QUANG NINH – During the first spring trip to Binh Lieu, Doan Sang was surprised to see red-leaved maple trees.
Binh Lieu is famous for the season of reeds and the climbing path like “dinosaur spine”. Dang Doan Sang, 28 years old, from Quang Ninh, and a group of friends chose this as a place to depart at the beginning of the year, on the 5th of Tet.
Before coming to Binh Lieu, Sang thought that this was a mountainous border district, so the road was difficult, bumpy, and had many bad sections. However, when they arrived, the group was surprised by the beautiful roads, winding mountains, and many passes, but there were no sharp and dangerous crabs like the Northwest. Binh Lieu is even more poetic when dotted with maple trees (also known as after ) red leaves.
When moving on the way to check-in at milestone 1305, the whole group saw faint spots on the green background of the mountains. “I wondered what kind of tree it was that changed the color of its leaves so beautifully. When we got close, the group cried out because it was a red maple. Unexpectedly, there was a maple tree in Quang Ninh as well,” Sang said, still quite unexpected.
Sang added, the number of red maple leaves along the way to Binh Lieu is quite large, one kilometer is estimated to see about 20 maple trees. “The red maple leaves of the whole tree, alternating between the mountains and the green pine forest, create a scene like a foreign film. There are other maple trees that bloom the whole tree, like yellow apricot”, Sang described the beauty of the film. witness. He thought it would be great if Binh Lieu planted such a forest of red leaves to attract tourists.
After returning, Sang posted photos on travel groups and received many shares. Sang was impressed with everyone’s comments, most of them were interested in the maple syrup, red leaves and compliments on beautiful photos to motivate him to travel and take more photos. To take a good photo with maple leaves, Sang said that he needed to find a tree of moderate height.
Thanks to the travel community, Sang knew better that this was a (or later) maple, a type of maple native to Vietnam, which grows a lot in cold climates such as Cao Bang, Yen Bai, Son La… Phong Incense is a large, light-loving, regenerating tree. Trees in cold countries will change color strongly, but in Vietnam, only sporadic leaves change color and then gradually fall. Maple is a plant that produces many medicinal ingredients.
What makes Sang and the group excited after a day of exploring Binh Lieu is the peace and quiet. There is no smog, crowding, traffic jams and the dishes in Binh Lieu are all delicious such as ginger-cooked ban chicken, fried stream fish served with guise leaves, khau humiliation and hot rice in the middle of a cold period. The total cost per capita of a group of 10 people is 500,000 VND, including transportation costs from Uong Bi and meals.
Photo: Dang Doan Sang