Today we go to Ha Long Bay!!!
yeah its the 2nd time for me to visit the place. in fact i visited the world heritage site earlier this year, and the beautiful scenery juz blow u totally away...=P
anyway this time round the weather is not really good, coz it was really very cloudy...
yeah its the 2nd time for me to visit the place. in fact i visited the world heritage site earlier this year, and the beautiful scenery juz blow u totally away...=P
anyway this time round the weather is not really good, coz it was really very cloudy...
and we couldn't really see very nice scenery. and before we take the minivan to Ha Long Bay, we had to wait for quite a bit for the minivan to come an pick us up. but all went very well.=Dthen at Ha Long Bay, we went to the Tam Coquoc Caves (may not spell correctly). and this is a huge cave with lots of limestone structures inside. and because our guide do not explain to us some of the significance of some of the structures in the caves, my frens decided to follow a japanese gp, whereby the guide was explaining everything very clearly in japanese.
hahaha... say abt budget travelling, we're really doing tat! =Pand i can tell u, the French quarter of Hanoi is really very different as compared to the Old quarters. the building structures are so different! i mean the buildings there are very mordernised, u see branded shops all over the place, and the building strucures are europeanised and the area was decorated with lightings for the upcoming christmas! =D
and i can say that this part of the city was much much cleaner as compared to the old quarters. =P
anyway, after taking a few photos, we began to hear our stomachs rumbling and calling out for food! so we decided to look around and discovered a vietnamese restaurant along the road side! so we juz went in and order our food. hahhaa.... it was quite a sight manz... coz the pple there are all vietnamese and they do not speak a single word of english... so we had to guess most of the time and luckily... and really very lucky, the menu had english in it!! hahhaa.... so we were able to order our food with not much problems!
and i can say that this part of the city was much much cleaner as compared to the old quarters. =P
anyway, after taking a few photos, we began to hear our stomachs rumbling and calling out for food! so we decided to look around and discovered a vietnamese restaurant along the road side! so we juz went in and order our food. hahhaa.... it was quite a sight manz... coz the pple there are all vietnamese and they do not speak a single word of english... so we had to guess most of the time and luckily... and really very lucky, the menu had english in it!! hahhaa.... so we were able to order our food with not much problems!
and one of the exotic dish we ordered was: Roasted rabbit meat!! yup! it was the 1st for all of us to taste rabbit meat! and i can tell u, rabbit meat really makes u excercise ur jaw muscles a lot! wah lao... the rabbit meat was super tough lor... but it taste like chicken... only tougher to chew and break... hahhaa... but the meat was delicious.... not only was the rabbit delicious, but other dishes that we ordered were also delicious! =D
and the amount we had to pay was also very beautiful lor... 
hahaha... coz this meal will be the most expensive meal that we ate in Hanoi throughout our 3 days there... each one had to pay around USD 8 for that dinner.
after dinner we went to a nearby supermarket to buy our supplies and some souvenir. and because our accomodation was very far from the supermarket, we decided to take a taxi back.... wah lao eh.... only when we alight fr the taxi then we know tat the taxi driver demand a horrendous amount for the taxi fee lor... he kept saying that the taxi can only take 4 pple, but there were 5 of us, and he wanted us to pay 10 000 dong for each person, and tat amount up to 50 000 dong when the entire journey only required us to pay 19 000 dong! really sickening fellow! i really felt like boxing him... but because i fear for what he may do to us considering that all of us are gals, so i juz told my frens to pay him and make this a learning lesson for us. meaing tat we got to ask 1st before boarding the taxi!
after dinner we went to a nearby supermarket to buy our supplies and some souvenir. and because our accomodation was very far from the supermarket, we decided to take a taxi back.... wah lao eh.... only when we alight fr the taxi then we know tat the taxi driver demand a horrendous amount for the taxi fee lor... he kept saying that the taxi can only take 4 pple, but there were 5 of us, and he wanted us to pay 10 000 dong for each person, and tat amount up to 50 000 dong when the entire journey only required us to pay 19 000 dong! really sickening fellow! i really felt like boxing him... but because i fear for what he may do to us considering that all of us are gals, so i juz told my frens to pay him and make this a learning lesson for us. meaing tat we got to ask 1st before boarding the taxi!
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