Trip - Hanoi
Day 1
Woke up at 3am. Taxi was supposed to come at 4am but it was late! Still reached the LCCT in time after stopping at the main airport by mistake. It was an experience at the airport - so many queues! Like a gazillion.. queue to check-in (where there were like dunno how many lines when there were only 2 counters) and then queue to check out passports, queue for the security check before going into the boarding area, and queue again before we get to the gate. And being low-cost, we had to like walk to the plane itself.. and everyone was like rushing..and then we had seats like at the back of the plane. It was supposed to fly at 6.30am BUT we only flew like at 7plus i think. We all slept like most of the way cuz like of the waking up early.
Then we reached Hanoi! After 3 hours in the plane. And then we had to wait like 30-45 minutes just to get our luggage. We could see Sally and Van through the glass doors. Then like FINALLY after getting our stuff we took Van's dad's car back to her house! The Indonesians and Malaysian found the house so very different from what we have at home. 5 storey houses!! and like very narrow shops/houses as we passed the streets of Hanoi.
Lunch at Van's house! Tasty spring rolls! Cathedral in the centre of town and "So Hot" cafe. Hanoi has many small cafes with great atmosphere. Cil spread his music across the cafes in town. Then we walked the many streets of Hanoi, pass the pretty lake. We ate 'hoa qua dam', fruit mix with ice! Really nice food! We sat in small little stools in the shop and enjoyed the cool drink-like thing. Then, more shopping! Mae Yue and Yoga bought Crumpler bags. No idea how Mae Yue is going to pack her bags. She bought 3. and I'm broke!
After that we went to another cafe called I-Box which was on a road near the lake. Nice place with nice lights. Cil played the piano again. The place was like nice and quiet and like ours. Linh, Sally and Phoebe joined us.
Day 2
Breakfast at Papa Cafe where we had great big bowls of Pho and nice avocado smoothie. The nice lady gave us 1000 dong discount! haha.
Next, we went to the University of Literature. Where we got to pat the heads of turtles... The turtles are actually the head of some stones where the names of scholars are engraved. So supposedly, if we pat the heads of the turtles, you'll do well in the your exams. Hmmm. So we pat the heads of the turtles. And walked in to the temple, where it looked like the traditional Chinese courts. And we took bimbo photos with fans and umbrellas. Cute!
Chicco Mondo! Nice cafe near the Vincom mall. Cil played the piano again and Yoga bought nice drink. And we ate French Fries. 2 servings of French Fries.
After that Kung Fu Panda! Kablooey! Then after the funny movie, we went shopping! And tried nice clothes. Phoebe and Van bought t-shirts. Tina bought a nice pair of shoes. Mae Yue resisted temptation and didn't buy the nice yellow cardigan! Haha.
Dinner was fantastic ribs! Long story for dinner. We walked to this branch but apparently it wasn't the branch where out 50% coupon was valid. And we had already sat down. So we just ordered a lime juice and then left. Walked to the other branch, Alfresco. And then! When we were there the Jumbo Ribs were not served for that day!!! So our coupon thingy was of no use anyway. In the end we ordered two Junior Ribs and Caesar Salad. It's good!!!! oh then Linh came for a while.
Then we went to shop for DVDs. The dvds are like even cheaper than Indo, and it looks better.. and they have lots of music and concert and classical music dvds. So Cil and Yoga bought lots lots of DVDs.
Day 3
Woke at up at 6am!!!!! Had nice breakfast of pho at Van's house and then we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where we saw the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh and saw the house on stilts. Security was tight!
Caves!!!!!!!!!! We all sat in small boats and went through all the caves. Tina, Van, Yoga, Cil on a boat and Mae Yue, Phoebe, Sally, Phoebe's day and brother on another boat. The view of the mountains were very nice and a change from the busy and noisy streets of Hanoi. The caves were very interesting! The last cave we went to was really small, dark, scary! Awesomeness! though. We had to like practically almost bend our head down just to fit in through the cave... the top of the cave was like really really close to our heads and knees and body. Scary but thrilling experience! In between the caves we stopped at some place to climb up to a temple which was a 100 years old.
Just had home-cooked dinner by Phoebe's Mom and now we're all in Phoebe's room. Tomorrow Van will be cooking brunch for us before we set off to Bangkok! So exciting!!!
Woke up at 3am. Taxi was supposed to come at 4am but it was late! Still reached the LCCT in time after stopping at the main airport by mistake. It was an experience at the airport - so many queues! Like a gazillion.. queue to check-in (where there were like dunno how many lines when there were only 2 counters) and then queue to check out passports, queue for the security check before going into the boarding area, and queue again before we get to the gate. And being low-cost, we had to like walk to the plane itself.. and everyone was like rushing..and then we had seats like at the back of the plane. It was supposed to fly at 6.30am BUT we only flew like at 7plus i think. We all slept like most of the way cuz like of the waking up early.
Then we reached Hanoi! After 3 hours in the plane. And then we had to wait like 30-45 minutes just to get our luggage. We could see Sally and Van through the glass doors. Then like FINALLY after getting our stuff we took Van's dad's car back to her house! The Indonesians and Malaysian found the house so very different from what we have at home. 5 storey houses!! and like very narrow shops/houses as we passed the streets of Hanoi.
Lunch at Van's house! Tasty spring rolls! Cathedral in the centre of town and "So Hot" cafe. Hanoi has many small cafes with great atmosphere. Cil spread his music across the cafes in town. Then we walked the many streets of Hanoi, pass the pretty lake. We ate 'hoa qua dam', fruit mix with ice! Really nice food! We sat in small little stools in the shop and enjoyed the cool drink-like thing. Then, more shopping! Mae Yue and Yoga bought Crumpler bags. No idea how Mae Yue is going to pack her bags. She bought 3. and I'm broke!
After that we went to another cafe called I-Box which was on a road near the lake. Nice place with nice lights. Cil played the piano again. The place was like nice and quiet and like ours. Linh, Sally and Phoebe joined us.
Day 2
Breakfast at Papa Cafe where we had great big bowls of Pho and nice avocado smoothie. The nice lady gave us 1000 dong discount! haha.
Next, we went to the University of Literature. Where we got to pat the heads of turtles... The turtles are actually the head of some stones where the names of scholars are engraved. So supposedly, if we pat the heads of the turtles, you'll do well in the your exams. Hmmm. So we pat the heads of the turtles. And walked in to the temple, where it looked like the traditional Chinese courts. And we took bimbo photos with fans and umbrellas. Cute!
Chicco Mondo! Nice cafe near the Vincom mall. Cil played the piano again and Yoga bought nice drink. And we ate French Fries. 2 servings of French Fries.
After that Kung Fu Panda! Kablooey! Then after the funny movie, we went shopping! And tried nice clothes. Phoebe and Van bought t-shirts. Tina bought a nice pair of shoes. Mae Yue resisted temptation and didn't buy the nice yellow cardigan! Haha.
Dinner was fantastic ribs! Long story for dinner. We walked to this branch but apparently it wasn't the branch where out 50% coupon was valid. And we had already sat down. So we just ordered a lime juice and then left. Walked to the other branch, Alfresco. And then! When we were there the Jumbo Ribs were not served for that day!!! So our coupon thingy was of no use anyway. In the end we ordered two Junior Ribs and Caesar Salad. It's good!!!! oh then Linh came for a while.
Then we went to shop for DVDs. The dvds are like even cheaper than Indo, and it looks better.. and they have lots of music and concert and classical music dvds. So Cil and Yoga bought lots lots of DVDs.
Day 3
Woke at up at 6am!!!!! Had nice breakfast of pho at Van's house and then we went to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum where we saw the embalmed body of Ho Chi Minh and saw the house on stilts. Security was tight!
Caves!!!!!!!!!! We all sat in small boats and went through all the caves. Tina, Van, Yoga, Cil on a boat and Mae Yue, Phoebe, Sally, Phoebe's day and brother on another boat. The view of the mountains were very nice and a change from the busy and noisy streets of Hanoi. The caves were very interesting! The last cave we went to was really small, dark, scary! Awesomeness! though. We had to like practically almost bend our head down just to fit in through the cave... the top of the cave was like really really close to our heads and knees and body. Scary but thrilling experience! In between the caves we stopped at some place to climb up to a temple which was a 100 years old.
Just had home-cooked dinner by Phoebe's Mom and now we're all in Phoebe's room. Tomorrow Van will be cooking brunch for us before we set off to Bangkok! So exciting!!!
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