Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam 23012008

last SG · 2008-02-08T12:03:29+00:00

I've really enjoyed looking at the photos and reading your amusing captions! It's like your very own travelogue here! I can't wait for the exotic food phot...

LOTUSfairy SG

I had many many coconuts..and the juice is so yummy...

only 5,000d (~S$0.50 each)

and i forgot to buy the lantern back...

LOTUSfairy SG

actually i am quite "lucky" there on the 1st day...cos at night, once i stepped into the bazzar nite stalls outside the market, i see people running with their carts and a lot of ruffl-ing... hmm..what happened...then i realised RAIDING !!!

Hawkers kana checked, questioned. carts being confiscated and towed away, people running away... chaos siah..

I hmanaged to take only some pics while holding onto the camera and pretend act blur.......cos the officials alooking at me ...they are not very friendly leh... and some of them are erhemm...smoking with their uniforms in the very view of the public...re

The locals seemed to be very scared of them leh.. i stopped taking pictures before i landed up 5days4nites at the "standard room at their lock-ups".

LOTUSfairy SG

Still on Day, Hungry again...it's Dinner Time.. Went to the roadside stall next to Ben Thanh Market. Saw a kid with mom eating some delicious Pho...we joined it.

The stall owner demanded for 30,000d for each bowl. I said : No..i stay here long long, big bowl only 20,000d. (I lied without blinking my eyes)...

He smiled and nod his head and ask us to sit... hehehe..deal..

to our amazement, our food arrive, BIG BOWL WITH LOTS OF MEAT, VEGE AND EVERYTHING..

and they are really delicious... what a bargain..

Chicken Pho

Duck Pho

noopi SG

i think your 20,000 dong pho is kena chopped carrot head liaos

when i lived in HCMC for 3.5 years
i think i must have visited cu chi tunnel more than 7 times
each time to take my visitors there
go until i scared

LOTUSfairy SG

at Vietnam, never run out of things to eat...

LOTUSfairy SG

i think your 20,000 dong pho is kena chopped carrot head liaos

when i lived in HCMC for 3.5 years
i think i must have visited cu chi tunnel more than 7 times
each time to take my visitors there
go until i scared

alamak...i should have known u lah....then u can bring me around...

oki..next trip..

LOTUSfairy SG

while shopping at the nite bazzar, selecting my t-hsirt, the stall young lady offered me to try her dessert.. hehehe..i love sweet stuff..

LOTUSfairy SG

Shopping TIME !

LOTUSfairy SG

Then i see this: Free dead Rat with bags.

Shirts.. dunno real or fake..too cheap to be real leh.

I was tempted to buy one of these..

LOTUSfairy SG

Playing Chinese Chess seems to be their past time. This kid was concentrating hard on his game and nd he din even notice that I was taking pics of him..

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while walking back to hotel at 10.30pm (was awake since 5am take flight to HCMC)...

we stopped by a ice cream shop..

it cost $1.50per scoop.. we had 3 scoops and their ice tea (free) was refreshing.

i had 5 cups of their tea before leaving..

LOTUSfairy SG

end of Day 1....update more tomorrow..

Rhonda SG

Wowee! Your photos are taken well! And I laughed a lot at your captions too! Very entertaining!!

Looks like the foodstalls and other stalls there display their wares very attractively! In abundance, piled up high, and very colourful! Really inviting and eye-catching! Makes me want to go to Vietnam myself!

I think if I were to visit Vietnam, I'd return with a lotta lotta hair accessories, bags, and what-not trinkets. I'm quite a pack-rat and always end up buying plenty of useless stuff when I'm on tour. Usually, after buying, never use...

I can't wait to see yet more photos! This is really interesting!

淋雨 SG

finally pic is out. wow....food looks good

Rhonda SG

I like that mouse helmet with the ears sticking out! THink if I ever go there, I'll purchase that helmet so that one day, if I ever buy a Vespa to scoot around the neighbourhood with, I'll wear that helmet! Harharharar!!! It might even turn out to be a man-magnet!

motoway SG

Ur trip looks interesting la~

If i ever do backpacking.. I'll go Viet / Thailand..

caleb_chiang SG

Most important... alcohol are cheap...

LOTUSfairy SG

hehe...try my best to remember the details... i was there basically for walking, sightseeing and eating... the whole place is grey grey grey, dusty and beep beep here horn horn there...very noisy .. for phototaking, the locals do not really like the cammy leh... most of them shy again or even *run* away...i tell u why later..

Day 2 ..

Breakfast, 1st morning taste oki, 2nd morning (same) feel normal, 3rd morning (still the same) yuck. , last morning (remains the same) blahhhhhhhh.

LOTUSfairy SG

Whenever we lose our way (most of the time) during the entire tour, we will ask the local where is Ben Thanh Market (hand language and the only recognisable words "Ben Thanh" - sounds like BEN THAN (RICE BUCKET) in Hokkien), we head towards that way to find our way back to hotel.

this is the Ben Thanh Market. Their biggest Icon in the City.

the Bear SG

i find it amazing you can go "yuck" and still be able to eat so much of it

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