Tuesday, September 27, 2011

HCMC - Day 2

breakfast......






MEKONG river cruise to unicorn island.....



cannot remember whats the bridge called




from the speed boat we gg to take the sampan.....



20mins later....we reached a village and had fruits and tea and listen to the villagers sing songs









after the makan and song session, we proceeded to walk further into the village



atap seed!





then we reached a small little bee shop. selling honey and dried preserved food




sampling...then they will asked u to buy buy buy





they squeeze lime into the honey....funny ppl.....sweet and sour.......



can see the bees???




back onto our speed boat and free coconut drink...


tts our local tour guide




me with my coconut drink.... satisfying




lunch!!














the fish meat is wrapped in the rice paper..... end up, i just ate the fish plain...dun bother to wrap.......extra work.....as it does not make the fish taste better...










dun know what is this meat...tough tough de














bitter veg soup....





after lunch, proceed to chinatown....



nothing to shop or buy so we sat down for drinks.....



highland coffee




mine was the tropical iced tea....the yellow balls are actually mango smoothies



dinner time!!!




















HCMC - Day 1

our hotel for the next 3 days.......
where's the 3rd bed??? haha...coming soon.....


toiletries provided




busy taking toilet



bath tub


hairdryer......and someone still said "no provide hairdryer de" haha





looked at the traffic!!!!


its 11 plus and why so many ppl still on the road???!!??





can u spot the dubai looked alike building???





1/3 of the bread we had after checking in



lunch at this beef noodle shop



yum yum =9



dun know why they want to put the peppermint into the soup....to me, its just extra!! the bean sprout too was extra but the you tiao was SUPERB!!! *blurp*




after walking inside the crowded ben thanh market, we found this yogurt shop and had our refreshing drinks!!!


green apple



strawberry



30,000 dong for entrance fee into the independence palacce ...as day 1 was F&E...we got to pay for all meals and outings.......



photo taken at the gate

































































helicopter at the roof top!!!





dinner after a foot spa!!! 140,000 dong for 40mins!!



haute style rice with clams..........









dinner was at this rest, few steps away from the spa salon......over all damaged 3xx,000 dong....... not very nice..... =(





glutinous rice .........never try...hehehe