Binh Lieu has emerged in recent years but has quickly become one of the most popular trekking destinations for young people. Every season, this place wears its own attractive beauty, each season, guests come because of new discoveries. February is drunk in special highland festivals, March is when tung flowers bloom all over the forests, September and October are prominent with terraced fields in the winter season, November, reeds bloom white on the mountainsides, and December, the season of gently fragrant flowers.
The days when Binh Lieu enters the reed season are also the most favorable days to conquer the road on the border of the country, it is lucky to come here at this time. The weather at the end of autumn and early winter is extremely pleasant and dry, helping the conqueror not lose strength when having to walk a long distance that is constantly steep. Having heard a lot and seen many beautiful photos of this place during the reed season, we still couldn't help but admire the spectacular scenery of this place with the hills and reeds blooming white on the mountainside.
Contrary to Ha Long, the noisy and hurried port land, Binh Lieu welcomed us with a peaceful space. The journey of Binh Lieu is a journey of many emotions and joys. A pair of soft shoes, a hat, a warm shirt and jacket, light food and drinks behind the backpack, we enter the world of beautiful nature. There is no car horn or human sound here, only me with the majestic nature, with the gentle sun, the cool breeze and the white reed grass blooming on every road. The smoking road ahead, when I look up, I only see the deep blue clouds and sky, and I feel that I am too small in the middle of nature. The road was uphill, there was no hurry. We stopped and rested on the soft grass, made a cup of fragrant coffee, sat in the shade of the reeds, enjoyed our own peaceful space. That wild weed with a slender but strong body has always become a "specialty" of Binh Lieu. The color of the reeds combined with the vast natural scenery and the vast sky create a charming beauty.
The journey to conquer milestones is the number one "specialty" of Binh Lieu because this place is known as the "Paradise of Milestones" with about 64 landmarks running along the 48 km long border between Vietnam and China. Along the trail in the middle of the flower forest, the road is getting higher and higher, and the reeds are getting thicker and thicker every time. Walking was getting heavier every time because the road was quite long, but the weather was supportive and not in a hurry, plus the beautiful scenery on the road, so no one felt tired. The camera in my hand shoots non-stop because the scenery is so beautiful that it is a pity not to shoot.
Then soon we arrived at the most difficult "dinosaur back" in the North to reach the famous 1305 milestone. This section of road has been built with a stairway with a length of about 1.8 km, up to more than 2,000 steps. The road up 1305 is picturesque with a small road along the back of the mountain, in the middle of the sky covered with a white reed, in the distance are the majestic green hills. The road was getting higher and higher, and the scenery was getting wider and wider in front of him. When you have gone all the way to the highest peak, from here, you can see the wild and attractive panorama of Binh Lieu with winding roads around hills and mountains, steppes full of white reeds and warm sun, on the other side is the neighboring country. Mountains are mountains, rivers are rivers. Standing in this place, in the midst of the vastness of heaven and earth, I gave myself a few minutes to forget all the worries and sorrows of the busy city.
Binh Lieu is peaceful with the same mountains, the simple life of ethnic minority people. Touching the gentle reed flowers, walking among the beautiful flowers of nature to see how great nature is.
If you want to see a beautiful Binh Lieu with its flower-colored white ridges, now is the best time. Let's carry a backpack and go, experience two weekends alone with the rustic but majestic nature. On that road, there are flowers and reeds, sunshine and wind as companions.
The best way is to take a car to Ha Long and then rent a motorbike to run to Binh Lieu. And if you have time, explore Binh Lieu with many other interesting destinations such as Cao Siem peak – which is known as the "roof" of Quang Ninh with an altitude of 1,429m, enjoy camping and having fun at Khe Van waterfall, go to the top of Cao Polanh, visit Song Mooc village, etc Na Lang suspension bridge... Experience an exciting weekend in your own way.
Photo: Nguyen Manh Hung
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