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Monday, 8 June 2015

Ho Chi Minh Day 2: Saigon to Mui Ne + Full Moon Beach Resort + Quan Boke


DAY 2 ITINENARY
Saigon to Mui Ne + Quan Boke

Our lovely breakfast at Gia Vien Hotel.
Their breakfast just simple but nice.


This butter can see everywhere and it is nice when match with those french toast.



This our simple one.

We're taking Futa Buslines' Phuong Trang, the bus seem get more good comment online.
And the bus agency online next street of Gia Vien Hotel, we bought the bus ticket at 1st day to get 730am bus.

Travel time to Mui Ne is about 7 hour.
Including stop once for toilet + fruit break (pump petrol), and 1 more for lunch break. But the price of food are still reasonable, not chop chop type.
Saigon to Mui Ne = 130,000Dong (S$8.10)

This is the most impressed me in this country, the bus!
It's great that have sleeping bus for the long journey, you can lay down straight and sleep.
They do provide you a small bottle of water, wet towel + blanket.
Me and Mr Bun are sleep on upper deck~
1st try in our life! Not worry to get fall down because the speed not that fast...



 Phuong Trang Bus 
272 De Tham, District 1, HCM city (Turn Right from Sinh Cafe)

After we reached Mui Ne Phuong Trang Office, our hotel owner Janot have wait us over there.
We are happily to get on his car and I'm really look forward over my day at Lang Ca Voi but he then tell me that he have make wrong date of our stay and give us the deepest apologise.

He also arrange us to stay to his friend resort which is FULL MOON BEACH RESORT.
This resort are expensive than Lang Ca Voi, but my mind still in Lang Ca Voi.
Luckily I still can stay my 2nd day there...

But the good point of Full Moon is...they have their own beach, and the room is open space.
Is really spacious but only the toilet... >.< no door at all!


Hotel facilities... Own beach, Nice deco restaurant, Swimming Pool.
We rent a bike, just tell to Janot and his wife bring over to us~
Our 小黑 in the 2days trip ^^
Forgot the exact cost we pay, about US$8-12 a days.


 Test drive to get used to this Scooter 1st~

We passby the tourist spot - MUI NE FISHING VILLAGE
Evening time...the fisherman are coming back.



Actually the weather not really perfect, small rain...
Also, belive is in low peak season, the street are still quiet.
But never mind, I'm still enjoy in two of the world!

We going back hotel to continue our beach walk... since we got the chance stay a hotel have private beach, haha....

Walk a long the beach, we pass through a lot resort...


Wondering is it turtle egg, or dinasour?
Below one are squid, so fatt ^^"


He actually wanna take photo on bikini girl but too bad blocked by her bf ^^






Back to Hotel...decided to have a simple dinner in hotel again...


A very nice view can enjoy at here....




After that, we resting at hotel....then go out hunt for seafood again...
Well, coming at this fish village, must try their seafood!!!

When I'm doing survey, many people mention must try at their "Quan Boke" restaurant.
Harlo excuse me, the whole road seafood stall are writing "Quan Boke"!!!
"Boke" mean seafood...so everywhere are Quan Boke >.<

We drive along the beach, end up simply choose 1, no people here. But it still nice!


The seafood look fresh and nice!

This is what we order, forgot the price...but it not expensive tho...




The kid not only help out at his mother seafood stall, they also have gasoline stall.
We let him help out pump some food to our blacky too~


That all for our today...Rest early today as we are quitre tired for the long journey.
Tomorrow will be our another adventure days!

Sunday, 7 June 2015

Ho Chi Minh Day 1: Saigon City View + Pham Ngu Lao

VIETNAM (HCM) TRIP 2013 (5D4N) 

We have  never plan to Vietnam but don't know why suddenly feel wanna go.
We quickly book the air ticket 3 month before and I try to work out the ititenerary before our trip.
Too bad I am busy over the audit period as well so my iti aren't perfect.
But still can get through all over, not really lost so much and waste so much time on 冤枉路。
Let's start our journey~


FLIGHT: Jetstar

Singapore - Ho Chi Minh City
10 OCT 2013 (720am - 815am)
Baggage: 20kg

Ho Chi Minh City  - Singapore
15 OCT 2013 (940pm - 1235pm)
Baggage: 40kg
Total : S$372.90 (cindy + bun)






DAY 1 ITINENARY
 Reunification Palace - Notre Dame Cathedral - Saigon Central Post Office - Pham Ngu Lao Seafood

Once we arrived airport, we changed our money at Tan Son Nhat Airport.
This is our trip fee for the 5D4N. Hope it will be enought~ 



From Airport to Pham Ngu Lao, we just take public bus to Pham Ngu Lao (Saigon).
Taking Bus 152 and the bus run every 15 minutes, so it's quite convenient and cut a lot of cost.

Bus Fare: 2 pax + 2 lugage = 5,000Dong x 4 = 20,000 Dong (S$1.30)
*Force to sit separately to take care our lugage*
Mr Bun look so cute~ my beloved man ever!


We stop at a place look like Bus Terminal,  is nearby the Ben Tanh Market, about 40 minutes ride...
We walk all over and ask around to reach Pham Ngu Lao District 1, is about 15 minutes walk.
The time still early...I think about 10am....we drop our lugage at hotel and return to check in at 12pm.
Just walk around the street to get familiar 1st....
 
Our 1st meal in Ho Chi Minh

PHO BO at PHO QUYNH RESTAURANT
Pho Bo (Beef noodles) is a famous vietnam food, must try whenever you are here, but there are a lot Pho restaurant. I didn't specialised any must go restaurant for PHO.
Pho Quynh, we just happened passby and I know it is 1 of famous in HCM.
Well, just give it a try then.... It's a corner shop along the Pham Ngu Lao street.

Not really remember the price, around VND40,000 - 60,000 (S$2.50 - S$3.80)



Pho Quynh
323 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1
Ho Chi Minh, Vienam - See more at: http://baffledchichi.blogspot.sg/2012/02/pho-quynh-ho-chi-minh-vietnam.html#sthash.biVtt0AM.dpuf
Pho Quynh restaurant,
323 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
 
We walk along this street....Pham Ngu Lao

We bought our 2nd day bus ticket to Mui Ne...
But guess what I saw, PARIS BAGUETTE !!!
My favourite bread from Korea trip, ya it having in Singapore now but I never bought still..
maybe 外国面包比较香.... lolz (main reason is still too expensive in SG!)


 Before we reach Gia Vien, there is a 1 building temple in the small valley...


GIA VIEN HOTEL @ HO CHI MINH
a small but lovely and only at USD36!!!
麻雀虽小,五脏齐全!
Toilet have Wet/ Dry area, Aircon, Heater function well....

Pho Quynh
323 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1
Ho Chi Minh, Vienam - See more at: http://baffledchichi.blogspot.sg/2012/02/pho-quynh-ho-chi-minh-vietnam.html#sthash.biVtt0AM.dpuf
Gia Vien Hotel,
175/4 Pham Ngu Lao, District 1
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

After we checked in, then we start our itinerary~

We met this guy when we finding way to Reunification Palace, the day is really really hot...
I see him quite pity so bought 1 coconut from him....
But end up don't know is it he pretend his english not good, pass us 2 coconut...
Ok, well....it's really hot...
When we pay, it's seem different from what he told us and we are still confusion over the currency.
After he taken our money I just realised that....
 
The Coconut cost us S$9 for 1!!!
But this guy already gone and I can't see him (of coz run faster before I'm wake...lolz)

 Ok...it's seem Mr Bun smile so happily...so I just treat the money are pay for this valuable photo~ lolz



REUNIFICATION PALACE (统一宫)

Entrance Ticket: 30,000Dong (S$1.90)
 

The Reunification Palace is a five-storey building with the basement housing a warren of tunnels, a war room and telecommunications centre.
Okay...it's all about historical and war place...
I'm not interest in history but it's such an important tourist spot in Ho Chi Minh City.
So here we are.




There actually have free tour bring you over the building and explain.
But we wait so long also didn't see 1, so forget it...we just walked ourself then.

  There's really a lot of "room" inside the building.... every room have it own function and meaning.

The true elephant leg! This impressed me!
The skin is really thick ^^








P/S: I'm not a person who love historical place, to me it's just normal and no much point of interest...
 and it's really hot weather make me keep sweating!

After this, we proceed to our next Notre Dame Cathedral which is only nearby, about 5-10 minutes walk.

NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL (圣母大教堂)
The church is established by the French Colonist and is a Catholic Church.
It build in 1877 and all the material are from France.



 Inner Deco~

I love their window...




Happened to see couple taking wedding photo.
The bride is pretty and gorgeous look, like a star....
I'm feel Vietnamese lady are so slim and tall.




Our next are Saigon Central Post Office, right beside the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Just cross 1 street.

SAIGON CENTRAL POST OFFICE (西贡中央邮局)
The oldest post office in Vietnam, famed for its beautiful neoclassical architectural style.
A tourist spot that not to be miss...


We don't have the habit of posting postcard....so we just look around.
It's still function as normal post office.



A lot of souvenir you can found here.... it quite 精致 but due to only 1st day,
my shopping moood yet to be on...lolz


Well...the rest are our Free and Easy now...I didn't work so much on iti due to heavy workflow.
Just simply walk around to see see shop shop eat eat...

We settle our simple dinner at Lotteria, also a fast food restaurant I ate at Korea before..
 Wondering Korea market have enter to Vietnam market but yet Singapore/Malaysia.

This fast food restaurant is located at food court of a shopping mall.
I think is inside Parkson.




After return Hotel have a quick rest, we're out for walk around Pham Ngu Lao District 1 to enjoy the happening of Backpacker area.
It's only near to 8pm only...early night.


We wish to try the local stall seafood but we also worry chop chop by local as what happen this morning.
We walk along the street till almost end of the street and found this stall, more locals are here so we trust it's not aimed at tourist.


Small chair small table~





I have forgot how much we ate but it's fresh and cheap!


Above are for our Day 1 in Ho Chi Minh~
Look forward my Day 2 heading to Mui Ne!!!