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Well this post is going to talk about my Vietnam Trip from 12th to 17th of Jan 2012. I think we will talk in day by day style will be easier to understand.
Member: Jia hui, Xie Weijie, Jasmine Low, Jocelyn TAN
1st Day of Vietnam Trip
During the first day of the trip when we just board the plane, Jocelyn seat beside me. When the plane start up the engine and suddenly, the plane’s light flicker and make us both scare like hell. Haha and the rest of the plane trip I was sleeping like a pig. When I reach the airport it was still OK for me until when I board the private car arrange by hostel to fetch us to HANOI Hostel. When I looking around road to Hanoi, I was a bit disappointed because it was not what I was expected but well cant complains such too.
When we reach the hostel, which was the time I got a shock of my life! My dslr just died off! That make my two ball boil up! After that, my friend (TIN) cousin which is the hostel owner told us that we need to pay for the private car from hostel to airport as the promotion is either pick up or send off. BULL SHIT ! But I still somehow ok with it (12USD) as I wants a pleasant trip and do not wish to quarrel at the start of the trip.
We went on to find Jasmine dream food, PHO! We reached the place where the hostel person recommends that we can find good PHO there. When we reach there we order what other is having as we cant read the menu provided. Although it is not what jasmine wanted but it taste GOOD!
We visited place like Ho Chi Minh Museum, one pillar pagoda, temple of literature, water Puppet show and Quan Ann Su food center! What shocking is when we travelled on taxi from temple of literature to Quan Ann Su Food center which the taxi fare Jump FASTER than my heart beat. Got scam by 5 min of taxi ride cost us 150K dong. FML! That end our day !
Pho!
Fanny Ice Cream
Group shot at Temple of literature
2nd Day of Vietnam Trip
During the second that of the trip, We woke up around 7am for breakfast at our hostel Roof Top Bar. The breakfast at Vietnam is almost the same for us everyday. Bread with egg and coffee or tea was the breakfast there. At around 8 am, a Van came fetch us at hostel to our journey to Mai Chang.
The trip consists of 7 people in total
4 of us, 1 Australia woman, 1 Korean woman and an interesting Japanese uncle!
Once we reach there, we had our lunch over there. Was quite tasty comparing to Han Long Bay food (You will see it later). After lunch and settling down, we continue to our cycling around the village. Of course I didn’t cycle so I sit with the tour guide on a Bike around the Village.
The interesting Japanese uncle is 64 Years old but while cycling around, he keep on telling us he is still young and just 64! Haha. And he cracks a lot of joke for us to laugh. Beer was his medicine. haaha
After the Biking quest, we basically do nothing (a little bit of shopping) until about dinner time where we help to make some spring roll. After dinner……. WE DO NOTHING AGAIN! Totally Boring!
Again, we get scam again as the white Thailand dance is not included and we didn’t get to drink beer with the villager. At this point of the time, I lost 50% faith on Vietnam already.
We talk cock with each other and learn each other country life style till 11pm and END OF DAY 2!
Place that we stay in
ME ON A BIKE!
Our bed in Mai Chau
To be continue! too tired. LOL!
3rd Day of Vietnam Trip
During Day 2 sleeps, it was very very cold at that time due to the floor is make up of bamboo only where the cold air from 1st floor blew up to us. Never theless, we still woke up at 8 am for our breakfast! As usually, the breakfast was Bread with egg and coffee or tea. Next we went on for our MOUNTAIN CLIMBING SECTION! Total steps for the mountain was around 1200 steps and was 300m high! That was one hell of a experience for me as I climb until there smoke coming out from my body haha.
After that we went to visit the real MAI CHAU (the place where we stay in was hai something haha) where small kid was laughing at me for being fat and stuff. Explore around the village and we walk around 4 km back to the village for our lunch. That the end of our mai chau trip and we went back to Hanoi on our 4 hours bus right again!
When we reach Hanoi around 7 pm, we proceed on to Dong Xuan Night Market for some shopping and eating spree! I experience more of Vietnamese rudeness power over there where people push you away using their hand when block his way without saying excuse me or anything. Just PUSH HIS/HER WAY OUT! Damn piss off but only can suck my own thumb. Had a German sausage and a kebab for dinner that day and make a few key chain pillows for my friend. We also had some dessert at the road side store for 20k Dong which I think we got cheated but we decided to act normal and don’t think about it ahaha. Dao bao stir fried Corn back to hostel to eat.
That end my day 3 of my Vietnam trip!
SUCCESS OF CLIMBING MOUNTAIN!
Me Eating desert at the road side store!
4th day of Vietnam trips
At fourth day, we proceed to my long awaited location, Han Long Bay which mean the descending dragon bay. We board a private bus where we travel 3.5 hours of ride to our location. Until now, I still remember our 1st tour guide name is called Tank. Quite knowledge able where he explain to us thing about Hanoi like there 4millions population in Hanoi but there 6 MILLIONS bike there WOO! And 70 percent of the people in Vietnam is farmer and that explain why we can see farm everywhere!
When we reach our location, it was a bit of raining and it was super duper cold. But I saw other tourist wearing slipper and berm there and coping the cold well. We were spit into different groups where we and another family of 4 from Denmark following another group. Now our new tour guide totally speak good English and even better than any of us! And after conformation, we proceed to a small boat where will bring us to our home for the night!
After we reach our boat, we were settle down with our room and stuff and we were going to have lunch. The lunch a kind of sad where the food was sucker than Singapore hawker center food but for a person like me who eat most anything that is edible, it was still OK. But for my dear friends, they were complaining and complaining but I can understand why they were complaining as we pay 68 USD PER PAX for the trip.
Our Han Long Bay Boat:)
After lunch, we visited a cave where we walk around to see see look look. Nothing much inside but as usual, we would make ourselves super high and run walk around. Haha. After the cave, we proceed on to kayaking where all of us decided to skip due to the cold weather. So we went on back to our boat to have our dinner. Needless to say, it was not very tasty again ahaha.
