(NB&CL) At Thuong Lam wharf, I did not bargain with Gam River when climbing Khuoi Nhi waterfall. That: "After climbing the mountain, looking at the waterfall and wading in the stream, then standing still and holding my breath while the fish lick my feet, the feeling of the fish licking my feet is like getting a massage at a spa that is brightly lit in the city lights."
Wading through the stream under Khuoi Nhi waterfall, passing Khuoi Sung, without crossing many slippery green moss slopes, we arrived at Na Khuon, a village at the foot of the mountain with only seven houses. The seven houses were newly migrated from the riverbed to the mountain to live. They cleared the land to grow corn, sow peanuts, and raise enough livestock to live comfortably in this magical countryside with 99 fairy mountains.
Here you can see mountains upon mountains. There are 99 mountains here, and legend has it that: there used to be 99 birds that perched on each mountain, and when the leader bird flew back, there was no 100th mountain, and so the flock of birds flew away. The birds flew back to Hanoi , so that beloved Hanoi became the capital today. The villagers still enthusiastically talked about the mountains, so I was not foolish enough to bargain with the Gam River. I went to the river for a day and spent a whole week on the mountains, the Gam River would not be angry with me.
Six days in Na Dong or Na Thuon, I went to Khuoi Nhi and came back in the evening to watch the bamboo dance, then listened to the Tinh lute, listened to the Hmong flute, the sound was so sad and beautiful like the moon in puberty hanging on the cliff. In the morning, I skipped breakfast to ride my bike to Na Thuon to meet my niece Thuy to sow corn and chat about the Covid days. Thuong Lam boat station was deserted with tourists . The boat was sad at night. People's houses were full of sacks of corn and rice, people used it every day, if they couldn't eat it all, they raised livestock. Raising fat chickens, geese, and geese to roast, but no one bought them at the market, they would go home to raise pigs. The geese and geese were old, so they would roast them this Tet. The roasted pigs would be hung in the kitchen, grilled, or frozen until spring, people didn't know what to do.
I stood in the middle of the field, stunned, when I discovered at the foot of the mountain the rows of yellow leaves of the Chinese maize trees were falling, and flocks of woodpeckers were chirping to each other right next to the rapeseed garden. The peace and quiet was so great that the corn sowers could sow their corn, and woodpeckers and five-colored birds would fly down to the rapeseed garden to sow the flowering corn, which they planted in alternating seasons.
The bright red harrow was diligently plowing, loosening the soil. In Na Dong, I asked a drunk boy for directions, asked his name and found out his name was Vien, he left the flour mill and showed me the way to a local's orange garden. He was drunk and ran barefoot to show me the way, Vien said : "I'm Nong Van Vien, let me show you the way" . He swayed his legs, stuttering, but still tried: "I will take beautiful pictures for you in the orange garden". The entrance to Van Ngon's orange garden was not too far, the path was full of bamboo and small ponds, along the road were palm gardens with swaying leaves, people planted palm trees and used them to roof their kitchens, pig pens, buffalo pens in the cold season, they knew how to shelter and protect livestock and poultry. Chickens crowed at the end of the garden. Flocks of geese and ducks were in the pond, bamboo and bamboo were scattered around. Van Ngon's orange garden was quite large.
The warmth and enthusiasm of the local people warms the hearts of every visitor from afar. Here, houses are never locked, there are no thieves, no drug addicts, no drugs, and no thieves. People here accept poverty to preserve and protect the forest. Mr. Nguyen Van Hien, who is knowledgeable about the mountains and forests of Tuyen Quang, told me: "The environment here is clean, although the district still has 4 extremely poor communes, people accept poverty rather than destroy the forest."
The orange garden owner invited guests to eat oranges, but I had no appetite to eat oranges and instead went to visit the beautiful ripe orange garden. Mr. Van Ngon said that if there were no Covid epidemic, many tourists would come to visit. They bought oranges and took pictures of the garden, taking pictures of the green mountains. According to Dr. Ngo Kieu Oanh: "People in Thuong Lam are not poor, especially in the communes of Na Dong, Na Thuon, Na Liem, the forest has fed them well, because the local people know how to preserve and protect the forest and protect the green, clean, and beautiful environment." Ms. Oanh is also working on a project to green the environment by planting medicinal plants, raising bees and raising livestock. Lam Binh's local products will be expanded from shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, honey, and flavors of traditional medicinal leaves.
Khuoi Nhi Waterfall is as beautiful as a soft silk strip, an ideal stopping place for tourists going upstream of Gam River. Photo by Nguyen The Luong
There are many Homestay stilt houses here, the price for each person is 80,000 VND/day, meals from 50 to 100 thousand for lunch and dinner depending on your taste. The most special dishes in Thuong Lam are grilled silver carp, banana flower pac pi mixed with minced meat and forest leaves, you will not want to swallow it right away, because the aroma is so strong and the sweetness of the banana flower keeps giving off a fragrant aroma.
If you enjoy the scent and taste of the mountains and forests, the food here is always the most attractive to gourmet tourists. The meal here is a tray lined with banana leaves, no plates, the tray of 6 to 7 dishes is just displayed on the tray. You climb the mountain and go to the stream, sit and enjoy the rice on the tray of leaves, it feels very delicious. All the fatigue of the long journey disappears. If you don't believe me, come to Lam Binh, a place nearly 400 kilometers from Hanoi, if you go to the mountain, ask the locals, they are very enthusiastic to help you.
Coming to Tuyen Quang, facing the Gam River and the old forest, where there are lakes, rivers, streams and majestic mountains. Lam Binh is the furthest and highest place. This mountainous area, with stilt houses and fire pits, you will see and hear Then singing, Hmong flute playing, campfire nights will bring you days close to the land and green forest, peaceful happiness will return to the traveler after many worries are soothed, peace will return, happiness will return on the threshold of spring.
Hoang Viet Hang
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