Ho Chi Minh City
27th - 31st March
I had totally forgotten about this post.
Some pictures are missing as I left my camera in the room while Sam carried his.
27th March 2010
Prior our departure, we made some arrangements with Irene who is currently an expat over there. She had friends from Malaysia that was visiting her too and wanted us to join tour with them. Anyway, we had our dinner together with them and decided that it's better that we didn't join them. I doubted our group clicked with them.
Irene recommended this restaurant.
The ambience was great and the place was quite packed.
Dinner : 347,000
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Some pictures are missing as I left my camera in the room while Sam carried his.
27th March 2010
Prior our departure, we made some arrangements with Irene who is currently an expat over there. She had friends from Malaysia that was visiting her too and wanted us to join tour with them. Anyway, we had our dinner together with them and decided that it's better that we didn't join them. I doubted our group clicked with them.
Irene recommended this restaurant.
The ambience was great and the place was quite packed.
Dinner : 347,000
28th March 2010
Breakfast : Pho noodle at nearby shop and coffee.
We rented a Inova MPV to travel for a day with the help from Irene's driver who knew some other drivers.
our driver was Phuoc. He barely could speak English and we communicated using hand gestures.
our driver was Phuoc. He barely could speak English and we communicated using hand gestures.
Van rental : 1,000,000
We stopped at ChuChi Tunnel. My second time.
We had lunch at the Riverside Restaurant.
Nothing impressive.
We had lunch at the Riverside Restaurant.
Nothing impressive.
On our way back, we stopped at 2 places which we noted down earlier.
The pottery factory and the rest stop.
The pottery factory and the rest stop.
I'm not sure whether we were allowed to enter but our guide gave some words.
So we got to see the place.. they made pottery using traditional methods.
Plus, in front of the factory, there was a beautiful lake.
Plus, in front of the factory, there was a beautiful lake.
Vietnamese are very versatile, hard-working and clever.
They have this rest stop service which I don't see it in Thailand.
We stopped for coconut and sugarcane drink.
In the City, at the market near the roundabout, they offered quite a variety of good food.
At night, for dinner some of the shop lots sandwiching the market, offered interesting food.
My favourite : Vietnamese style of chee cheong fun
Sharing seafood noodle with Diana
With nothing plan, we just walked around aimlessly.
Apparently it was the Earth Hour night.
So there's concert and throngs of people hit the street that night.
The photography lesson began.
29th March 2010
So we visited the post office, church and unification palace.
I decided not to duplicate my post regarding the same places I visited previously.
30th March 2010
Chinatown of Vietnam
A place that I missed for my first trip to Vietnam
Chinatown was really a vibrant and lively place.
The people were much friendlier.
A great place to do photography.
I'm amazed by the vast selection of sugar in Vietnam.
No wonder we can never emulate their recipes.
I tried some street photography.
The people in Chinatown really welcomed us and not scared of the gigantic camera.
In fact, some of them posed some actions for us.
Inside the market
After that, we returned and they went for food massage.
I think it was RM30 for the massage.
Then, the girls rested while Sam, Vic and I went for some night photography.
31st March 2010
We split as the girls wanna go shopping again.
Sam, Vic and I headed to the Museum and tried their local dishes for lunch.
The blessing of going in group is that you get to eat dishes..
Must do it even if it's 2 people..in future.
Adios
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