Another step towards my dream....

Am back ! Am back from Vietnam!

This trip is quite a sudden decision. As i'm still in the middle of my semester and there are hell lot of assignments needed to be accomplish plus it's all year 2 subjects . Honestly, at first i am doubt about my decision. But no regrets after all ............

I went with a tour .... me alone with another 28 aquintances + 1 tour guide . Kinda excited !

What's in Vietnam?! Yea, it was this curiosity that drew me there. This trip is to souhern part of Vietnam ..... Saigon , Ho Chi Minh, Cu Chi, Vung Tau and bla bla.....

Coclusion of my trip : weather, HOT,HOT,HOT + traffic TERRIBLE,TERRIBLE,TERRIBLE ..... but

FUN,FUN, FUN

All i can see on the roads are MOTORBIKESSSSSS ..... man, traffic in Vietnam is terrible. We were told that there are thousands of road in southern Vietnam but only a few hundreds with traffic lights. Imagine KL without traffic lights ! And, i guess if these drivers get to Singapore they will kena culture shock - drivers in Vietnam just like to HON ! They will hon whenever they go .

OMG.... look at the wires !

Vietnam is quite a poor country .... undevelope , people poor, salary very low, suffering living .....

Look at the history of Vietnam. Before Vietnam get independence, they have been conquer by lots of country.... such as USA, French ..... lots of violence and wars that time.

Lots of historical place left behind though ....... Notre Dame Cathedral- very old church in the centre of Ho Chi Minh city. Beside the church is another historical building left by French, once the general post office of Vietnam.

once a palace ......

We visited lots of old temple (which is BORING ) !

It's not all about historical places ..... or else i will be bored to death !

And of course, people like me who just like to EAT ..... FOOOOOOD ! I expect something more extraordinary but.... am dissapointed ! As i am with the tour, most of the time we went to high end restaurants which serve ordinary food , nothing different from Malaysia. Except only a few dishes such as Vietnam steamboat - all seafood even lala also, but i enjoy the freshie prawns and fish ! The soup are sweeeeeet !

Drooling? Am still......

Had the steamboat on-board ! It's a some sort of boat restaurant or can i say a moving restaurant, on the river of Saigon. So you can have your dinner while your eyes buzying enjoying the Saigon river bank view.

What do you think about it?

I thought i am in Vietnam?! Lotsa French loaves in Vietnam ! French left this behind too .....

Dinosaur egg ..... they called it ! It's actually a kind of tradisional kuih. Taste sweet and yummy!

Waitress demonstrating how to made Banh Trang. A kind of fish meal. Where fish meat, mee, cucumber and pineapples are wrapped in a paper like wrapper which is made by rice.

Ugly fish ... but sedap! Ta da~ ready to eat !

Ok.... can't miss this ! Coffee is famous in Vietnam. Though i am not a coffee - addict, but when people say something is nice, i have gotta try. Not bad ! It's called the ' dripping coffee'. There's a method drinking coffee there. The coffee powder is apply onto an apparatus, poured hot water and then wait for it to drip.

Another can't miss food.... Vietnam beef noodle! Delicious..... i had it every morning during the trip .

We travel a lot from one place to another ....by bus, by boat .

Mekong river .... damned wide, and even got 4 small islands. We traveled to 2 of the island: Phoenix island - also called coconut island because some time ago there was an old monk staying there. He established a religion called the coconut religion. All the followers of the religion suvived by eating and drining coconuts only. This old monk at last also wanted to be nominated in one of the election (not sure what election is that) , then people called him nuts.

Lesson : too much coconuts will makes you nuts!

Another island ..... Tarzan island. Where you can buy some famous food there- the coconut sweets. It's extraordinary tastier! We had a fruits banquet there too. Some villagers performed a few songs. Villagers on Tarzan island are mostly farmers who plant fruits. And since this island has become one of the tourism place, their part time job are entertaining the tourist.They can sing well!

The story behind a women .......

Well, travelling alone - although with a group of people, good experience for me though! But ..... i have got hard time though .....


Part of the pics are like this ...... blurred! Next time i will get a profesional companion!

Camwhoring all the time..... even when i was eating my banana split alone in hotel's cafe .....

HAhahHAhHAhhHAHha........