the program are in green areas, eligible to operate according to anti-epidemic safety criteria such as Monkey Island Forest Park, Rung Sac revolutionary base area… Visitors can learn about living life. Mangrove plants at Dan Xay tourist area, visit and experience unspoiled eco-tourism at Dam Doi, enjoy the panoramic view of mangroves at an altitude of 26 m at Vam Sat tourist area…
After visiting a point, visitors will move to the next point, sometimes by car, sometimes sitting on a canoe in the middle of the river, sometimes rowing a dinghy, and then walking on concrete roads. , go to the wooden bridge in the middle of the forest… The activities are arranged in a variety of ways. The attractions are all open-air and each place has a QR code for medical declaration, the service staff all wear masks and remind guests to join the correct number of people when organizing activities such as crocodile fishing, walking cars, rowing boat…
At noon, guests stop to rest and have lunch, enjoy many delicious dishes, specialties of Can Gio land at Vam Sat eco-tourism area. This place is a thatched-roof house with high ceilings, airy space, each table has 5-6 guests, the distance from one table to the other is arranged far apart. The dining area is arranged with hand sanitizer, towels, dishes, separate drinking water, dishes such as porridge are shared by the restaurant for guests. This is also a rare time in the tour when guests can take off their masks and have a meal together.
In addition to seafood, Can Gio has delicious sand mangoes grown on sandy soil and sea, abundant in Long Hoa commune, on this occasion visitors are also introduced to enjoy and buy as gifts.
Mr. Bui Van Duc, a member of the Nam Dinh medical staff who went on a tour after more than 2 months of working at the 7th field hospital, said he felt comfortable with this trip: “This is the first time When I visited Can Gio , the atmosphere here is fresh and quiet, very suitable for those who want to relieve pressure and stress after a long time working. The trip also gave me many thrilling experiences such as: Standing on a floating raft fishing for lilac crocodiles, seeing directly the crocodiles taking the bait is very interesting.”
And Pham Quang Anh is very happy to be able to change the atmosphere after days of receiving and treating asymptomatic Covid-19 patients. This time to Can Gio, Quang Anh was impressed with the scenery filled with green trees, was able to ride a canoe in the mangrove forest, met a lot of monkeys, and fished for crocodiles in the lagoon.
“Before the trip, I wore a mask and protective gear every day, now being in the woods feels cooler, even though I still wear a mask, it’s much more comfortable”, Quang Anh noticed that the prevention work, Anti-epidemic at the attractions is very good, there are hand sanitizers, full masks, and everyone has completed 2 shots of the vaccine, negative for Covid-19, so it is quite reassuring.
Sometimes he also finds wearing a thick mask for many hours a bit inconvenient while taking photos or moving around a lot when visiting outdoors, not as comfortable as when traveling before the epidemic, but for him, it doesn’t matter. topic: “I feel used to, where I am working all the time I have to wear a mask except when eating and sleeping, so on this tour, I take off my mask when I eat, so I feel fine. I’m fine like this.”
| Can Gio district (HCMC) reopen tourism activities from September 19 with the first closed tour for doctors and nurses involved in the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic in Ho Chi Minh City over the past time? The tour is organized according to the “bubble” model, through closed roads. Visitors mainly visit the outdoor tourist attractions, the space of mangroves and rivers in Can Gio, the green route that has been recognized by UNESCO as the first biosphere reserve of Vietnam. |