My first TET Holiday in Vietnam was really fun. Me and a friend went to Mui Ne, Na Trang, and DaNang. I stayed on my friends family farm near DaNang and we celebrated traditional TET eating rice cakes, drinking rice wine, playing cards, and eating watermelon seeds. We gave lucky money to the children and sang songs.
Everyone was excited to see a foreigner and they all asked me to buy them a laptop. Needless to say I didn't buy them all laptops but they were still happy i came to their little farming village.
There was no tapwater or indoor plumbing so I had to take a bath outside using well water every morning. I would lower the plastic bucket into the ground on a rope about 3 meters deep. Then I would dump the cold water over my head shivering in the cool morning air.
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We then went to Hoi An and toured the city. The beach was great however the water a little cool at that time of year. I really liked the white sand beach and the friendly people in Hoi An.
We also went to Mui Ne and the sand mountains. I rented a motorbike and toured the countryside around Mui Ne and visited some romantic scenic areas along the coast over looking the sea.
I experienced traditional TET in DaNang and had a wonderful time. This year I will tour the Mekong Delta by motorbike and spend TET in Vinh Long and Can Tho.
In the past I have stayed in HCMC for TET but it was a bit boring, so this year i'm going out of town.
Most of my friends are vietnamese so TET Holiday for me is very traditional.
I look forward to having another great TET Holiday in Vietnam this year.
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During a normal year I will stay in Vietnam for ten months (March to December) then take an extended break between the end of December (for Christmas and New Year) and February (as it’s my birthday then). For example, in 2009 I used my Tet vacation to travel to the Philippines to learn more about their culture and explore their cities and towns. Last year, however was different and I decided to take advantage of my free time by studying to become a business English teacher, I received my Cert IBET (Certificate in International Business English Teaching) early last year and have taught a large number of business English classes since.
Trả lờiXóaTet holiday is traditionally all about spending time with your relatives (and lucky money!), so this year I will return to the UK to visit my family as I have not seen them in almost three years. I am very excited to return to the UK but I will leave my heart in Vietnam as I have fallen in love with your country!
I didn’t have chance to travel for my first TET…
Trả lờiXóaTET is cool ! But a kind of tiring when we celebrate it in a big city…
We go shopping, struggling with people, and we buy many things for family and friends.
Then, we have to move around and around… That’s the point.
But, we also visit our families in Vietnam and our friends. It’s great !
Most of people don’t have enough time to visit each other, during the year.
All of them are hardworking. So TET is the perfect occasion for them to gather together.
They eat, drink, sing and play cards. It’s amazing to see how Vietnamese people like playing cards…
Oh ! They like singing as well. They sing a lot, especially karaoke.
I must confess that I’m not a good singer. Therefore, I prefer to stay there, listening to them.
For TET Eve, I remember that we went outside, at night, to buy flowers.
We had to wait 1 hour before to get some flowers.
People rush into streets on that time, to buy flowers and prepare TET.
The party was great. We had a great time in family.
I’m looking forward TET 2012. Maybe I will have chance to travel, this year !