Good Morning Vietnam!!!
Howdee....
'Bout 2 weeks after my travel to faraway europe, then am off again to leave more of my footsteps.
This time to Ho Chin Minh city (HCMC) of Vietnam. Even a friend jokes- "ko ni dah macam 'Amazing Race" lak, kejap sana..kejap sini..kehkehkeh...(how i'd wished to..*wink*wink*)
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Some of sceneries of Vietnam.
From top left: taxis in HCMC, below it is the walkway in HCMC. Dont be surprise ya, boleh jumpa org tido-melepak merata2...followed by one of mosque there, and next to it, LV boutique.
Others
One thing 'bout Vietnam - motorbikes!!
It was everywhere!! Watch out each time u need to cross the road. Punyalah susah...Despites that, good thing is, they dont merempit, suma slow2 aje, so, not so bad la kan...
We joked that-if in KL, motorbike menyelit2 celah kereta, kat sini, the car menyelit2 di celah motor. Really...
We stayed at Region 1. Below pic is from other region - other than the main towncentre.
Our Hotel, at Dong Khoi Street.
The room
Hotel is quite ok, but the boutiques nearby the hotel are all expensive, maklum la tourist nyer area. If in KL, it would be similar as KL-Bukit Bintang, but in short, it is safe to stay there.
Upon arrival, we paid a short tour to some of interesting landmarks. Lets share few of it.
-The Notre Dame Basilica-
-General Post Office-
the post office is quite unique-sorry damn lazy to share the indoor pics.
-dunno what building but i like it-
Was damn hot okey!
Was sweating like no one business, hehe..muka berminyak2, tak tahan seh...dah la daku ni kepala cepat berpeluh, lagi la....
Right after the tour-soru time!!!...
The currencies. FYI, USD is also accepted there, especially in boutiques and at their market(Ben Than Market). But for small stalls and street hawkers, they'll normally trade in Vietnam Dong.
USD conversion was about 3.2 then, and 20,000 vietnam dong is equivalent to RM9.90.
So...what we did there??
shop..and shop...and shop, till we (or is it me?) drop!
Not sure 'bout u guys, but me...am really fond into those embroidered item. Love it!! so, memang memborong jugak la the other day...it was sweet tho....(will share my shopping things in other post, -again, if i got the mood la, k...)
My fav shop-ntah baper kali drop by...siang malam nyopping, hehe
BTW, note those wires up there?
Just to let u know, the wiring system in HCMC is really unique, in fact, not systematic at all!!Bersimpul2-bersimpang siur...in fact, quite scary tho...ye la, who knows it might cause short-circuit, etc...
Part of it, just wanna share- we found out that the vietnamese are those kind of relax...cool, chill buddies. They're all lepaking at the park, chatting with buddies...relaks2...even tho kat tepi jalan, or atas motor. It seems like 'melepak' is the part of life-trend. Nak baring kat tepi2 jalan pun, bisa saja dong, hehe..
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Magnifique buildings at night
As u can see, most of their historic buildings are all french-inspired, as they're ruled by the french, once.
And do u know that Ho Chin Minh is a name of someone? or as we called it-pakcik Ho Chin Minh.
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On Day 2, I'd opted for a tour to Chu Chi tunnel. Was about 1hr drive from HCMC.
Passed by along their houses
For some reason, the houses are all narrowed-like. Tho theres plenty of land area.
And i would like to add here also, along the way, most of the food stalls will gonna have hammocks next to their stall. Means, after dah makan, boleh buai2 on the hammock, gitew...as i said earlier, the locals would whenever possible, hanging out & lepak2...its part of their culture maybe.
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Back to Chu Chi tunnel.
The tunnel is where the Vietkongs hide & live. The total length was almost 400km, and it was part of the reason of their winning against the Americans.
Some of my experiences there
memang sepesen...
This is how the vietkongs enter the tunnel
At first, cuak gak, bukan apa..takut ada snake kat dlm tu...problem is, masa nak get out from the lubang. It needs your arms' strength to pull your body up..adoyai....
We do experience passing thru the tunnel..waduh sakit pinggang sih..seb baik ketot, if yg tinggi2, lagi la terok, coz we have to crawl..its just 'bout 5 to 10 minit, but it was urgghh..sakit pinggang.
-the best part of trip: M16 shooting range..yihaaa!!!...-
Back from the tunnel, kengkawan stop by to purchase the 'cute' helmet. Aku pun terjebak jugak.... helmet ala2 'crazy frog', hehe..
-around Dong Khoi St.-
Evening, we went to a Water Puppet Show.
Cost us around USD6 for the show-including the taxi fare.
In short- we dont really understand the hell they're all 'bersyair', but we do enjoy the way the puppet dance & all the additional effects. Its creative. Till today, I cant figure out how do they control the puppet.
Must be from behind the curtain there, but how eh?
Anyway, it was a beautiful show, perfect performance. Bravo!! this is a must do if u visit HCMC. thumbs up (even tho i'd dozed awhile, too tired maybe)
After the show, we moved on to Ho Chin Minh City Hard Rock Cafe.
HRC for HCMC was opened only in last December. In fact, I found out that even the locals dont really know where it is. They did ask me, coz saw me carrying the HRC bag.
hmmm..looks like my brother was there before me, uh?
On Day 3, we're all free to do our final shopping.
And me?..well...last minute babe..time to grab etc..etc..things, tho same u may dont really need, eh?
But, manage to find a round table top for my mum, & few other things for my myself & nieces.
While on the way, we drop by to few ship's crafting shop.
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Well, theres a lot in vietnam where we may cant find it elsewhere. Another fact of Vietnam, the 'kopi stall' by the road side are all so 'cute', as if it is meant for hobbits. Small table, small chair...these are how they have their coffee break
No wonder theres an email on 'Only in Vietnam". Yup, now I believe it, hehe.
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And here...is where I spend my iced choc each nite, yummy....
public phone...
..and the last pic...anything more cuter than these???
..so?, more reason to be there again...haha..
Yup, I do enjoy the trip (btw, would there be any trip that really sucks?)
Godwill, probably will come here again...its just that I dont really sure which year its gonna be....
To celebrate his birthday, invited him for a lunch at Harrrods.
Beautiful cutleries, quite worried if the kids could breaks anyhthing, huhu.. 
Iyola...masa kat Ldn the other day, rasa cam was-was nak makan kat Harrods, now in KL, forsure buleh punye...
Bread pudding for my thumbelina
T enjoying her bread-pudding.
Ours
H's roasted spring chicken
my angels
beriya-iya si adik mukak molot
sudah kinyang kalu, we're off to watch the Toy Story 1 & 2 (3D back-to-back)
In short the 3D effects were not that much i.e. takde effect yg cantik2 like other 3Ds movies. perhaps coz when these movies were developed, theres no plan to make it into 3D kan..so not much effects la kan...
sudah kinyang kalu, we're off to watch the Toy Story 1 & 2 (3D back-to-back)
In short the 3D effects were not that much i.e. takde effect yg cantik2 like other 3Ds movies. perhaps coz when these movies were developed, theres no plan to make it into 3D kan..so not much effects la kan...
