Sunday, January 3, 2016

Vietnam 2015; Da Nang

Day 6 of Central Vietnam 2015.

Day 6 continues at Da Nang, a Cab from Hoi An to Da Nang cost about 350,000 dong (SGD$23). So we took a cab from Hoi An to our Airport at Da Nang; Happy Day Hotel, beside Han River.

So after checking into the hotel, we had our usual rest before heading out!

We walked 1.5km from our hotel to Big C @ Parkson Plaza. 
There, our shopping begins and we got lots of stuff!! 

Stanley carrying all the items back to the hotel in out 1.5km walk back! 
A simple act of love! He refused to let me carry any of the stuff! 

At night we head to the highly recommended seafood place @ Quan Be Anh for dinner! Seafood is super fresh and super tasty! Communication will be a problem but they have a lady who can speak some chinese which helps a lot!

Fresh live seafood! 



Must have Clam Soup, since Da Nang is actually City of Clam in Chinese so of course we must have the clams here! 

Giant Prawn which is almost like lobster! 

Sea Snails! 

Veggie! 

Sotong! 

It is a feast! 


After eating way toooooo much, we headed back to han river for a night walk! 

hmmmm.. the dream is to always hold hands and have night walk the rest of our life! 




Ended the day with Aroi Milk Tea from Aroi Dessert Cafe! 

Day 7 of Central Vietnam 2015. 

Last 2 days in Vietnam is pretty chill and relax, did not really plan much, so is just go with flow and see what we wanna do! Today, Stanley planned the day to be our date day! So it is all up to him! 

We started the day visiting Han Market! 

All the local produce! 

Map of Han Market is like a mini JJ in BKK! 


After that, we visit Cham Museum! 



Ticket cost 40,000 dong each person (SGD$2.67)




The History of Cham Island! 

Having Visited Cham Museum, we took a cab down to Lotte Mart. There you can get Korean, China and Japanese Imported goods! 

However, when we reach lotte mart, we saw a cinema and decided that it will be cool to watch a movie together overseas! So.... we did! We were worried that the show will be in Viet, so ponder for very long before we decided! We tried asking with lots of sign language and whatever english they could understand. We found out that for English Medium shows, PD means it will be in English, LT means it will be in Viet. So we caught the 11.25am show in PD; The good Dinosaurs.  
  
Buying my snacks! 

In the cinema! 



With my Pop corn! 

After the movie, we had lunch in the food court of lotte mart! Going the Local way! There is not much tourist so is just us and all the other locals eating! 

We also tried the massage chair! 

After a day @ Lotte Mart, we head back to Han River for our Date Night! There we took a walk along Han river before heading to Waterfront for Dinner!

Stanley planned this for a long long time!! He celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary there and surprise me with a necklace he brought from Singapore but was secretly hiding the entire trip! And HOW CAN I NOT KNOW? 

I was very surprise and cried! He is sooo sweet!!! And i did not buy him anything!! How Can?? Oh mann. Our plan was to celebrate 29 March and not 13 Dec, as 29 March is the date we got tgt and also out ROM, whereas 13 Dec is our wedding date! Too many dates to celebrate so trying to streamline! But he was still sweet enough to surprise me anyway! Love! 



After dinner, we took a walk down the beautiful han river towards Da Nang Souvenirs & Cafe. After which we head for dessert! 




The cheapest BR you will ever eat! 19,000 dong (SGD$1.30)

We each have 1! 


And I got more Aroi Milk Tea!! 

End the night with the fire spitting dragon of the dragon bridge! 

Day 8 of Central Vietnam 2015. 

Last day in Vietnam before we head back to Singapore! 

Our flight back will be at 8pm so we have the entire day again! But we really just wanted to chill! So last day was really simple! We head out late and make our way to Parkson Plaza! There we chilled and cafe around and also had lunch! 



After which, we head to Con Market to visit yet another local market, before heading back to the hotel to pack! 

Before flying back we had BR again! 19,000 dong still! 

Dinner was simple as we just eat at a food court near our hotel before cabbing to the Airport! 



We ended our 8 days of fun in Vietnam with our direct flight back to Singapore! It was indeed a great experience with lots of first! And we look forward to our next adventure!

Friday, January 1, 2016

Vietnam 2015; Hoian

Happy 2016 to all as I continue with blogging about Stanley and my Vietnam Trip!

Day 5 of Central Vietnam 2015.

Today we spend our day in Hoi An Ancient Town! Having explore the town at night we marked out the sight seeing site we want to visit and decided to use the day to visit them! To visit the sight seeing sites, you need to purchase a ticket that is 120,000 dong (SGD$8), this ticket will allow you entrance to 5 sight seeing site that can be museum, old houses, communal houses, assembly halls, workshops, or performances.

Background of the Ancient Town:
In the 16th and 17th centuries, Hoi An was the international trading centre in south Vietnam. foreign merchant ships came to Hoi An in great numbers for annual commercial fairs, each lasted from 4 to 6 months. Right in this town, Japanese, Chinese, Dutch, Indian traders set up their emporiums or established their own quarters for habitation.

Thanks to UNESCO, the site is now preserved as a world heritage site to keep the rich history of Hoi An alive.

Hoai Bridge! 

Temple in the Ancient Town. 

Exploring the town! 

Japanese Covered Bridge


2nd breakfast! Banh Mien! 

The best in Hoi An! 


Banh Mi QUEEN! 

Cafe hopping in the Ancient Town! 


Sight-seeing Stop 1: Museum of Folk Culture





Sight-seeing Stop 2: Hoi An Art Craft Manufacturing Workshop

Where Hoi An Craft is made! 

Lanterns! 


Bamboo Products! 


Hoi An Performing Art

Hoi An Bingo! 



Sight-seeing Stop 3: Quan Thang Old House

The house belong to a Chinese merchant and is 300 years old. The current owner of the house is the 6th generation of the original owner living there. 


old kitchen! 

After 3 stops of sight-seeing, we decided to walk further down from the Ancient Town to the local market! 

Hoi An Market! 

Street Food! 



Cao Lao! 

Pho Bo! 

Sight-seeing Stop 4: Museum of Trade Ceramics. 


Night Street of Hoi An Ancient City! 

Local Food! 

After dinner, my dare-devil husband decided to hunt for more street food! And we seat down at random street stalls to see what is sold and try the food! Not being able to speak in Viet, we simple point and see what they serve us, and whatever is given we try! 

Some Viet sweet treats. No idea what is it? 

Viet Wanton! 

Ending the day with another cafe chill! 

Day 6 of Central Vietnam 2015. 

Last day in Hoi An and we continue to visit the Ancient Town! 

Visited 2 more site; Museum of Sa Huynh Culture and Nguyen Tuong Family's Chapel. The Chapel belongs to the late royal officer of the royal army-Nguyen Tuong Van in 1820 under Minh Menh Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. Sir Van was a famous mandarin of the Royal Nguyen Dynasty.  



Ending our stay at Hoi An, we head off to Da Nang City!