First, it was the yummy plane food on SQ.
Reached HCMC at 8plus. And the whole arrival hall was quiet and empty.
A first look at Vietnam.
And here's where she stayed.
And her luxurious room where she stayed for 3 nights.
Took a night walk around and saw some beautiful architectures.
And breakfast next day was a intercontinental buffet. What a spread!
Lunch was yet another buffet again. No wonder I noticed my Goddess looks different when she came back.
But look at the picture on the bottom right. The green fruit is what they call a green water apple. Notice the gigantic size of the logans? It's as big as the apple! Vietnam fruits are huge, I think I can have a full meal with just one fruit. Even the jackfruit looks huge.
Look at the evening peak hour rush! Scooters were the main form of transport there so everyone rides around in one. And all vehicles must give way to them, because in Vietnam when a big vehicle collides into a smaller vehicle, the driver of the big vehicle will be punished even if the driver of the small vehicle may be at fault.
In fact, one lane was dedicated to scooters and the other cars. Can you imagine how chaotic it is when a car wants to turn one direction and the scooter the other?
Dinner was a market visit to one of their beer gardens - a zi char equivalent in Vietnam. Of course, there has to be beer at the beer garden.
They had some time left, so they decided to go to the Benh Than night market which was nothing but a pasar malam selling counterfeit goods and fruits. Not as exciting as my Goddess thought it would be.
Another buffet breakfast the next morning!
In between her meetings, my Goddess had time to do some quick shopping. This place gives the feel of BKK's Platinum, though the offerings and prices are not as good.
Bought some clothes for her niece and nephew.
In the evening, she hopped over to the An Dong market, recommended by her future father-in-law.
Bougth cashew nuts, almond nuts, dried jackfruit and abalone at this shop. My Goddess didn't have enough cash with her and had to use her credit card!
Saw some wierd nut-looking fruits at the market.
And look at the variety of fruits they have there!
The white egg in the foreground is supposed to be chicken egg and the one in the background quail eggs. I think it looks more like ostrich and chicken eggs respectively.
And their fruit hamper?
This is how they sell seafood, putting them in pots and inserting air tubes in the pots. Even the seafood looks huge.
Nice greenery of vegetables. The only things small in Vietnam is their tomato and cucumber, and green apple of course.
Dinner was at this 'Wrap 'n Go' restuarant which serves really nice popiah wraps.
My Goddess thought the beef soup was just soup. But it turned out to be a wrap-your-own dish. These are all the things you are supposed to put in.
And this is the first attempy by my Goddess. Ugly and unsuccessful.
The next try was much better.
Yummy breakfast again the next day. My Goddess loved their congee as its really delicious~
They tried to do some shopping at a local place which sells a lot of branded clothes but at branded price. My Goddess couldn't find anything that she likes and at a reasonable price. Those that look nice can't be bargained for a lower price, and the Viets were not as friendly as the Thais to give in even as you pretend to walk away.
On herway back, she pass by a bakery. Look at how nice the bread are displayed.
And so she stopped over for glass of Viet coffee. It tasted really nice, much better than the usual coffees found here.
And she passed by an art gallery, which she was really fascinated with the beautiful works. She's so going to get one of these when her house is ready.
Some sights of HCMC on her way back to the hotel.
And finally, her last meal before heading back to Singapore. Of course, she has to have some pho, Vietnam's local dish.
Look at the number of fruits and dried goods that she bought back. Her luggage weighed 20++ kg in total all because of these. It looked like we have a provision shop here!
Note: All pictures were taken with HTC HD2 phone. Amazing quality of images isn't it?
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