Perhaps nowhere is there a “specialty” of fog that has entered poetry, even old dew and young dew like in La Hai.
Fog is a familiar weather phenomenon in the highlands. But La Hai fog has a strange feature, people here often call it old dew and young dew. On a misty day, the town is romantic in strips of steam like silk. On a cloudy day, the mountain town is covered in an opaque curtain, as heavy as rain.
A corner of TT.La Hai in the mist-covered mountains and hills, was very cold. At this time, it was less than 6 am, there were almost no cars on the street, and only a few people in the field were going to work early. Mr. Pham Thao, a resident of the Long Ha neighborhood said, this is the young dew: “Old mist often appears in the last days of the year, near the New Year, walking about 2m away from each other has not seen each other’s faces.”
La Hai is a mountainous town, the district capital of H.Dong Xuan, with an area of more than 20 square kilometers. The town center overlooks the valley, leaning against the mountains. Looking from the field in the harvest season, a huge fog can be seen continuing to roll down the street
The fog swooped down as if embracing the new La Hai railway bridge consisting of 7 steel girder spans located on the north-south railway. The old bridge from 1936 was degraded, threatened by frequent floods and storms, and was dismantled. The new iron bridge has girders that are about 20 cm higher than the old bridge girders. Adjacent to the downstream is a road bridge leading to the town center. FogINTELLIGENCE
This second road bridge was built upstream, connecting the Long Ha and Long Thang quarters of the town, with high clearance to avoid floods. The bridge is located on the bypass of National Highway 19C passing through 3 districts of Dong Xuan, Song Hinh, and Son Hoa of Phu Yen, connecting with 2 provinces of Binh Dinh and Dak Lak.
Two men rowing and dropping fishing nets on the section of Cai river flowing through TT.La Hai. Song is a dialect of people calling a small boat used to travel and catch fish on rivers and lakesINTELLIGENCE
Cai river is Ky Lo river, about 120 km long, originating from the La Hien mountain area bordering Binh Dinh and Gia Lai provinces , flowing through Dong Xuan district, and emptying into the sea in Tuy An province. The river is mountainous, so it often changes its flow, in the photo is a new alluvial ground when the river changes, and in the distance is the smoke of the Dong Xuan sugar factory.
This land has a specialty of ditch fish known to many people. Ditch fish live in large streams or river surface layers, and eat algae and plankton, so the meat is delicious. Mr. Tran Thanh Thanh, a resident here said, this fish can be made into many dishes such as grilled, fried, or mixed with salad… “Our people often catch fish from the ditch and bake it and then roll the rice paper with raw vegetables and dip it in fish sauce. At the restaurant, people also mainly make this dish because it is chosen by the most customers.”
Farmers go to work in a large field along the Cai River. It was almost 9 am, but the fog was still thick. The young shoots in the distance are obscured in the cold mistINTELLIGENCE
On a power line across the river, a kingfisher perched waiting to hunt. The misty mountain range in the image is located to the north towards H.Van Canh of Binh Dinh province. Below, concrete roads were built to replace dirt roads, rice fields and vegetables gradually gave way to urbanizing infrastructure.INTELLIGENCE
Female tourist picking wildflowers on the side of the road in the fog. This peaceful mountain town has not yet been visited by many tourists , but once you come here, when you leave, it will bring a lot of nostalgia like the line in the song about La Hai by musician Tran Dinh Ly, popularizing poetry by Bui Tam: Coming to La Hai, I forgot the way back… I crossed the bridge to visit the mountain town. The fog cleared and the mountain town looked at me. Yeah baby, love this place, stay here. Stay here and listen to the song…”
About 45 km from Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province to the northwest, TT La Hai of Dong Xuan district is a land of charming mountains, friendly people, and many delicious dishes.
