O Loan is the name of a lagoon in Phu Yen. It is a national landscape of Vietnam, a typical province. O Loan is a brackish water lagoon located on the east along National Highway 1A, at the foot of Quan Cau Pass. The lagoon is located in the south of Chi Thanh Town, Tuy An District, Phu Yen Province. The lagoon is wider than 17.5 km² with an average depth of 1.2 to 1.4 meters; The rainy season can be as deep as 3 meters. Song Cai and some small rivers supply fresh water to the lagoon. A small creek with seagrass beds. The surrounding area is Dong Chay Mountain, Cam Mountain and An Hai Islet. According to ancient legends in heaven there is a beautiful fairy but mischievous and stubborn girl named Loan. One day, she borrowed a bird flying down the horizon and roamed all over the place without ever noticing the bird’s tiredness, hunger and thirst. When crossing Tuy An, birds no longer have the strength to fly so they landed on the mountain of Compassion - a small branch of Quan Cau Pass. After this, people around the area have merged the name of “O Thuoc” bird and her name Loan, called O Loan for the name of the lagoon. O Loan can be considered as a tourist attraction Phu Yen is very wonderful that few places are comparable. Standing on Quan Cau Pass, look down, O Loan lagoon is about 1200ha, looking back from the distance, it looks like a spreading wings showing wings.
To come here, my way, a backpack alone, by bus from Ho Chi Minh City bus station, choose the bus to Quy Nhon City (Ho Chi Minh City to Quy Nhon City is about 650km), depart at 18:30 pm. You will arrive at Tuy Hoa about at 05h00 am (Ho Chi Minh City to Tuy Hoa City about 550km), continue to go through Tuy Hoa about 20km, you say the driver get off at Quan Cau Pass, this time is about 05:30 am, so you have slept overnight on the car, now start exploring O Loan lagoon.
The car you have traveled has the direction to move from the South to the North along Highway 1A. Looking to the East right next to the road, you will see a sign with the words O Loan Lagoon, look further when the sun has just emerged, the whole landscape of O Loan lagoon will appear far away in front of your eyes.
Stand here for a while to see the sun rising from the mountains behind the lagoon.
When the sky is getting brighter, you will easily see that there is a small concrete road moving East, which is the way down to the lagoon (about 1km) after passing through a small village. Along the lagoon is also concrete road, cool space. Free to enjoy the beautiful scenery of O Loan lagoon under the morning sun …
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