Nha trang – a beautiful bay of the world

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Nha Trang – A beautiful bay of the world

Nha Trang looks like a pretty and charming girl and being fallen in love at the first sight. You

can find wonderful attractions when Nha Trang becomes more familiar.

The club of the world's most beautiful bays was established in March 1997 in Berlin

(Germany) for the purpose of conserving marine ecology and sustainable and long term

tourism development in the Gulfs all over the world. At the second meeting of the Club in

Tadousac (Quebec, Canada) from June 1st to June 6th 2003, Nha Trang Bay was admitted as

the 29th member of the World and the 2nd in Asia (after Halong Bay).

Early last century, Nha Trang was a pristine beach with a fishing village and some dozens

houses in the Con hamlet. There were only 2 floors house in white which was the workplace

of Dr Alexandre Yersin (called Mr Nam/Fifth’s house) . If you visit here by sea, you will see

the white house at first, Nha Trang is "white house" by local name. That is the explanation

about the origin of the name - Nha Trang of Yersin lovers - a special citizen of the city.

According to the researchers, there was full of reeds on two sides of bank river, thus it was

called Reed river (known as Yjatran or Ea Tran in Cham’s language). Over time, it has been

called Nha Trang. River name later was named to the land and then the bay as well.


Being covered by 19 large and small islands, Nha Trang bay’s width is about 500km2 and is

out of wind and big waves. Under the tropical sun, the green of the undulating mountains on

the land, of the islands enhance the charm of the golden sand and white waves. In Nha Trang

Bay, there are nearly ten islands of swallow which give annually millions of dollars to Khanh

Hoa Province. Under the sea of the Bay, it is another fascinating world which is the world of

350 species of coral, 190 species of fish , molluscs, crustaceans and sea grass... December

2000, project of Hon Mun Marine Protected Area in Nha Trang - the first marine protected

area of Vietnam was founded.


In Nha Trang you cannot be unable to visit Po Nagar tower in the Northern gate of Cai river -

a typical architecture and ruin of Cham, being places of worship Thien Y Ana (Mother of the

Kindom). Locating hundred meters away is Hon Chong (Husband Rock) including 2

enormous groups of rocks with peculiar shapes. Hon Chong is located on the shore while Hon

Vo (Wife Rock) is on the sea. The groups of rocks look like the work of a giant, who

carelessly put several massive rocks together. On one side of the rock, facing the sea, there is

a deep handprint with the five fingers close together.

Head south to Tran Phu Road, you can visit Bao Dai villa, Institute of Oceanography which

shows thousands of living marine species or its templates. Cau Da port is the departure

terminal for the island traveling routes: Hon Mun, Hon Mieu, Hon Tam, Tri Nguyen

Aquarium... Each place has very beautiful beaches with clean water, soft waves; anyone

falling in love with strong feeling can dive to see corals, play parachute and riding motorcycle

on water.

A tour from Dao Yen (Swallow island) to Hon Noi was opened on August 1st 2003. It will

take you about 90 minutes from Cau Da (Stone Bridge) to Hon Noi to visit Hai Dai Tower

atop Du Ha, see corals, reefs and marine life through glass bottom boat. Particularly, you will

have chance to see the movies about swallow nest harvesting and visit swallow cave in Hon

Sam.


Nha Trang looks like a pretty and charming girl and being fallen in love at the first sight with

its wonderful attraction. That might be the reason for A. Yersin stay over 50 years in Nha

Trang. Before he closed his eyes he had reminded his co-workers “keep me in the Nha Trang

and do not let anyone take me away".

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