well i'm still gonna post...
left singapore about 6am and reached there about 9am Ho Chi Minh time so its about 2 hours(vietnam is 1 hour behind singapore)
when i got out of the airport and into the taxi....i was like OMG
there were no traffic lights and motorbikes ruled the roads
at the junction,everyone was making a turn and i thought there was gonna be a massive accident or something...somehow vietnamese motorist are skilled at avoiding
its hell to cross the roads
and there are wires and cables everywhere
we got to the hotel...its a 3 star hotel and i was expecting a small room....
the room was BIG!!! and looked abit like a suite
it was L-shaped and the tv had cable channels
and the toilet bowl has this small water pipe which sprays water in your ass and cleans it when you push a lever...how lazy can humans get?
later on we went to check out Ben Tahn market
its like a wet market but with shops selling clothes,bags,lakerware etc.
its boring for me because my parents drag me up and down buying stuff which i see in almost every shop....
i see the same things 20 times and they still wanna look...
we had lunch at Pho 24
Pho means Beef Noodle of something
it was 10 times better than the one in Singapore
so the first day was pretty much shopping....
we went to have a BBQ dinner...the beef and prawns are delicous...
i discovered a new meaning of 'fresh'
the waiter killed the prawns in front of us....even as my dad started cooked them,they were still moving
we went on a tour on the second day
we were in this really crammed bus with some other people
there were 2 thai's,2 italians,1 german with a thai wife,1british,1 australian and 1 japanese
first stop was at a pagoda...nothing much there
then we were at the war remnants museum,all about the vietnam war...how cruel the communist and the american were
the americans dropped bombs on countless villages and killed many innocent people...its just sad...
there were tanks and planes on display...and some bombs
next we went to chinatown....really boring....
singapore's chinatown is much better...so much cleaner and modern...
next it was the reunification hall or independance hall or something like that...the home of the president that was killed before he even set foot in it.
he was killed by his own troops and his previous residence was bombed by his own air force
later on we went to the notre damn cathedreal and the central post office...
the cathedral really resmbles the one in notre dame...hence the name
theres a giant statue of mother mary infront of it
so we have come to the end of day 2
day 3
went to the famous cu chi tunnels
used by the communist during WW2
the bus ride was like 1 hour+ and the tour guide was telling us his life story...how he is a veteran and all the normal veteran story crap
LOL
i slept during his speech
cu chi tunnels is actually underneath the village of cu chi...which napalm was dropped on
some of the bomb craters can be 8m deep
he surrounding trees were replanted(because the napalm destroyed everything)
we climed through a small section of the tunnel
its like 50-60cm wide and its claustrophobic
i never want to do it again
the guide showed us some booby traps...really nasty
how the communist lived....destroyed tanks
guess what...i was given a chance to fire a real gun at the firing range
i fired an M60 rifle
it was really cool
although i was nervous at first...its really loud....i could'nt hear a thing after i fired a few times
before dinner we went to try their fast food..called Lotteria
i had a chicken burger set meal..comes with a chicken burger(which is huge) and an extra piece of chicken and is better than macdonalds
my mum wanted to try this famous restaurant for dinner
it was'nt that good....dissapointing,and i was too full from lunch
on the fourth day which is today...we slacked in the hotel room...
watched some movies on cable tv...left Ho Chi Minh at 2pm vietnam time and reached home at
5pm singapore time
so tired...
this trip was'nt so bad after all....
the food is good....the people are friendly
the hotel is good...although i would never want to go back there
lol
here's some pictures that i had to resize 1 by 1
motorbikes everywhere
a typical messy street with cables everywhere
Pho,beef noodles
BBQ dinner
i'm manning the AA gun
a seismic bomb with a blast radius of 800m(i think)
Reunification palace,home to the president who was killed by his own army
post office
Lakerware covers of Tin-Tin,they are all in french
Notre Dame Cathedral with mother mary in front *holy music plays in the background*
look closely at this trap...there are bamboo spikes
Booby Traps
1 of the many hidden holes that lead to the tunnels...its really small
me firing the M60 rifle
it may look nice but it is'nt that great
back in singapore
I wanted to post yesterday but i was too lazy...
