All readi for a swim!weikz..
Our humble bumble boat
NAtural beauty part 1
Natural Beauty part 2
Coz y??no make up applied ok!
We downgraded to a small boat...
The coconut candy factory!
Bumble bee!!!
HAve a break..have a cup of honey tea!
Snake whisky- attention to all men out dere...nid extra inner energy to do the 'job' at nite..snake whisky is all u nid..
Sleek gorgeous handmade vases...
The tour ended in the evening...dey alight us ard saigon area...we roam ard aimlessly then after spotted KFC and decided to have our din-dins...we wen straight back to our hotel and the moment i hit the bed,i went straight into dreamland...the trip made me realised how much i miss my homeland,family,close ones and esp him!
End of dae 2...
It was a 1 1/2 hr flight....wen we board the tiger everyone was alrdy seated to their respective seats...so yes we're the STARS-karats...we gt the window seat...
As soon as the flight took off...we start snapping photos and soon after tt...we're alrdy snoring at our own comfort.
Sae cheeesy cheesse to the camera hongkee feet!
We're flying!!!
"Ladies and gentlemen...we'll be landing at the vietnam international airport in a while..plz fasten ur seatbelts and switch off ur electronic items.." (well sumting lyk tt..haha)
Welcum to Vietnam!
And again..our miss bimbotic Jovell...
Its a smooth landing...we waited 4 a while to collect our baggage n yeah!!welcum to vietnam!!Our hotel driver had alrdy been waiting at the arrival hall...how we noe he's our driver??coz he's holding the jovell che signboard...so we said hi...and he drove us to our hotell...on our wae to the hotel.im aldry feeling uneasy and the werd is juz 'shocked'..lifestyle and culture shocked...the traffic was extremmmmmeeeeelllyyyy bad ok....i meant serious bad...if msia to u is alrdy bad...vietnam is far more worst than anithing else...90% of the population is on motorbike...n so obviously u noe the ones on foot are the travellers.not many cars n taxis arnd....juz motorbike..motorbikes...motorbikes n more motorbikes...u cn be walking facing ur left and the nxt thing u noe 3 or 4 motorbikes are alrdy moving towards u lyk dey're gonna bang u...u cn be looking down for 1 sec to avoid a puddle and the nxt thing u noe wen u looking up a bike is lyk 10m moving FAST towards u...tt is how bad the traffic is...so we've gotta be brave...at the same time vigilant...not many traffic lights..so its a matter of JUZ cross the road...if u wanna b a mouse n wait till the road is clear den u cross??u cn juz wait dere and rot...n u noe...wen dey wan to cut in or change lanes...ermm...i doubt deres lanes...i meant..take over another vehicle or bike..dey JUZ honk...so the whole time wen u're on the streets u'll be hearing the honkings lyk 4ever...so if ure a vietnamese...if u dont ride a motorbike n honk at others lyk nobodi bizness...means ure nt a genuine vietnamese...hahaa!!ok so much on the traffic...
Spot the diff sporean drivers....their driver's seat is on the left.
No traffc lights only zebra crossings...
we reached the hotel at abt 10am...spore timing at abt 11am..dey're 1 hr behind time...n the hotel psn said the pple b4 us hav nt checked out yet...we hafta wait till 12noon b4 we cn check in....so no time to waste...we leave our luggage wif dem brought along our valuables and off to shoppp!!!1st stop...to fill our stomach...we search for at least nt the along the street food...so a 'cafe' it is...air-conditioned cafe bt wif smokers arnd u...thnks!i almost died suffocated gasping for oxygen in dere...read the menus...bla bla vege wif PORK...blabla bla noodles wif PORK...omg!!!im lyk shucks!screwed...i swear i dun wan to b a non-halal girl...so i had noodles wif vege...i mean seriously vege...sum weird leaves n taugeh!!!hahaha!!no meat ok no meat...it taste ok ah...sum ajinomoto n pepper n guess...the taste is still dere even so the clear is as clear as ur tap water..haha!vietnam is well-known for their soupy dishes wif sum leaves n their coffee...dey cn juz gif u a plate of leaves n taugey n u eat it wif the noodles...n their coffee...omg!!!i swear its better than starbux..coffee bean...gloria jeans...or where ever...its so nice lyk omg!!the taste is so 'melekat di dinding'...u drink it wif ice...perfect! a yes the whole cafe was drinking tt coffee...so i guess tts vietnam's specialty...n ever drink cums wif a complimentary chinese tea...cum to tink of it...healthy lifestyle eh...chinese tea...soupy2 noodles wif leaves..
omg..the coffee!!
Yummylicious!
2nd stop...ban thiang market...(i swear i cn nvr pronounce it right untill ive reached spore... "fat..its 'ben-thai' to pronounce it...nt 'ba-thai'..'batam'...or wadever it is..."
cheap bt expensive....nice and vintage....JUZ shop..n yes we almost drop the moment we reached back the hotel...close to bugis street..i tink even better than dat...coz we cn bargain n slash sum prices...lyk realli slash ok...frm 200,000 dongs..we gt it for 80,000 dongs?The key is JUZ go low...JUz slash the price...haha!
Jo = spent 3/4 of her dongs and USDs
Me = spent almost 3/4 of my dongs and USDs
so we had to change sum SGD notes...or else we'll b begging on streets 4 the rest of the trip..
okie so...we slack for a couple of hrs or soo...n went out agn to hav our din-dins!we had our din-dins at dis bar restaurant..i had dis fish n chips..n joe had drumlets wif fries i tink...we were so looking fwd to have a gd meal....wen my fish (homemade tuna fried fish) and chips ( homemade deep fried potato) *stunned and blank*....so dis is their fish n chips...thnks!!!seriously (ikan tongkol)..tuna ok!my mum will luv it i tink...and jo's drumlets are lyk homemade fried chic drumlets too....nt crispy..its oily..its dark brown almost black...well we're too hungry to even complain..we juz stare at each other n our dishes n JUZ eat...Just man!
after our din-dins,we went to do manicure and pedicure...n yes..do our hair!!!jo did strips of red highlight...her first time act to put sum colours on her hair..so shes kind of excited...i coloured my whole hair auburn red and do strips of orangeys to bring out the colour...as recommended by the salonist...
it was bt 11++ close to midnight and were still on the streets...its kinda safe...the streets were still bz...
we head back to our hotel...i logged on to the net...and start sending emails to my love ones...its only the 1st dae...n am alrdy missing my fam,gfs and bf esp..badly...
end of dae 1....