Mung 2 Tet - Duong hoa Nguyen Hue Edition

Where would Saigonese go during Tet holidays? Nguyen Hue Boulevard? Yes, you guessed right. This year, Tet festival at Nguyen Hue lasts from 28th of the 12th month till the 3rd of the 1st month, lunar year. And it's really a joyous experience (and very hot... physically!)

As I'm too lazy to comment all the pics, I'll just post them randomly this time...

Boats of Tet fruits...

Calligraphy is honoured with a space of its own...

Art from clays and god-know-what-material...

Rows of colorful latterns...

Some snapshots from the countryside in the centre of Saigon...

Saigoneses try foot bridge...

What about a ricefield in the middle of the city?

And a large grain basket...

Now, back to admiring blossoming flowers...

One of the centerpoints of the festival... weathercock...

Lastly, some white sands in the middle of the delta...

26 Thang Chap - Tet Flowers Market

It's my family tradition to go to Flowers Market during Tet. We have kept this habit since the market was held at Nguyen Hue Boulevard and it has been 20 years. Wow, time really flies fast. It seems just last year I wore my favorite dress and walked around with a branch of apricot blossoms.

Therefore, last night's market visit held me a great expectation with all the memories from past years. Of course, with the economy booming throughout the years, people are more willing spending on flowers. And I wasn't disappointed, there were many types of flowers and trees which were both local and imported. It really made the Tet spirit here more pronounced.

Firstly, we had seas of daisies...

Then we've got rows of red flowers (sorry, I don't know their names)

One of the favourite flowers during this occasion... orchids in many variety...

"Dia Lan" have wowed their audience with their beauty...

A new year wish from the gardener...

Somewhere, sunflowers were standing tall and waving at everyone

A new comer from China, "Great Wall" flowers... so they called them...

Somehow they managed to bring in a small forest...

"Mai Chieu Thuy" scented the market with their sweet smell...

From far away Northern Vietnam, peach blossoms also had their shares of audience

You have known and eaten dragon fruits. But do you know how they look like on a tree?

What about aloe wood (tram huong)? Top-quality incense sticks were made from this. And this tree (could I call it tree?) was quoted USD 5k. Hmmm.... Not that appealing to me...

And lastly, no Spring or Tet market was truly perfect without apricot flowers...