A few thoughts on travel notes

A few thoughts on travel notes Qi Ruhong When talking about travel trivia, there are many topics. People who like to travel never miss any opportunity. If possible, they will travel around the world and recognize...

A few thoughts on travel notes, Qi Ru Hong When talking about travel trivial matters, there are many topics. People who like to travel never miss any opportunity. If possible, they will travel all over the world. They believe that traveling thousands of miles is worth reading thousands of books. It is a pity not to take advantage of your health to experience things in life. There are also people who lack interest in traveling. They feel that it is time-consuming and wasteful, and it is uncomfortable to spend money to buy. It is better to sit down and chat with a few close friends, drink tea and drink, and do whatever you want. You can read newspapers, watch TV or surf the Internet, or watch various data CDs to travel freely and satisfy your heart. Naturally, people have different ambitions and interests. For those who like traveling and writing, they not only often participate in travel, but also write travel notes about their itineraries for everyone to share. I was originally a freelance writer and loved writing. However, during the fourteen years since I came to the United States, I have traveled to many places during this long period of time. However, I did not write a travel diary about my travels or leave a single word about my whereabouts. Maybe my initial reluctance to immigrate resulted in my feeling no affinity towards the United States and no sense of belonging. Even now, I always feel that the Vietnam Embankment is my hometown. Let me briefly count the number of trips I have made in the United States. I immigrated to the United States on April 29, 1997, and stayed in Los Angeles, California for ten days. At the persuasion of my in-laws, I moved to Phoenix to make a living. On the Independence Day of Juraco that year, my husband Chu Rong and his family, including my mother-in-law, and a group of twelve people went to Los Angeles for the first time. It was their first trip to see Chinatown and enter the famous Disneyland. Since then, every year during the long holidays, my children have traveled with me everywhere. They have visited Universal Studios Hollywood in California, Chinatown in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge, Long Beach, Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple, Little Saigon in Orange County, Huntington Chinese Garden, San Diego Panda Park, Las Vegas Casino in Nevada, and the scene in Dallas, Texas. Houston, Louisiana border gambling, and the beautiful scenery of Honolulu, Hawaii. In addition, I often travel to various places in Arizona: the wonders of the Grand Canyon, the features of Stona Red Rock Mountain, Tucson Biosphere II, Tiger Grove Casino, Yuma City School District, Phoenix attractions, the Chinese Cultural Center, etc., etc. look! With so many whereabouts, I didn’t leave any travel notes. It was not until the past two years that I revived my interest in writing travel notes due to the kind suggestions from my readers who repeatedly wanted to read my travel narratives. The first is a journey to China, "Journey from Suzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai", divided into five phases: 1. Walking through Nanning, 2. Falling in love with Hangzhou, 3. Viewing Suzhou, 4. Singing about Shanghai, and 5. Going to Beijing. This is the chapter where I resume writing travel notes. However, this is from Vietnam. The real description of travel in the United States was published in April this year (Interesting Itinerary to the Tiger Forest). The first article began to record travel within the United States. In the past May, before flying to Vietnam, I participated in a six-day tour of the Eastern United States in Phoenix. I typed the process on the computer "Classic Travel of the Eastern United States" and divided it into eight narrative articles: 1. The first day in the Eastern United States, 2. Metropolitan New York, 3. Overnight stay in New Jersey, 4. The ancient style of Philadelphia, 5. Rainy Washington, 6. Hearst and Corning, 7. Niagara Falls, 8. Tour of Boston. This is the first time in the fourteen years since I immigrated to the United States that I have recorded my travels in the United States in detail. In fact, I have never written many travel notes. In the past, I only used simple descriptions in prose form, and recorded my travels in an orderly and systematic way. That was in 1986. That year was the beginning of Vietnam's reform of thinking, the elimination of the disadvantages of subcontracting, and the improvement of social life. I happened to resume writing and submission in June of that year. In July, I accepted a friend's invitation to participate in a ten-day tour of Hanoi. When I came back, I started to record the journey experience. I used the column "Travel Notes of Beautiful Mountains and Rivers in the North" as a column and divided it into ten chapters. Published in the "Land and People" section of the Chinese Liberation Daily: 1. Flying to the north, 2. A glimpse of coastal defense, 3. The appearance of Do Son, 4. The wonders of Ha Long Bay, 5. The historic site of Hung King Temple, 6. The thrill of the three islands, 7. The beauty of Huong Pagoda, 8. Paying homage to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, 9. The scenery of Hanoi, 10. Farewell to Thang Long. In recent years, I have been in Vietnam, reading the literary pages of Saigon Liberation Daily and its weekly magazines, and often saw a large number of travel articles. What impressed me most were the works of some literary friends traveling to the United States. Some people said with emotion: "We have lived in the United States for so long, and thought we knew a lot, but it turns out that it is useless to be ignorant! People just come here for a trip, but they can find all the treasures in every detail, which is amazing!" Others criticized: "What kind of travel journal is this? It does not focus on your own travel experience. It is simply a free promotion and introduction to tourist attractions. Now that the Internet is smooth, it is just extracting other people's data!" Ah! I wanted to be speechless, so I laughed it off.