vietnam guide thread 3

[huit]

worth it ba pumunta dun sa floating market? Gusto kasi ng friend ko pero one day tour pala yun?
San pala yung bilihan ng mga overrun na columbia, kipling, northface, etc?
Maganda ba puppet show?

[huit]

Sis huit, good luck sa pamamasyal nyo Maaraw ngayon dito sa hcmc

Oo nga eh. swerte namin. pam ngu lao kame stay. Okay ba na pag city tour simulan namin sa botanical
garden pabalik? like...

zoo
history museum
cathedral museum
war remnants
reunification
ben than
water puppet show (worth it ba?)
Saigon trade center

Also, worth it ba yung SAI GON - CAI BE - VINH LONG - SAIGON tour? Gusto kasi ng friend ko
pumunta eh naisip ko ano difference nun sa My Tho tour aside sa floating market? Thanks! =)

[Gladz31842]

Sis ihave never done yong SAI GON - CAI BE - VINH LONG - SAIGON pero my friend has tried boring daw and malamok yata, ayaw na umulit.

Hindi ko pa din napuntahan yong zoo hehe pero based sa locations ng mga pupuntahan nyo, doable naman siya. di ko alam yong history museum sis, san kaya yon? zoo-cathedral-reunification palace-war remnants-saigon center-benthanh ayan pwede in that order.

Di na ba kayo pupuntang opera house, city hall? post office is katabi lang ng cathedral. sis check out yong blog ni sis karla very informative

Puppet show for me is worth watching

[betsyness]

sorry makulit, yung Golden Dragon Water Puppet Show ba is near Bui Vien? don kasi kami magstay e. Thanks.

Gladz, i sent you my IT. eto pala yon hehe

August 10, Wednesday
Time   Itinerary
7:00 AM   Breakfast
8:00 AM   Off to Cu Chi Tunnel Tour ($6/pax)
2:00 PM   Back to Ho Chi Minh City Proper
3:00 PM   Late lunch at Ben Tanh  (Pho 2000 otrPho24)
4:00 PM   Walking tour to City Hall, Municipal Theater (Opera House), People Committee Hall, VinCom Shopping Center
5:00 PM   Back to hotel (rest-refresh)
6:00 PM    Water puppet show at Golden Dragon ($6/pax)
8:00 PM   Dinner
9:00 PM   Back to hotel


August 11, Thursday
Time   Itinerary
7:00 AM   Breakfast
8:00 AM   Walking Tour Post Office
9:30 AM   Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral
10:30 AM   Walking tour to Reunification Palace, Cultural Park
11:30 AM    Lunch
1:30 PM   Visit to the war Remnants Museum
3:00 PM   Back to hotel (rest-refresh)
5: 00 PM   Check-out
5:30 PM   Diamond Plaza
6:30 PM   Bonsai Cruise (tentative) for dinner
9:00 PM   Off to the airport


ok kaya to?

[Gladz31842]

^sis [textspeak!] malapit sa Bui Vien ang puppet show pero hindi rin naman malayo siguro nasa 5 to 10mins lang by taxi. sabihin mo sa taxi Truong Dinh kayo idaan (pronounced as Tyung den).
 

[betsyness]

great! tahnsk gladz. mga magkano ang cab fare kaya?

[Gladz31842]

sis baka nasa 20k lang maximum na 30k

[barefoot_taka]

Ok talaga sa akin ang service ng Mekong Express kasi may steward na mag-aasikaso sa inyo. Dun nga sa border from Cambodia to Vietnam kinollect niya yung passports namin tapos nauna kami dun sa nakapila. Maganda din kasi from Vietnam to Phnom Penh, hindi puno ang bus. Pwede kang palipat lipat ng pwesto, hehe. 

mekong express was the first to offer this i think. pero others have followed their strategy na. ako din i decided to book us tickets for mekong because of their visa assitance naman. when we were in the border may assistance din yung nakasabay namin na mai linh naman.
the three times that we rode mekong punuan. 

[karla]

mekong express was the first to offer this i think. pero others have followed their strategy na. ako din i decided to book us tickets for mekong because of their visa assitance naman. when we were in the border may assistance din yung nakasabay namin na mai linh naman.
the three times that we rode mekong punuan. 

Ah kasi yung nasa border kami pabalik ng Vietnam mahaba ang pila pero nauna pa kami natawag kaysa sa iba. Ah, puno pala yung bus nung nasa inyo. Sa amin kasi Monday kami umalis from Ho Chi Minh to Siem Reap. I think less than 15 passengers lang kami. Tapos nung nag change bus na sa Phnom Penh, medyo dumami na ang passengers. From Siem Reap naman to Ho Chi Minh, konti lang dun ang passengers. Hindi din punuan kaya yung iba nagsilipatan na ng upuan at nagsolo sila sa seats, hehe.  Thursday naman yung pabalik namin. Weekend ba kayo sumakay sis? 

[aMz]

@huit sis same tayo. Bich Duyen din. Nahirapan din ako intindihin sila. I always ask again. Si Chanh ba yung young guy sa reception? Didn't bother to ask kasi medyo masungit at naistorbo ata tulog niya pero we advised them naman na early morning talaga arrival.

No itinerary for this trip. We'll see where our feet would bring us. Haha! =)

Any must-eat restaurant here?

[barefoot_taka]

Weekend ba kayo sumakay sis? 

Oo nga weekend pala kami  saturday yung going to PP. tapos Sunday afternoon naman yung going to SR. pero yung back to HCMC weekday na - Wednesday
masarap yung snack from HCMC. pero yung snacks from cambodia di gaano 

[arianneyy]

mga SiS pupunta ko hcm this august17, ano ba pedeng pasyalan jan? at pno kau nag tour dun? package ba o diy tour?

[sunnysan]

Ma sisses try nyo yung street coffee nila.. D best 10,000 dong lang... Sarap balik balikan... Try it cold...

Sis i agree! Super sarap! 3x a day ata ako nagcocoffee sa vietnam dahil sa iced coffee na yan hehe.

[london]

@aMz medyo di ko nagustuhan yung isang guy dun sa bich duyen. siya yung medyo mas mababa. when we ask him questions, medyo paligoy ligoy. pangiti ngiti and kibit balikat. then nagpapalit din kami ng money sa kanya, kulang ng 50k dong yung binigay. nung sinabi namin sa kanya after namin mamasyal, sabi niya really? binigyan niya uli kami ng 30k lang. maybe others don't bother to count their money kasi nga naooverwhelm sa dami ng zeroes. i know it's a small amount but ang hindi ko nagustuhan e yung triny pa niya kaming dayain. we also learned that he's 24yrs old and studying at university and maybe he needs the money but what he's doing is still not right.

@huit
we also did the mekong river tour. personally, i wasn't really awed by the places that we went to or the activities that we did kasi para ka lang nasa pinas haha BUT, i did enjoy it because of the friends I met on that trip. yung sa min yung sa MyTho. we went to a bee farm, rode a carriage drawn by water buffalo, we visited a factory that makes coconut candies, etc, yung pano nagagawa yung wrapper sa lumpia nila, we rode a small banca na medyo nakakatakot for me haha, there was even a portion na you get to eat tropical fruits while being serenaded. nakakatawa kasi nakakatuwa yung other nationalities, aliw na aliw. meron din dun jackfruit tree and sobrang natuwa sila kaya ang dami naming pictures dun haha kung dito sa tin di ko gagawin yun 

[aMz]

@london oh yes sis siya ata talaga yun about 5'2" ang height niya young looking. Nagdadabog when we arrived kaninang madaling araw. He opened the entrance but the lights were off. So we said it's so dark. Parang galit at ayaw pa buksan ang ilaw. Chanh is really accommodating naman. =)

[Gladz31842]

Too bad di inallow yong daughter ko mag-exit kase daw yong resident's visa niya is ang nakalagay is yong lumang passport pa. Dapat daw pinalipat namin sa new passport niya yong visa nya. Ano ba yon, same person kita naman nila iisa may ari nong dalawang passports na yon. Ganun kakitid utak nila haaayz!

Sis huit nasa district 1 kami bukas magsisimba just in case you want to meet up

[barefoot_taka]

^ ay ano ba yan! panira naman ng plano! obvious naman tapos di pa kayp pinayagan. anong feeling nila magt-tnt yung bata sa cambodia?

[Gladz31842]

^mismo sis! Nakakainis talaga, nag offer na kami magbayad kahit magkano pero ayaw talaga, di ko maintindihan anong logic meron bakit di pumayag. Buti sana kung di namin dala old passport niya, kaso dala pati yong sin ng dad niya.

[aMz]

Had dinner at Au Parc -Mediterranean restaurant near Notre Dame Cathedral. Sarap ng food! The place is cozy. Must try!

[huit]

hello everyone and thanks for the reply. So far I'm getting teh hang of vietnam and medyo
natututo na ako makipagusap ng medyo barok english. hahaha.

Yung history museum sa loob mismo ng zoo siya. ok naman din. Okay ba yung cold coffee nila?
San kaya okay bumili na safe talaga at malinis? parang ang dami ko kasi nakikita noon dito
eh. pero gusto ko sana yung sure ako na malinis.

kakatakot lang kase dito sa halos katapt lang ng bich duyen may nahimatay na foreign guy...i think
he's dead na kanina umaga. hopefully hindi...pero sobrang palaisipan bakit bumubula bibig nya...wahhh!
scary talaga...