Ho Chi Minh City pt 1

Last month DH & I went to Ho Chin Minh City. He had a conference and of course I tagged along..I always wanted to come here. We went there a couple of days earlier so that we can do some sight seeing before his conference starts.

Dah sampai airport Saigon..we decided to take public bus instead of taking a taxi.

 Tambang bas...less than RM1 per trip, but the driver charged us for 3 because we brought a big luggage...Ok..not a big deal..

along the way....banyak motosikal on the road...but no mat rempits.. We got down at the bus station and were supposed to walk to our hotel which is about 400-500 metres from the bus station. Lepas turun, baru je DH nak get his bearings right, he suddenly realised that he left his camera bag in the bus....with his PASSPORT inside the bag!!!! Lari kiri kanan, depan belakang looking for the bus...tak jumpa...I pulak tak boleh kemana-mana...beg kiri kanan nak jaga, doa aje yang boleh...orang kiri kanan dah start speaking vietnamese to me.. cakap english balik sorang pun tak faham,  Finally, a taximotor driver? (apa nak panggil teksi in a form of motor?) get DH to follow him to catch the bus..Alhamdulillah 15 minutes later I saw DH with his backpack...Fuhhh, lega...

 After declining their offer to bring us to the hotel using 2 motorcycles (ehh..takkan nak bawak beg besar pun naik motor kan?), we walked to the hotel, checked-in and keluar balik. We ask for a map from the hotel and started walking.

 city walk..wanted to go to war remnants musem, tapi bila sampai...tutup during lunch hour...at the back is Reunification Palace..we thought it was not open to public sebab gate tutup...rupanya it's lunch hour,..tutup jugak.

 in front of notre dame cathedral

 side view...the building looks very historic compared to the rest of the building nearby

 another view

 another old-looking building, we had no idea what it was...so we went to check..

 it was a post office! hmmm. interesting

on the way back to war remnants museum we saw this guy again.. ...trying to sell us air kelapa...siap suruh amik gambar, tunjuk ada kelapa yang fresh, belum bukak lagi etc.. last2 beli lah..sedap..

dah sampai...

this is another section at the side of the building... tempat pancung kepala...

 Ok..time for our late lunch...kepala dah ting tong, we stopped by a champa restaurant, very near to our hotel

 mango juice...taste like a mango smoothie...sedapnye..

 mine..pho noodles..refreshing

DH.. nasi with ayam pedas

appetiser...

 lepas tu pergi ben thanh market..cari kain orang kirim..cotton, cotton and cotton

 food section...lepas tu balik hotel, mandi, solat etc..pergi balik area ben thanh for night market..a good place to look for baju kurung manik, tudung, t-shirts and small souvenirs.

 this guy is trying to convince DH to buy his coffee beans....DH bought 3 packs, 1 for us the other 2 to give away.

Lepas tu we ordered just one nasi goreng for both of us, walked back to the hotel and zzzz..