Since my brother blogged a 10 000 word essay about our trip in Vietnam. I thought I'd just share with you guys the trip to Vietnam from my point of view. I think it's not as descriptive as Isaac Ho's cause I believe that pictures speak more than words and I wasn't about to kill my hand by writing so much before school started.
Day 1 - 7th Jan 2008This morning, we woke up at 6.30am cause I forgot to change my watch from Singapore time to Vietnamese time. Vietnam is an hour behind S'pore. Zack and I took quite a long time to get up. The night before, we had just landed in the Hanoi airport. As we were walking out the arrival gate, Isaac noticed a Vietnamese man staring at me from top down. He got so pissed that he even swore. I was so horrified at the start. Hadn't heard him swear in a LONG time. But it was because he really cares for me, so I won't blame him.
Anyway, today we went to a few temples, sat on a cyclio (go to Isaac's blog for the description of one) for two hours around Old Town, bargained
very unsucessfully for a couple of soft toys, found out how dogs died in Vietnam before being cooked and served on a plate, walked right into oncoming traffic and also, visited two beautiful, but very polluted, lakes.


I had a pleasant surprise.. I saw CAROLINE PHAM!!! (a friend from school in aust) What are the odds??? She was on a tour as well, although she lives here with family.
The lake was really beautiful, especially at night. Very romantic place, I have to admit. Duc (our tourguide) kept mentioning how couples love to kiss and do 'special things' around the lake. He also said that in the middle of the night during some festive seasons, people love sitting around the lake drinking, singing and eating. Some people even go nude and jump into the lake which apparently used to be blue, but now green, because of a massive concentration of urine. Talk about conservative asian societies.

People here don't really seem that friendly. Maybe it's just the ladies that sell cute soft toys. How ironic. Get a new job people!

Culture-shock so far. Not used to everything being old, the misconception of old Viet men being perves, drunk european tourists sitting on the balcony of rundown hotels, roadside stalls selling snails, dirt everywhere. I miss Singapore. I miss Joce, I miss Tab, I miss Lydia. I do, I do, I do. (Can you tell how home-sick I was? LOL.)
(Then as a conclusion, I drew a picture of a lady with a straw hat, carrying a stick across her shoulder, balancing two baskets dangling down at each end. Very pretty indeed.)
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That was only day 1. I shall blog the rest when I have more time. Now I'm about deprived of 2 hours of sleep. Hope you enjoyed my very exciting post about 'Adventures in Vietnam' (:
School tomorrow... wooo hooo. First 7th session ever in my history at University High School. I can see how fun this year is going to turn out (: More time spent with friends and teachers.