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Đào Thị Thúy Quỳnh (7/5/2021)

HOAN KIEM LAKE

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Guide: Good morning, lady and gentlemen! On behalf of Flying Travel Agent, I’d
like to welcome all of you to our tour today.Let me introduce myself. My name is
Quỳnh. I will be your tour guide for the next hour. I hope we can work well with
each other and you will enjoy our tour.

We sincerely welcome ladies and gentlemen to Hoàn Kiếm lake. Currently we will
move according to the schedule that visitors visit when coming here. And If you
have any questions while we’re going along, please don’t hesitate to ask. Ok?

Hoan Kiem Lake, also known as Sword Lake (Lake of the Returned Sword), has a
total area of 12 hectares. Hoan Kiem Lake is surrounded by streets in Hanoi Old
Quarters including Le Thai To street and Dinh Tien Hoang street, and Hang Khay
street.

Guest: Hoan Kiem is no the first name of this lake, right?

Guide: oh, yes, I’m glad you’re right. Inthe past, Hoan Kiem Lake was also called
as Luc Thuy Lake, which means Green Lake because the water here has the green
color all year round. The name Hoan Kiem Lake is related to a legend in 15th
century when King Le Thai To returned a sword for a Golden Turtle God. So, do
you know this legend?

Guest: ya, a little bit.

Guide:when Le Loi passed through a forestand found a jeweled hilt on a banyan

tree. Le Loi immediately came back home and realized that that was the hilt of the
sword that Le Than gave him. Since Le Loi used the magical sword, the morale
and strength of his army significantly increased. Finally, Le Loi and his army won.
He became a King of Vietnam under the name Ly Thai To. One year later, when
he were sitting on the boat on Luc Thuy Lake (Ta Vong Lake), a Golden Turtle
God surfaced and asked him to return the magic sword to the Dragon King (in
Vietnamese, Long Vuong). Le Loi gave the sword for the Turtle. To commemorate
this event, Le Loi renamed Luc Thuy Lake to Hoan Kiem Lake or Sword Lake.

Guest: This legend is impressive.

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Guide: there are 3 special places around the lake: Pen tower, The Huc bridge and
Ngoc Sơn temple. And behind me is Pen Tower. What do you think about this
structure?

Guest: It looks like a big pen writing something on the blue sky.

Guide: yeah, Local people believe in that this is a very scared placed. Candidates
often come here and pray for their lucky exam.In a few minutes we will be seeing
the entrance to go to the temple

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Guest: Is that the entrance you were talking about?

Guide: that right, sir. You can see, there is The Huc Bridge. The Huc Bridge is a
connecting point between Hoan Kiem Lake and Ngoc Son Temple. The Temple is
a beautiful architecture containing many historical values of Vietnam.

Guest: When was the cave built?

Guide: The Bridge was constructed in 1865 and painted in red color.

Guest: oh, It's so beautiful.

Guest: So where do we go now?

Guide: You must be hungry. Now we are going to eat.

Guest: I can't waite. So, Let's go right now, ok?

Guide: ok, let's go

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Guide: This is a very special place I guess. Because this is the place that I have
been familiar with since I was a feshman in the university.

Guest: Ok, so excited. Can you give a little bit information about what we are
going to eat?

Guide: This dish has tofu, noddles, and shrimp paste. Can you guess?

Guest: Maybe, that's here, right?

Guide: yes. Let's come in

Guest: what do we have here?

Guide: This is blood sausage

Guest: Blood sausage, I'm also a big fan of blood sausage

Guide: And some slices of boiled meat

Guest: Ok, and what is this?

Guide: This is the tongue of the pig. You can see that in this big kind of plate you
can see rice noddles. You can see some steamed. This is blood sausage, very
popular dish in Vietnam.

Guest: what kinds of vegetables do we have here?

Guide: we have cucumber and we have perilla leaves.I think that's it and I think we
can start our meal right now?

Guide: What do you think about this meal?

Guest: It's so great. And I think I would definitely recommend it to my friends and
I will definitely come back here next time.

Guide: So we have ended our visit to Hoan Kiem lake. I hope everyone will feel
satisfied and have more useful things after this trip.

Bùi Doãn Thùy Trang (8/5/2021)

Guide: Good morning, lady and gentlemen!

On behalf of Flying trave lagency , I’d like to welcome all of you to our tour today.

Let me introduce myself. My name is THÙY TRANG. I will be your tour guide
for the next hour. I hope we can work well with each other and you will enjoy our
tour. If you have any questions while we’re going along, please don’t hesitate to
ask.

We are now coming up to Canon Fort, another name of High Point 177, is the
most famous historic relic of Cat Ba Island. Perched atop a hill, 177 meters high
above the sea, Canon Fort is the best spot to admire sweeping views of Cat Ba
Island, Lan Ha Bay, and especially the sunset. This historical area includes the
battlefield of large artillery guns and the system of military tunnels and ditches
built in the 40s of 20th century.
The Japanese invaded Cat Ba first during WWII in order to use it as a military
outpost. They built the tunnels and trenches. It was then used by the Vietnamese
during the French and American Wars as a defense post (1945 – 1975)

Here, you can see two Cannons that are displayed prominently. Because they were
made a long time ago, now they look old and rusted .The cannons were made by
the French in 1910, used electricity and had a range of 40km. They were placed
there when the French overtook Cat Ba during the French War. It was soon
reclaimed and the Vietnamese kept using the cannons then, against them..

Following the wall, you will see the cannon number 1 and 2.

On front of you is No.1 Cannon. It’s had control over the port of Hai Phong. When
the war escalated between the USA and Northern Vietnam, locals used rifles and
12.7mm cannons against American Aircrafts, shooting 6 of them in total from this
particular point.

As we turn the corner here, you will see No.2 Cannon.

No.2 Cannon had actually three different ones pointing in different directions (two
of them have been destroyed since). The cannon fort has become a historical
witness contributing to the establishment of the glorious success.

In Cannon fort, you will have a chance to explore the museum, a small building
that contains a large collection of relics of war.

Tourist: How do we get there?

Guide: I’ll point it out when we pass it. It’s going to come up on your right in a
few minutes.

Tourist: Look at this. Is that the museum you were talking about?

Guide: Sure, It is Memorial Room, also called Love Room.

You can see helmets, bullet casings, clothing, and some photographs.

There are many things left behind by soldiers, such as weapons and devices used.
This place was originally where soldiers were meeting with their relatives during
visits. It was a great moment for soldiers.

Tourist: I have a question actually

Guide: Is there something I can help you with?

Tourist: Are we allowed to take picture’s one we get inside?

Guide: Of course. I will take pictures for you.

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Visiting Cannon fort, we should not to miss ‘U tunnel’ that is one part of the fort .
In the past, this tunnel was used as an important armory with some forms of
storage rooms.

Woman: Is it on the right or the left?

Guide: Now, if you look uo straight ahead, you should be able to see a “U tunnel”.
Let’s go.

( 3 minute…)

Guide: Does everyone see it there?

Tourist: This tunnel’s shape is like a U.

Guide: That right, as its name suggests. It was used as a shelter, but was also
hosting daily activities with a kitchen, meeting and dining rooms, medical rooms…
in total, it could host up to 500 people at once. It was designed to exit to the airport
area.

In a few minute we will be passing observatory systems. From the observation

deck of the Cannon fort, we can zoom in to the vast space with space and scenery.

Tourist: Oh sounds really great, I want to go there.

Guide: I sure you with like there.

Keep your eyes open for, located at the foot of the mountain are two most beautiful
beaches in Cat Ba – Cat Co 1 and Cat Co 2.

Guide: Beautiful! The scenery is splendid.

Guide: Looking to the other side is Cat Ba Bay, with hundreds of fishing boats
anchored with floating houses.

Tourist: We are enjoyed it very much.

Trần Thu Hà A ( 8/5/2021)

BÁNH ĐA CUA
Trang: Hey, I’m so hungry. Now it is 10:30 a.m, I wonder if there is any place
to eat around here?
Hà A: Oh, I know a very famous dish here. Just mentioning Cát Bà Hải Phòng,
people will immediately think of this dish. Come on, I will lead everyone there!

………………………………

Hà A: Now, we are at Bánh đa cua – 123 Lạc Long Quân street.

Hà B: Aaaa, I’ve also heard about Bánh đa cua in Haiphong.

Trang: Yepp, me too. I want to try the local food here to see how different from
the places I usually eat.

Hà A:Okayyy, let’s eat!

………………………………

Hà A:Bánh đa cua (crab noodle soup) is a well-known specialty of the northern

port city of Haiphong. A bowl of crab noodle soup with its intriguing flavor
including salty, sweet, sour, spicy, and fat flavors will win the heart of food lovers.

The signature ingredient of the dish is the reddish-brown noodles or bánh

đa in Vietnamese. A bowl of traditional Haiphong crab noodles must be served
with beef wrapped in piper lolot leaves and some other herbs.

To make the reddish-brown noodles of the dish, rice has to be dried under
the sun before being ground into flour. The rice flour will then be mixed with
water to have a chewy mixture. Next, the cook will use some gấc powder and
sugar or a special liquid to add a nice dark brown color to the noodles. Then, the
rice flour will be steamed and dried on bamboo mats.

Crabs must be fresh to have a tasty broth. A bowl of attractive Haiphong

crab noodle usually includes crabmeat, bánh đa, beef wrapped in piper lolot leaves,
and some minced green onions, chilies, drops of lemon, and fried pork cracklings.
The dish is also served with some fried hollow Chinese breadsticks.

It is this eye-catching color combined with the delicious and greasy flavor that
captures diners even once to enjoy it.

Chu Tường Vy& Trần Thu Hà A (8/5)

Quân Y cave

Guide : Good morning, lady and gentlemen! On behalf of Flying Travel

Agent, I’d like to welcome all of you to our tour today. Let me
introduce myself. My name is Quỳnh. I will be your tour guide for

the next hour. I hope we can work well with each other and you will

enjoy our tour.

We sincerely welcome ladies and gentlemen to Quan Y Cave or

Military hospital cave on Cat Ba Island. And this is the reception

area of Quan Y Cave, which is the place to provide information

and sell tickets. Currently we will move according to the schedule

that visitors visit when coming here. And If you have any questions

while we’re going along, please don’t hesitate to ask. Ok?

In a few minutes we will be seeing the cave door, which is made of

iron and steel alloy

Guest: Is that the cave door you were talking about?

Guide: That right, sir.

In the past, the cave was named Hung Son, which is the name of a

general of the Tran dynasty who participated in the battle on the

historic Bach Dang river, who discovered the cave. Now called

Quan Y cave because, during the American War, people built a

hospital with hundreds of hospital beds in the cave.

Guest: When was the cave built?

Guide:

In American War, around 1965s the cave was built into a hospital

for wounded soldiers and sheltering place to stay away from

bombings for local people as well as people from nearby Bach

Long Vy island.

The cave was built with reinforced concrete structure with 3 floors.
1st floor is the main area with 14 function rooms such as operating

rooms, waiting rooms and medicinal room,..

On your left is kitchen room.

Guest: oh, that so large!

Guide:

As you can see. And next is weapon room, our medicine and weapons were
previously supported from Russia. This is the meeting room. Previously, Uncle Ho
and his soldiers often met here. This is the treatment room for patients after they
have an emergency or surgery followed by bedrooms for patients who
accommodating about 20 to 30 people.

Guest: This is the operating room, right?

Guide: yes, I’m glad you’re right.

As we turn the corner here you will see the recovery room. 2nd floor is cinema and
practice room, fitness test. This side is a place for soldiers to study and rest 3rd
floor is the reception, rooms for guards and officers. After the war ended, this room
was closed by the state.

Guest: why?

Guide: Because this room holds important military data of the our country.

Guide: Built as a hospital of wartime, Military Hospital cave is equipped

with a system of entrances and exits, drainage, ventilation. You may have noticed,
this is the water tank. In front of you is the emergency exit.

So we have ended our visit to Quan Y cave. I hope everyone will feel satisfied and
have more useful things after this trip.

Trần Thu Hà B (9/5/2021)

Tour guide: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Tourist: Good morning.

Tour guide: Welcome to Cat Ba National Park. First of all, let me introduce my
self. My name is Tran Thu Ha from “Flying Travel” agent. Today, I will be your
tour guide in this tour. I’ll tell you all about the things you will see in Cat Ba
National Park.
Tourist: That’s great!

Tour guide: As you know, Cat Ba N.P, which was declared as a national park in
1986. It is the only site in VN endowed with both tropical forests and coastal
waters with white sand beaches abundant natural resources, beautiful landscapes
and many kinds of rare animals and plants. So…, it covers 15,200 ha – including
9,800 ha of land and 4,400 ha of ocean.

Tourist: I see. I heard that the golden-headed langur or Cat Ba langur is a rare and
a precious animal and exists only in Cat Ba island, right?

Tour guide: Absolutely yes. It preserves approximately 40 kinds of animals and

we can only see the golden-headed langur in Cat Ba N.P.

Tourist: I don’t see it. Can you point it out?

Tour guide: Yes…but it’s difficult to see because they move freely in this forest.

Tourist: Will we see it on the way?

Tour guide: I hope so. ^^

Tour guide: From Cat Ba N.P, we can come to visit some places nearby like:
Rung Kim Giao or Kim Giao forest.

Tourist: How do we get there?

Tour guide: Yes. We can get there by …..

Follow me to discover Kim Giao forest……

TG: You know. According to ancient legends, there was a couple in love, a boy
named Kim, a girl named Giao. Both are children of poor families and the two
have vowed together to be friends for a hundred years. But due to the enemy in the
North to invade their homeland, the officials were cowardly to fight back, raise
their hands to surrender and collude with them, exploiting and helpless the
villagers. Kim followed a man in the village against the invaders, but
unfortunately, he was captured and tortured by the enemy. Because he missed Giao
so much, he fell ill and died. The inmates and local people loved him, so they were
buried in the middle of the forest. On the other hand, the girl named Giao also
loved and decided to find Kim, but when she arrived, the local people say that Kim
died. According to the instructions, she went to his grave, because it was so
heartbreaking, she struggled to cry and then died out exhausted. Touched by the
situation of the two people, the villagers decided to bury Kim's dead girl.
Sometime later, in the middle of the two graves sprouted a tree that was called Kim
Giao tree.

Tourist: What’s the meanings of “Cay Kim Giao” ?

TG: A special type of tree called “Cay Kim Giao” is unique to Cat Ba. In ancient
times, kings and nobles would eat only with chopsticks made from this timber, as
the light colored wood was reputed to turn to black when it touched anything
poisonous.

Tourist: That’s sound amazing!

Tourist: *see Kim Giao tree and say* Is that the “Kim Giao tree” you were talking
about?

TG: That’s right!

TG: If you are healthy enough, you can continue climbing the trail more than 500
meters to reach the top of Ngu Lam. At an altitude of 200m above sea level,
visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the central area of Cat Ba stretching along
the Trung Trang valley.

TG: Here, you can visit and admire the landscape as well as explore its features. I
hope that you will have a perfect time, relax and enjoy your trip.