Saturday, September 26, 2009

Ho Chi Minh Day 2

Day 2 . We awake in the early morning of Ho Chi Minh ready to explore the city!!

Our schedule for today will be Mekong Delta Tour (full day) --> Dinner at a restuarant nearby --> back to hotel for soccer match.


Breakfast at the Elios roof top cafe


Simple fare.. they change few dishes everyday.



Outdoor sitting available




Another hotel next to Elios



The Park opposite Elios. Its really huge and the people here enjoy their morning exercise


The circus near Thai Binh Market







The gym





Few basic exercise machine



Here we are, on the airconditioned coach outside Sinh Cafe
Ready for the 2hour bus ride..


Saw this along the way




Pit stop for toilet break



Arrive at the place where we get our boat

Really cool hats they have


Really amazing at how they pack their boats together like that



Boarding the boat


Nice "window"view


These are the rest of our tour group members


Sights along Mekong delta



We are sitting right at the back.. enjoying the scenery



It was a windy day




Getting bored at the boat ride.. so we started taking candid shots.



I see a docking area!


Qing & Ong at Mekong Delta
Smiley Ong

Guess you dun get to see this everyday


Arrival at a rural area...



Ong and the Hammock.
It seems to be popular over there.




The guide explaining how the rice paper is made


Must grind it till it is fine


Rice soaked in water?






Spreading the rice liquid onto the heated metal



Stuff made out of coconut tree, husks, shells


I look so cute in this hat... but too bad, wont be able to wear it when I am back Home.
So I didnt get it.
But I bought Mum some spatulas made of coconut shells


Everyone just started walking all over the place to explore.. hahah



Ah Ong Chiong in first when he heard its lunch time




Hungry and waiting for lunch




Each one of us had a plate of rice, with two spring roll and a pork chop.
Included in our tour package.
Didnt ordered the elephant ear fish set as it was a super big fish that cost VN100000

Simple Fare, but it tasted good



















Having tea and fruits while listening to the locals perform their native songs


Horse Cart ride-- cool @_@


I wonder if they could really drag so many of us behind

See everyone so excited about it


We picked this horsey... it didnt smell that bad.



He is preparing himself for the ride





Cant help laughing at him


He is trying to get back what belongs to him.
Honey.
hehe... we were treated to a honey tea drink and munched on dried coconuts and........


Everyone gets to take a photo with mr python
He's enjoying it... can see it in his face





My favourite photo of the trip.
Sorry python, i had to grab you like that


Beginning our Mekong delta row boat experience.
4 person to a row boat





This is our row boat... getting ready to climb in.




THis picture was taken by the couple who share the same row boat with us....
I think they were Japanese... Thank you.


Heehee.. Row Row Boat




Enjoying the boat ride


Wonder where the boat man is bringing us...




This is the coconut factory where they show how the get the coconuts, de-hair it, crack it open
shred it, pack it , squeeze the juice out of it and then mix the juice and cook it to make the coconut candy.



She cuts and distributes


This is how the pack the coconut sweets
Anyway we bought 5 pkts at VN100000


Taking our boat ride back to where we came from... and thats the end of the mekong delta tour for the day....
Thanks Sinh Cafe. It was fun .



Tasty carrot cake from the road side stall..
The auntie was super nice.. even packed the sauce separately as she say this will make the crispy carrot cake too soggy by the time we bring it back to hotel.



Started to rain again..... but what the heck.. we just explore around anyway




His beef pho.. which he totally didnt enjoyed it.
Not to mention the food here are much more expensive than Pho 2000 and the food is not even comparable to pho 2000 too.





The Pho24 chicken pho..... worse than what i cook at home.



He gets the dripping coffee too, just that he ordered ice coffee and he had to pour the coffee into his glass himself... sigh.. nobody even tell us how we should drink from them.
Do we seriously look like vietnamese?
My dripping Black Coffee . It doesnt taste as nice


Anpanman is out having fun tonight.
Travelling with us wherever we go.


Shssshh... they are watching the liv pool vs Hull match


They are good buddies


Have some Banh Mi too.... The game is pretty much ending anyway.

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