QUANG NINH -Visitors can explore “milestone paradise” in the season of grass rippling by motorbike, at a cost of 600,000 VND for a 2 day 1 night trip.
From the end of October, Binh Lieu starts the best reed grass season of the year. Dinh Ngoc Thuong (also known as Thuong Dinh, 1997), travel blogger from Cao Bang, loves to explore the mountains, spent two weekends exploring this place.
Researching online, Thuong knows some attractions that many tourists check-in in Binh Lieu such as ” dinosaur spine “, landmark series running along the border line, Khe Van waterfall, Cao Ba Lanh peak, top Cao Xiem (the roof of Quang Ninh), Song Mooc village, Na Lang suspension bridge … However, in two days, the blogger only had enough time to check-in the dinosaur’s spine, some special border landmarks and wings. meadows.
Due to the windless weather, the 23-year-old blogger rides a motorbike from Hanoi with his friends. The two departed from Hanoi at 6am, took about 7-8 hours, stopped in the city. Ha Long then continue to Binh Lieu. Thuong advises tourists to take a private car or a passenger car to Binh Lieu (about 180,000 VND / time) and then rent a motorbike (200,000 VND / day), to ensure health.
Binh Lieu is also known as the “landmark paradise”, because there are about 60 landmarks running along the 48 km long border between Vietnam and China, most visitors can visit, Thuong said. .
The first day, 15:00 to the center of Binh Lieu district, Thuong with you to check-in landmarks 1279 and 1300. After about 14 km from the district center to the hill located at landmark 1300, he walked up the stairs about 10 minute. From the courtyard around the landmark is where you can see the panoramic mountain side of China. Thuong was reminded by border guards to lock his motorbike because there is no parking space here.
Milestone 1297 is about 15 km from the 1300 column. “This place literally means the paradise of reed grass, this place watching the sunset must be said to be the ultimate”, Thuong commented. The concrete walkway is steep and easy to go.
The second day for the journey to milestone 1305 is about 16 km from the district center, where you have to go through “dinosaur spine”. Column 1305 is the highest border mark in Binh Lieu and Quang Ninh province. The way to hit the landmark from the foot of the mountain is 1.8 km long, on a winding mountain ridge and up like a dinosaur’s back.
If the weather is favorable, it will take you about 2 hours to get there. Because of the sudden rain, Thuong had to slow down, take 3 hours, to avoid slipping and the wind breaking while on the brink. However, the reason many visitors give up the strength to climb to the place is because they want to see the sea of clouds. White clouds will swoop down on tourists, appearing even when it is sunny or rainy, Thuong said.
Before returning to Hanoi, the male blogger rested at one of the resting huts of people at the foot of landmark 1305. Here they sell snacks, drinks, and some local specialties such as grilled chicken, Ban pork, sticky rice.
There are not many options for accommodation in Binh Lieu. You can stay in some indigenous homestays such as A Dao, A Piu, Hoang San, Song Mooc … priced at 30,000 – 60,000 VND per night in the form of a dorm room, or budget motels for about 250,000 VND per night. night.
The male blogger also gives some notes to visitors: “Although the weather is in the cold season, when walking in the mountains you should wear light and warm enough clothes, because the outdoor temperature changes during the day. Each person should Prepare personal raincoats, snacks, water bottles, sports shoes. To avoid crowds of people taking photos in meadows or mountains, you should go early in the morning or at noon.
Dinh Ngoc Thuong believes that Binh Lieu is not as shimmering and magical as in edited photos. Blogger compliments this place has a pristine, majestic, most beautiful landscape, the “dinosaur spine”, so that visitors can bring beautiful photos
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