Vietnam Trip

Ok. I am typing what I wrote in my diary during my Vietnam Trip on the 7 th November to the 13 th November. Oh ya some facts first , the time in Vietnam is one hour earlier so when singapore is 5 pm in Vietnam it is 4 pm and the currency in Vietnam goes by thousands so Singapore $1 is 10000 Dong ( Vietnam 's currency)ok? Now let's start!
* VNT means Vietnam time.

The people who went there.
Uncle Roger , Aunty Wendy , Uncle Jason , Aunty Venus , ny mum and dad , Joel , Stephenie, Ezekiel , my sister , Rachel , Grace and I.

Ok about Vietnam .I will just like show you what I did.(It was fun)=D

Day 1
We took the plane and went to Vietnam(Ho Chin Minh City) . Then we booked some tour packages, ate lunch then went shopping.Then went for dinner then sleep ~ nothing much.hehe....

Day 2
Once we woke up we went to the tour office called Singh Cafe and boarded the coach . We took a 6 hours ride to Mui Ne Resort.Ate lunch then check-in then we for a tour.We went to the fishing village . There were many children at the fishing village selling things such as sea-shelled necklaces and seashells.Then we went to the white sand dunes and slide down the mountains of sand .It was fun but the tired part was when we had to climb up the sand dunes to slide down again. But it was really really fun and fast.=DWe then went to the red canyon to take photos it was a mini version of the Grand Canyon. We then went back to the resort and swim becos we were not hungry.We then bathed and went to the restuarant . The children sat on one table except Joel and the adults sat on another table.We (kids) ordered pizza and spagetthi and fruit shakes like mango shake and strawberry shake.The food was really nice except for the pizza , there was too much oil so we took our spoons and pressed the pizza so the oil would come out then we poured them into a bowl.We then went to Aunty Wendy's room to watch TV(Cartoon Network in English)while the parents went to fellowship.After they fellowshiped we went back to our rooms and slept.

Day 3
We woke up went to eat breakfast then went to Aunty Wendy's room again to watch TV until the adults finish eating their breakfast.We then went to the beach to play and catch crabs . we then went to the swimming pool to swim .After that , we ate lunch and then took the coach back to Ho Chin Minh City.We left our luggage at the counter then went to the night maket to eat dinner . The night market was crowded! Then were many stalls and hawkers . We ate dinner and then went to shop. The best part was when we wanted to go home,we sat trishaws back to Dong Do hotel(its the hotel we lived in).It was very fun and relaxing . We then paid the trishaw riders and went back to the hotel . Back at the hotel , my sister and I watch Casper the friendly ghost movie on Disney Channel in English (of course!) b4 we went to sleep . It was a nice movie...

Day 4
Rise and shine! We ate breakfast then went to Sinh Cafe to go for another tour. On the coach the tour guide gave us some riddles.We went to the bum boat station and sat a boat to a village.We went to a rice paper factory.It was real fun . They showed us how to make rice paper then we bought some and headed on. We stopped at one stop to eat lunch.The food prepared by the villagers was DELICIOUS.The soup was sweet , the chicken was nice the rice was soft but the spring roll was a little too not nice.hehe=D. We then went to sit the bum boat to another village. We took a pony ride .The children(except Joel) took one cart while the adults took the other cart.It was real fun but if you sit near the pony , you can smell its poo . Stinky! We then went to the bee farm.They let us eat some sugar coated peanuts , coconut sweets and let us drink honey and lemon juice.Hmmm........yummy=D.They after that showed us how the y attracted honey and let us take some photos with snakes if we wanted to but I didn't so Grace , Rachel , Ezekiel and I went to see some guinea pigs and that was when a red bee came over and stung me on my left arm . It was so painful lah until I cried then the tour guide came and took me to a hut .The lady took some honey , took out the needle and spreaded the honey on the wound.The pain lasted for about half an hour.During that half an hour we took a boat ride along the river.The children except Joel (as usual ) sat in one boat and the adults sat in another and during the ride , my sister pulled down some branches on the way to make it feel like an adventurous ride becos the branch would bounce back later.We sat the boat all the way until the bum boat .We then took the bum boat to a coconut sweet making factory . They showed us how they make coconut sweets.We tried some and my mum bought 20 packets! So much lah!After that we went back to Sinh Cafe. We then went to the night market (it is not the tour.the tour finishs once we reach Sinh Cafe) to eat dinner then as usual we shopped but now on the other side of the night market and walked back home once we finsh shopping.The distance was quite far but the adults wanted to walk so how can the children disobey?

Day 5
Actually , today there is nothing much lah. We walked to the day market after eating breakfast and by the time we reach there it was already lunchtime becos we went to the spectacles shop to make spectacles cos quite cheap.Joel , Ezekiel and Uncle Roger made 2 new pairs of spectacles and the rest of us made one pair .So when we reached the market, we ate our lunch and went to shop(what else can you do at the day & night market besides eating and shopping?) While the ladies shop for clothes , shoes ,etc. , the guys went to sports shops to check out the sport shoes and so on and the children occupied ourselves with Joel's Gameboy Advance and PSP and Ezekiel's tamagochi (ok. I don't know how to spell it).After that at about 6pm VNT (Vietnam Time) we(the children) started started to grumble so the guys bought us to Lotteria (it is a fast food restuarant in Vietnam) to eat.There were burgers , rice and chicken and fries , whatever you would get in a fast food restuarant.But the fish and chicken burger(those were the only burgers we ate) there is delicious better then KFC , Burger King and McDonalds.We enjoyed it so much lah . And overall the bill for us was only 250000 Dong /S$25 for all 9 of us .Quite cheap. We then headed back to Dong Do hotel.Once I reached the hotel , I bathe and went to sleep at 7.30pm VNT becos I was not feeling well the whole day while the rest watched a Disney Channel Movie but Joel and my sis went down to play computer.

Day 6
Wake up! We went to Sinh Cafe for another tour . It was the war tunnels in Vietnam during a war between the North and South of Vietnam . When we were suppose to go though the dark tunnels , Deborah ( my sister) cried all the way though becos she was so scared and me , i was laughing the whole time though the tunnels.=D Ha ha! After the tour , we went to PHO 24 to eat lunch then went to the day market to do more shopping then at 5.00 pm VNT we went to collect our spectacles and then went to the night market to eat dinner . Yum! the food was so delicious . The pasta and minced beef , beef noodles, crispy noodles and shabu shabu ( a type of Japanese fish) were very nice.So the whole group ordered and ordered and we ate to our fill.We then shop and then we sat the trishaw for the very last time in Vietnam it was really fun. We loved it so much. We then alighted from the trishaw and sat at the lobby .Some of us played computer but Stephanie and I played with Joel's PSP while the adults decided whether we should go to the parliament house and take some photos as it was already 12.20amVNT.So end out we went to the parliament house to take some photos and then we went back to our hotel .When we arrived at the hotel , it was closed already becos it was already 1.30amVNT so we pressed the bell and knock on the door to wake the reception who sleeps at the hotel up. So they came and opened the door and we said sorry becos we disturbed their sleep.So straight away we went to our rooms and packed and went to sleep at 2.30am.VNT

Day 7
We woke up at 6am VNT and went to eat our breakfast then rushed to the airport to take our plane back to Singapore. So sad hav to go back to Singapore.


The End