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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Xin chào Việt Nam Day 2 (Part 1)

Well, after having a good sleep with an uncomfortable low pillow; It's time to get ready for the trip. But breakfast comes first. I had expect that there will be Buffet like the most hotel got. Oh, by the way, i'm staying in a 3 Star hotel named Arc En Ciel. Funny name. The breakfast? Fine and satisfying, cause my favorite coffee is available.

 
Simple yet satisfying Buffet :D

Looking outside the window, it's a normal city life with a normal traffic jam. But the traffic jam is totally different with our country Malaysia. Malaysia is filled with cars;Vietnam is filled with motorcycles.

Yup, Motorcycles.

After the meal, it's time to go to Mekong Delta. This was a relaxing trip (Really o.0?)
On arrival at the jetty at My Tho ("Mee Tho") [about 1 1/2 hours from the city] we were taken by medium-size boat to Unicorn Island. Before we go, there's something interesting to take picture of  :p

 
Haha, Sleeping fisherman.

Upon arriving the island, it's time for us tourists to be deceive by delicious looking thing. We were introduced for some coconut made product. Candy, soap and etc can be bought there. And there accept US dollar & Malaysia RM. How thoughtful of them.

We were also being "treated" for some candied food (lotus seed, banana, peanut and ginger) & honey. Of course, it's depend on you whether you wanna buy it or not.

 Walking on, we stopped by an area where we enjoyed some tropical food (Dragon-fruit, watermelon, etc). And some entertainer as well. Well, I expected that cause these kind of street performers would appeared where tourists visit a place. And it's obviously that we had to give some tips as their reward. Too bad, I offered 6 Malaysia 50sen and got rejected -.-

Oh great, singing something that I barely understand...

Lucky that it happened to rain after they singed 2 song, cause I don't want to listen to old folks song -.-(With some language that I don't know). After the rain had stopped, another boat ride was waiting for us- this time in a small sampan.

Row the boat bitches :D

Done with the sampan ride, done with the medium-size boat, then it's gonna be another trip to a restaurant nearby for lunch. The lunch was really exotic :D

Hmm.. The so-called Dino Egg. But it's actually Nian Gao (Chinese Steam New Year Cake?)

Deep Fried "Standing" Fish aka, Elephant Fish  o.0.. Now that's exotic.

To be honest, about the waitress in that restaurant. Based on their attire, you might want to imagine her as a underwear model. Cause with a traditional Vietnam attire and it's made out of thin materials, you can see through her cloth  :\ . . . Seriously!

Well, stay tuned for part 2 





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