More than 15 kilometers run along the waves, fields and bridges, along the lagoon to the fishing village of Taiyang Ha. Tam Giang lagoon this season has no big waves, the water surface is gentle and calm with rolling waves. On the lagoon, several boats float along the rows of piles, and the mesh fences spread over the whole lagoon like square chessboards. The lagoon is vast and stretches like waves in the radiant sun. Nature has endowed the people of Hue with a rich vegetation with a charming painting of mountains and waters.
Photo: Kelvin Long
Ru Cha – the mangrove forest of Lagoon is another rare asset that cannot be ignored. The Cha tree is very similar to the black tiger tree – the coastal parrot or the mangrove tree, with a strange growth speed with the power of seeping into the sea. The layers of trees and leaves are like thick walls and seal the waves in the East Sea. Around the beginning of summer, around June and July, guests like to come here to visit and rest.
Along the length of the pagoda, you can see many pagodas, communal houses and churches they are sophisticated in color and small nestled in the shadow of rows of fish eggs swaying at an angle to reflect the shadow of the water. Every few houses, you can see such an ancestral church. Tombs and graveyards are also built in a sophisticated and colorful way.
Photo: Kelvin Long
In a row of about twenty houses were erected for fishing boats. The people of the fishing village live on the waves all year round, rarely go ashore. Small houses were built by the government of Thua Thien Hue province near the lagoon, on the sandy banks to facilitate children in the fishing village to go to schools on the shore. Only ten roofs are inhabited, most of the rest are abandoned. Fishing villagers live by fishing nets and do not leave the wreckage. This is the main source of income for generations.
After a while of sailing along the lagoon, enjoying the cool air of the gentle water, there is nothing more interesting than stopping at a restaurant at the head of the cross-ferry, enjoying rare specialties that can only be found in the lagoon. Fish, squid, shrimp, fresh crabs whipped and flickered, sweet and fragrant meat.
Photo: Kelvin Long
The sunset is probably the most spectacular scene on Tam Giang lagoon. When the purple of the sky has dyed a beautiful color on the entire lagoon, on the boats that are busy to the dock, the solid figures are radiant with a crisp black smile after a hard day. Many tourists have stopped at the lagoon because of this rare beauty, trying to take a picture of the afternoon hanging on this vast lagoon.
On the moonlit night, the whole river is golden and silver, the wind is constantly singing, the lights are flickering and the stars are also blinking, and the sound of a fish wagging its tail and falling in the dense space of the night. The sound of Hue singing somewhere makes listeners feel sad. The notorious fierce destroyer is so poetic and gentle.
Photo: Peter Le/ baothuathienhue.vn/Kelvin Long
Sailing down the Tam Giang lagoon, the lagoon is looking forward to awakening its hidden beauty to become a name to be found on the tourism map of Vietnam every time it visits its beloved Hue.
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