Saturday, December 11, 2010

Vietnam day 3 - mekong delta

Vietnam Day 3 - Mekong Delta Tour & more shopping

reported at TNK travel agency at 745am... informed that we will be travelling at a max speed of 40km/h to Mekong Delta that is 75km away... that's like a 2 hours journey lo... i think in singapore, we would have reached our destination within 45 minutes???

anyway, first stop, handicraft shop... where the craftmen used egg shells and sea shells to decorate vases...






next, we proceeded to the "bee farm"... i poked my finger into the thingy which the guide poked his sunglass into oh... i very brave hor??? hahaha... honey covered the tip of my finger and the honey was yummy... =) ... not like those processed honey that were too sweet...




the lady who prepared honey lime tea for us....



together with the tea, a plate of fruits were served... =)




vietnamese folk song singer




dun play play wor.... got 出 CD one oh...




"trekking" thru the fruit "plantation"




row row row your boat...row it down the stream...




the "greenery (water coconut tree)" we saw along the row boat ride...




at the coconut candy outlet:

heating and mixing a mixture of 65% coconut juice + 25% malt + 10% sugar together



pouring out the hot hot coconut candy mixture...



moulding the coconut candy into long strips



the automated cutting machine...




the automated packing machines...







the boat ride to lunch...






us in the boat, heading for lunch... =)





Andy's and Yanni's lunch - tour package to vietnam at S$900++ each




our lunch - day package at 10 usd each...

really different food welfare for the different prices we paid lo...
but we get to eat their share cos we are all fellow singaporeans... =) ...

...friendly friendly mah...



at the temple with the apple fan that laurice gave me for xmas 3 years ago... =)



still early after the day tour, so together with our new travel mates, we headed for Saigon square once more... =) ... and bought
2 more t - shirts for myself at 50,000 dong each (s$3.40)


an eastpak bag for angela at 250,000 dong (S$16.70)


chanced upon this qipao at @ Saigon centre...hahaha.... cheap & pretty... will be wearing it during the wedding...so not revealing the price le.... =P


introducing our new friends.... Yanni & Andy... who came over to make friends with us upon hearing our singlish.... hahaha....



view from our room:

thousands of biker loitered for hours into the midnight on the street after a win against singapore at the suzuki cup... they just circled the roundabout continuously, waving their flags and creating lots of noise...

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