Sunday, December 24, 2006
i just came back from viet yesterday and today i went to malaysia for an eating and shopping trip with my parents and sis. yaye. two more chops added in passport collection of chops. i think i went to malaysia 3 or four times this year. bleaugh.
as said earlier, i'm supposed to blog more about vietnam. okay now i shall but it'll be only in a few sentences cos i'm too lazy and i should start writing my christmas cards. if you want more info, you can read my poorly written travel journel.
ok. it was an enjoyble trip to the socialist republic of viet nam. if you take a budget airline, what you pay is what you get. so of course, besides the flight, you dont get anything else on the plane. not even plain water. anyway the ridethere was good. a little too short though. vietnamese food was good. i like the pho, something like beef noodles, the pancake with meat of prawns inside (think murtabak concept but nicer), the spring roll with transparent skin thingy, their seafood soup etc etc. of course they had food with strange names, like 'something something(cant rem the exact words) with jumping molusk' (the spelt it this way), or like 'fried noodles with ten things'.i'm thankful for the clean air in singapore. if you think that singapore has toomany vehicles, you should check ho chin minh city out. my goodness they've an overwhelming number of motorbikes. it's like a colony of ants or a swarm of bees. they just keep driving and driving.. and driving, whether it's red light or not. the cars do that too. and ironically, the trick to crossing the road is to walk slowly cos the bikes would then 'be able to drive around and avoid you'. quoted from tigertales, tiger airways' travel guide. shopping was okay except this place called An dong market, about half an hour's taxi ride from our hotel. gosh it was quite an experience for the three of us. it's a crazy place with rows and rows of shops. when you want to walk you have to tip toe or balance on one foot so that you wont step on the goods that are strewn everywhere or tied in big bundles, or on the people who're sitting around doing their stuff. people dont say excuse me or anything to that effect. they just put their hands on your shoulder and push you to one side. it was a mad house. the day trips that we had were quite good i would say. we got to talk to people from canada, newzealand, australia, israel etc. the israelis were hilarious man. hahah. they bought pirated nsync cds and danced to it in the bus on the way to mekong river. and while on one of unicorn island, one of the island in mekong river, they danced the same moves to vietnamese music. was really quite funny and they're really nice people. heh.
this is the end of my few sentences about vietnam. okay maybe it's slightly more than a few sentences.to end off, i shall the encapsulate the whole trip with a quote by sk - when you drive, you just drive. when you eat, you just eat and when you shop, you just shop. hah.
i am quite determined to go backpacking in cambodia and laos next year end, after listening to storys by the canadian backpackers who have been travelling for 7 months already. oh yes. i want to go backpacking in japan too! i've got to save work hard and save more. i'm sure i can. :)
as said earlier, i'm supposed to blog more about vietnam. okay now i shall but it'll be only in a few sentences cos i'm too lazy and i should start writing my christmas cards. if you want more info, you can read my poorly written travel journel.
ok. it was an enjoyble trip to the socialist republic of viet nam. if you take a budget airline, what you pay is what you get. so of course, besides the flight, you dont get anything else on the plane. not even plain water. anyway the ridethere was good. a little too short though. vietnamese food was good. i like the pho, something like beef noodles, the pancake with meat of prawns inside (think murtabak concept but nicer), the spring roll with transparent skin thingy, their seafood soup etc etc. of course they had food with strange names, like 'something something(cant rem the exact words) with jumping molusk' (the spelt it this way), or like 'fried noodles with ten things'.i'm thankful for the clean air in singapore. if you think that singapore has toomany vehicles, you should check ho chin minh city out. my goodness they've an overwhelming number of motorbikes. it's like a colony of ants or a swarm of bees. they just keep driving and driving.. and driving, whether it's red light or not. the cars do that too. and ironically, the trick to crossing the road is to walk slowly cos the bikes would then 'be able to drive around and avoid you'. quoted from tigertales, tiger airways' travel guide. shopping was okay except this place called An dong market, about half an hour's taxi ride from our hotel. gosh it was quite an experience for the three of us. it's a crazy place with rows and rows of shops. when you want to walk you have to tip toe or balance on one foot so that you wont step on the goods that are strewn everywhere or tied in big bundles, or on the people who're sitting around doing their stuff. people dont say excuse me or anything to that effect. they just put their hands on your shoulder and push you to one side. it was a mad house. the day trips that we had were quite good i would say. we got to talk to people from canada, newzealand, australia, israel etc. the israelis were hilarious man. hahah. they bought pirated nsync cds and danced to it in the bus on the way to mekong river. and while on one of unicorn island, one of the island in mekong river, they danced the same moves to vietnamese music. was really quite funny and they're really nice people. heh.
this is the end of my few sentences about vietnam. okay maybe it's slightly more than a few sentences.to end off, i shall the encapsulate the whole trip with a quote by sk - when you drive, you just drive. when you eat, you just eat and when you shop, you just shop. hah.
i am quite determined to go backpacking in cambodia and laos next year end, after listening to storys by the canadian backpackers who have been travelling for 7 months already. oh yes. i want to go backpacking in japan too! i've got to save work hard and save more. i'm sure i can. :)
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