..CryOuts..: Vietnam in a few words..

Ho Chi Minh to be exact or Saigon since its more widely used on the shop names and roadsigns.

In Vietnam, were millionaires!! Since their money is by the hundred thousands and millions..

Thats Uncle Ho Chi Minh!

I have to say that Ho Chi Minh city is...

EXTREMELY NOISY!!

Cause:

A gazillion motorbikes everywhere you turn. And they seriously.horn.non.stop.
Its also almost impossible to cross the roads there. You seriously need to master a skill to build confidence to cross the roads.. cuz those motorbikes aint gonna stop fer ya!!
And those motorbikes, not all the passengers on the motorbike will wear helmets, some sit sideways on the bike and the AVERAGE on a bike is 4!!
The ratio of motorbikes to cars are i think, 15:1

So, when we were in Vietnam, they were celebrating their New Year as well. But for them it was the year of the cat instead of rabbits..

I suppose "Chuc Mung Nam Moi" means happy New Year in Vietnamese cause it was on every building, every new year sign, every billboard...etc..etc..

So, lots of streets in the city were decorated with flowers, statues of cats and what not. People taking photo here and there. Very beautiful decorations but the weather was h.o.t!!

ps: I actually hate cats..haha..

This was at the Cu Chi Tunnels just before i had to do a long stretch of crawling and 'bengkok-ing' the body here and there in a dark and narrow tunnel.. It was hot, narrow, I was sweaty, I didnt know where i was going-Just had to follow the aunty's butt infront of me to guide my path..LOL.. As a result, THIGH PAIN the next few days making it damn annoying to climb up and down the staircase. haha..

Well, obviously the sign "Don't touch please" didnt mean anything to me.. Teehee..

We had some fried fish wrapped with lotsa veggies in a Vietnamese Popiah skin at a beach restaurant

Tadaa... the end result

More Vietnamese Popiahs at the Ben Thanh Market

Ze Original Vietnamese Drip Coffee!! Very Aromatic, very sweet... Patience needed to wait for your coffee to drip, drip, drip, drr...iii....zzzz..

"Tous les Jours" = Everyday

The closest i could get in a country that was once colonized by the French-French Restaurant names and coffee houses/kopitiams that have french decor in them.
Btw, the baguettes in Vietnam are ABSOLUTELY delish. The "bread skin" are so crumbly and flaky and the bread is so so so soft..not like the ones we get in our Malaysian supermarkets. seriously. The Viets definitely learnt up an original grandmother baguette recipe from the French.

In Vung Tau. 3 hours away from Ho Chi Minh City. Its the "Gold Coast" of Vietnam. A whole stretch of sandy beaches that faces the South China Sea. Less honking on the road but still noisy, just less..LOL..
And yeah, they have those type of plastic armchairs all along the beach for you to sit on.