A short note.

As usual, an overseas tour with mum at least once a year. And due to my tight budget (stupid tuition fees), I insisted to go to a place which is nearer (and therefore, cheaper). And ta-dah, I chose Vietnam.

I don't think I will go back Vietnam again any time soon. I'm personally not attracted to it, and the air pollution there makes it even MORE unattractive to me. -.-

That's all I'm going to say about this trip. Enjoy blog-reading!

DAY 1

It's super hilarious to find your own name being raised high up in the airport.First thing I noticed in Vietnam: messed-up cables.Second thing I noticed in Vietnam: many motorcycles.And when I say "many", I really mean MANY.
Scary huh.

Fruit-seller by the street.


It amuses me how Vietnamese can wear their national clothing almost everyday. This, perhaps, signifies their strong sense of nationality..? We dropped by this cool-looking mini cafe for lunch, and boy, the food was great!!!Super yummy curry!Pardon the mess. The food's so great that I wanted to take a photo despite the mess, haha.

Note: Seafood in Vietnam is really good! :D
Thereafter, we explored the streets, hoping that we'll end up in the city-centre.
Phone booth. A shop with lovely woven bags, purses and handphone pouches. We bought quite a lot of pouches as souvenirs.
Some wooden craft shop we happened to chance upon...

And here's my mum trying to ask for a lower price, haha. This guy is super funny. Tea break with Vietnamese Coffee! Yum yum!
I tried on this Ao Dai, and was very tempted to purchase it. It was a little too tight, so I requested them to sew another one for me. But they claimed that they don't have any more pink material and insisted that I buy this set which didn't fit me well. What the hell. (Anyway, it's about S$80 to tailor-make an Ao Dai in Vietnam.)
Me with motorcycles as background.
I dislike the not-so-fresh air in Vietnam. :(

We never reach the city-centre at all, because we were busy shopping, hahahaa~

DAY 2

We headed to Cu Chi tunnels in Vietnam. Shall not do the explaining of the history of the tunnels, because I think google will do a better job than me! Wanted to buy a tee with Vietnam's national flag on it, but the tees available were so flimsy. :( An overview of Cu Chi tunnels. Doesn't seem impressive like that, but you'll definitely be impressed and awed after you crawled through the tunnels- how they dug the tunnels (so deep lor!), and amazingly (if I did not get it wrong) the digging of the tunnels were done by female soldiers! Power!
A hole... which my brother tried to hide in.

Coming out.

I wanted to go in but decided not to, because my arms are definitely not strong enought to carry myself out of that hole.
Trap designed by soldiers to ambush enemies (I think, American soldiers).
Deep hole out of nowhere.
My mum asked, "Eh! People hide in holes, why you hide under the bridge?" -.-"
Trees in the forest were marked with numbers to show that they're trees of value in the future. That was what my tour guide said.
Comrades!
Notice a hole at the bottom of this supposed tree? It's built for air circulation for the soldiers who live in the tunnels.
Other horrifying traps.
I don't know what to say about these slippers.
You probably can't see the depth of the crater from this picture.
My mum ventured into the tunnels!
Here's crazy me, who crawled quickly so that I have time to take self-shots before people behind me catch up.My brother watching over us.
There were some spots which were super deep or steep. The crawling process was made scarier with no proper lighting. For the super deep part, I had to jump down and my only support was my brother's shoulder and hands. If not, it'll probably feel like jumping into a depthless long kang.My ma, me (without eyes) and my brother. Agent Orange Victims Fund.Thereafter, we chilled out at an unknown beach. The wind kept blowing at us... and made us feeling super cold. :\We had a Vietnamese dinner! Yeah, it was what I've been waiting for!!!
Yummy!!! :D-
This is the rice paper which Vietnamese use to wrap their vegetables and meat. Trishaw time. Very touristy, I know.
My trishaw man is pretty cute, huh?Lovely sunset.Ma acting cute.Other trishaws.
I can't help but take more shots of the sunset... so pretty lar.We contemplated to eat squids at night but didn't, because they were just too expensive. In addition, the squids don't look fantastic.
Vietnam post!Can tell that we're taking photos for the sake of taking photos? :PThat night was a torturous night... can feel my muscles aching due to the crawl... :(