Nha Trang - Monkey Island (2)

Today, in order to continue the series of beautiful beaches of Vietnam, I consider this as an ideal resort that has sunny blue sea all year round. Moreover, as I mentioned in previous article Nha Trang is one of the most beautiful bays in the world.

Nha Trang trip - Mom's reward

My trip to Nha Trang in 2010 was my mother's reward because I did well in the high school entrance examination in Vietnam. During that time, I enjoyed bathing, playing in the mainland or visiting the ship to the islands in the bay as Hon Ngoc Viet, Hon Tam, Hon Thi, Hon Mun...

For me, I find each island has its unique beauty that makes Hon Ngoc Viet luxury but expensive. Tam Tam is lively. Moreover, Tri Nguyen Aquarium is a place where I can play while studying... Island is beautiful and charming. Further, there is a small island but also its own charm.

Today I will introduce Monkey Island where I visited 7 years ago. Monkey Island, what is strange, and why we left time to go a little far to visit. Please join me on the road.

Reaching Nha Trang

From Nha Trang, I follow the most beautiful route along the coastline of Tran Phu to go north. Along the way, on the left hand side are hotels and restaurants of all kinds: from two or three stars to four-star international luxury hotels. Currently, people are building a Hilton hotel that a few dozen floors. I felt greatly Nha Trang is an attractive destination so foreign companies compete for investment. In the right hand is a park close to the coast. This park is beautifully trimmed. The coconut trees along the coast make the scenery very beautiful as well. In the morning, only few people bathe in the sea but local people exercise a lot.

Although I have been to Nha Trang twice, every time I have the opportunity to go on this road, I am very excited and wish that when I have free time, I will have the opportunity to go to Nha Trang for many days to enjoy and feel the fresh air in the morning as the local people here.

Our car passed a new bridge across Nha Trang river, which is called Tran Phu Bridge. Then our car turns left to run across the ball. Looking up the hill is Ponaga Tower, a tourist destination that anyone visiting Nha Trang should visit. At the foot of Thap Ba, the car is cheap to run north. That is the old highway 1. Only a few kilometers to the Rui Ri. Previously the road up the high slope is slightly sloping, winding and dangerous but today the only one-way car from Nha Trang to the car is more leisurely and safe than ever before.

From the ridge I can see the left hand of a city... of the dead. It is the cemetery of Nha Trang people, this cemetery is colorful, so it's a bit of a fun place to be. Across the pass, the car slides down and runs into National Highway 1A. roads are now flat. When you arrive at Luong Son, you will see the right hand side of Nha Trang Bay, another beautiful bay. In this bay we see many small huts. Around the tower is the stakes planted deep into the bay. As a guide, Nhu Quynh said that it is the place where fishermen jump to catch the lobster. She explained as follows:

• Catching lobster in Nha Phu Bay:

  

  Lobster game in Nha Phu Bay

Lobster is a favorite dish with many people so it is scarce and very high price. Today in nature, lobster is not much. To serve the needs of consumers, fishermen in Khanh Hoa have learned how to farm lobsters for exporting. But the first thing to do is shrimp. Nha Phu provides shrimps for lobster farms in the whole of Central Vietnam.

In order to remove lobsters, people plug the pile and wire between the piles. In the strings, large columns of coral were piled up and drilled about 15-20 deep, about 3 cm deep. Shrimp season from September to March next year. At that time lobster tidal in the bay to find shelter in the bay. They go into the coral to live. Fishermen will pick them up for sale to shrimp farms. I saw that the price of lobster varieties from 70, 000 to 150, 000 VNĐ depending on the type. Green lobster turns more lobster star. The price is high but it is not easy to eat because now many people do this job and the environment is also heavily damaged shrimp should be less. In addition, every day, the fishermen have to soak the coral reefs to rub the seaweed, so clinging to both their hands often scratched. I have come here to know that people have strange jobs to earn a living in the new age.

In addition, in Nha Phu Bay there is a small island. That is Monkey Island, where we will visit today. On the National Highway 1A, there is a huge gates with two dragon decorations. That is Long Phu tourism company. This company has invested in tourism on Monkey Island. We came here to get on the motor boat to get to the island. Quynh bought tickets for the delegation. The ticket price for one person seems to be 45, 000 VND. This is the train ticket to the island and see the monkey circus. Our delegation, due to the previous contact, should have a tour guide Long Phu travel company will guide and lecture on Monkey Island.

• Monkey Island

  A brief introduction to Monkey Island:

• Wait about 10 minutes; we board the boat to the island. The boat is not very large, carrying about a few dozen but this is the tourist boat so the bench is clean. The boat is slow so we can enjoy beautiful Nha Phu Bay.
• As there are no big waves in the bay so our ship runs quite smoothly. From the boat, looking back to the shore, the hamlet neighbors, the row of coconut tilted on the beach is beautiful, far more green hills. On the left side is a pagoda or vihara with a red and gold paint look quite new. In the bay a lot of the shacks of the shrimp job. All make a picture painted water charming. In front of the bow is Monkey Island increasingly clear.
• The tour guide teaches us that Monkey Island is actually named Hon Lao because it looks like a spear.
• After 1975, the Soviet Union had a delegation of experts to raise monkeys here to study science. Then, monkeys had about 250 children. After 1989, when the Soviet Union collapsed, the experts returned home, as a result all of these monkeys were abandoned carelessly. They live in the forest and grow up to thousands. When the tourism movement emerged, people invested in building this island into a tourist attraction to attract tourists to entertainment. Because there are so many monkeys, local people call this place Monkey Island. In fact, in Vietnam, besides the island, there are two other places called Monkey Island. For example, I do know a Monkey Island in Can Gio near Saigon and another Monkey Island near Cat Ba Island in the north of Vietnam.

• Things to note before going to Monkey Island:

He said the monkeys here are two varieties are monkey red face with red ass and monkey face gray with gray tail long. Previously they were two distinct groups. Each group has a monkey princess to "fold" the whole. Today, the two herds have crossed a lot. He added: to visit Monkey Island visitors should note the following:

Carefully preserve the bag, because the monkeys have tamed quite a lot, but some children still flushed, or scattered. They are monkeys. He jokes so well.

• Do not wear red because monkeys hate red.

Do not frown "shaping" to play with the monkey because for them, frowning is provocative, they can be angry and attacke us.

A cute monkey on Monkey Island - but watch out for monkeys "very well" is very much

• Monkey Island:

It is only 15 minutes by boat to the island. Hon Lao - Monkey Island, are in front of us to explore. From a distance to see the small island, near to see the island is quite large. The total area of about 33 acres should be enough to go around the island. The far side, on the left hand side, is a mountainous area with many green trees. That's where the monkeys reside. Close to the arched beach with fine white sand. On the shore are the leaf huts so that visitors can sit and play the sea breeze. In front of the entertainment area of Long Phu Tourism Company with poplar trees, coconut trees look very beautiful and cool. On the right hand is the "spear nose" of the island. It is a V shaped sandy beach. It means that about 30 meters to the right is the end of the land and to the other side of the island. This beach is beautiful with fine white sand and casuarinas with leaflets dangling in the wind. Monkey Island is poetic and lyrical.

There is a cement wharf for ships to berth and visitors step on the shore easily. It was almost 9am in the morning, the sky was clear, the sun was warm, promising weather would be good for a day out to play outdoors.

Today I see not many visitors visit Monkey Island. In addition to our delegation there is another delegation. A total of more than 100 people is not a significant. Personally, I like it because we have privacy and give ourselves a sense of security.

We have about 4 hours to play on the island. The program is to visit the descendants of Lao Tzu first to see what they do. Then free. Who wants to go to the circus to go, who wants to go to the beach to go. On the island there are many games to serve tourists. The exact date of 11:30 am will be at the restaurant for lunch.

• The Monkey King (Monkey King)

"Former" monkey lord

We came to Monkey Island to see what the monkeys did. From the pier, we will go straight to the left. A few dozen meters away from the island's amusement park, some brave monkeys sat by the road waiting for guests to eat. You can buy some ribbons in a small shop before going to the monkeys. The new food cart was just torn in the hand, the monkeys sniffed to have come... clambered a quick and fast and ran to the trees nearby. These monkeys are true travelers. They are not very big but just as small as a three or four year old. Adults only about 25 cm tall. The little ones are about 20 cm. The monkey "children" is more cute. If we are slow to lure them, they can come close, friendly to pick up food lightly, polite is not like the elder brother... fucking.

The more monkeys are, the more monkey lovers are. Now we are standing in the middle of a.... monkeys about 100 children. Many are sitting on the ground. Two other three are sitting on the tree. Five six children running from one branch to the other. There are female monkeys raising children. Monkey may have been hugged in the mother, sometimes carried by his mother on his back. He instructed the monkey to live very lovingly. If for some reason the baby died, the mother would be sad and embarrassed until she smelled and she got married.

The monkeys live there and have rules. They have a monkey. She is the strongest and has the power to choose any female monkey to be her queen. At this time the monkey did not dare to resist. God is a god when a weak time is the new and stronger children won the throne. In fact, there was a monkey that was a little bigger than the other sitters, so we asked the monkey how the other was. He said, "It's a" former "monkey. He is 30 years old. That's life compared with monkeys with an average life expectancy of 25 years. It is sad that now it is just an eunuch. Its precious was lost after a fight with another monkey stronger. Not only does it lose the monkey but also its sexual ability. Oh how sad for a man who was out of fame!

Watching a monkey for a while is boring. We went out to see what fun this area had.

• Mini-car and horse-drawn carriage ride:
• These are small cars to race in a covered yard. Tourists can buy tickets to enter the ring. For young people who do not have the opportunity to drive cars, this is an interesting game. As old as we do not love at all. There is a carriage for tourists to rent a round the island. Today few visitors should not see anyone who rents a car. If you and your new wife get married in a carriage for a fun round, then also love it...

• Gardens:
• Take off the coast of Monkey Island and the interior has beautiful trimmed trees. Here, some visitors are posing to take pictures. Today, it is sunny, they will surely have nice photo memories.

• Sea bathing and sports games:
• The Coast of Hon Lao Island has fine sand. On the shore, there are huts close to the coast for tourists to rest. Wanting to change bathing, only one place in the distance, in the middle of the island, should be a little inconvenient. However, bathing is also very popular here. There are not many people on the beach today. Only about 20 people are together. I do not see anyone worried about salvage but the sea, away 10 meters to the hips only. The back is smooth and the shower is safe. Near the bath I have two girls who are overseas Vietnamese from the US. They look young and love life. She went out with two boyfriends. These guys are playing parceling, though, with the canoe.
• A flight to the air is about $ 20. They pull too far away so it is worth it. These guys seem to play and bear... spend money. They come here today, tomorrow will leave us to continue to fly to Hue to travel more out there.

• Monkey's Circus:
• While we were bathing, many of us went to see monkeys and dogs. They said the circus is good and interesting. There, there are monkeys know how to pedal cycle, know cycling, know riding balancing, know acrobatics. These monkeys are very clever and clever. The dogs are new. They know how to do math. The teacher writes on the 2 + 2 board asking them if they are barking for 4 hours. However, some children are lazy, sleeping in the classroom to make her children have the opportunity to laugh. Heard about the bear, elephant circus. Next time back you will definitely have more fun.

• Enjoy ostrich meat:
• Going to the beach near 11:30, we are instructed to call up fresh water bath and change to prepare lunch. The restaurant is located on the other side of the island. From here, the scenery is beautiful. Today, in addition to regular meals, we also enjoy grilled ostrich meat. People are raising ostriches on Hon Thi island recently. The ostrich meat is tender and tasty, such as fillet mignon. If you have the opportunity to come here to remember to try this dish. Make sure you will not disappoint. And if you are not afraid of opening up blood (cholesterol), you can ask eggs ostrich eggs. An egg for 200, 000 VND. Do not get stuck because the eggs are so big. The egg height is about 15 cm. When you order this, people will drill a small hole for the white and the yolk to be lambs, while the shell of the egg is kept for what not. Have fun on the island of Hon Lao to enjoy a delicious food. That's also an interesting thing to do today.

• On the other side of Hon Lao Island:
• After lunch, we went to see the other side of the island. That scene is also very beautiful. There are white sandy beaches. Near shore is the willow or casuarinus that shape her. There is a wooden wharf to catch the sea. Far away are mountains or islands. The scene was quiet, calm. On the shore, there are small houses built like bungalows. Guests can rent to stay here and enjoy quiet, quiet no one disturbed. If you want to find a place to escape the daily stuffiness in the metropolis, this place is ideal.
• It is said that there is a coral reef in the sea near this island. In the past, people were unaware of the importance of coral so they exploded to get limestone, or to catch lobster. In recent years, tourism company Long Phu has sought to restore and use it as a place to dive. If you like to dive into the sea to see the creatures in the water, this is where you come to.
• More than an hour on the same day, we boarded the ship from Hon Lao - Monkey Island in nostalgia. Come to play here on a beautiful day, we had the opportunity to enjoy many memorable fun for a short trip. If I have the opportunity to return to Nha Trang, Monkey Island is where I will visit again. I am selfish: Next time I will go myself to be able to come earlier and stay longer on a romantic island...

Goodbye, Monkey Island.

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