Thursday, June 19, 2008

My Vietnam Holiday Trip 2008!!!!!
Day 1- 13th June 2008 : Hanoi City
Take flight from Penang (8.00am) to KL Airport. Reach KL about 8.45am. Transit from KL (10.45pm) to Hanoi. Reach No Bai Airport (Hanoi) at 1.10pm. Meet tour guide and visited Ethnology Museum (show all 54 ethnics pictures, living styles & cultures ). Check in Elizaberth Hotel & rest a while. Next, walk around 36 old streets around out hotel, visited Hoan Kien Lake & Ngoc Son Temple. Walk around & then had dinner at Water Puppet Restaurant. About 6.30pm (Hanoi Time) watched Water Puppetry Show for an hour. Shopping around & overnight at Hotel.
My funny face in the air plane...

Our flight ticket.. kl-Hanoi










This 2 doll looks cute right?? Don't think of other things.. Just a cute deco.. around an atap house.. haha



In front of Ethnology Museum..









During the Water Puppetry Show



Day 2 – 14th June 2008 : Hanoi – Ha Long Bay
Wake up at 6.30am & had our breakfast. Visited Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum & Ho Chi Minh Museum at 8.00am. In Ho chi Minh’s Mausoleum we saw his dead body which had preserved. In Ho Chi Minh Museum we saw his history, pictures & some history display. Then visited One Pillar Pagoda which situated outside the Ho Chi Minh’s Museum. (Story about a lady dream that kuan yin give her a baby boy since she always born many daughters – as a memorial for Kuan Yin). After that visited Temple of Literature-the first university of Vietnam (built in 1970). There are few thousand of doctors scholars name carve on a turtle head bricks. Have lunch and departed to Halong Bay – the World Heritage granted by UNESCO in 1994. Overnight in Halong.









Outside Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum










The royal general meeting place




Picture with Uncle Ho Chi Minh At One Pillar Pagoda with Dad



















Is Vietnam Food- Curry chicken, Noodles & Fresh Spring Rolls Day 3 – 15th June 2008 : Halong Bay – Thai Binh – Nam Dinh – Ninh Binh
As usual wake up at 6.30am then went breakfast at the hotel. Then we went for a boat trip through majestic Ha Long Bay. It was a hot morning. Enjoy beautiful landscape of Ha Long naturally formed by islands and islets, explore natural caves or sunbathing. Went in a beautiful scenery cave. We had our seafood lunch on boat. About 12 something depart to Ninh Binh for sightseeing landscape of Thai Binh province and stopover in Nam Dinh for visiting Tran Temples and Pho Minh Pagoda. Arrive Ninh Binh at evening, check in hotel, dinner, night walk and overnight in Tam Coc. Raining a a bit at night.





Pictures took at Majestic Halong Bay & Inside Halong Bay Caves




Yummy Yummy - Seafood that we eat on boat!!!!





Have you seen a Floating Market!!