Vietnam..... in a different angle

salam everyone.... i've just came back from vietnam after a few days of business trip. Alhamdulillah... it was a wonderful trip. if i could describe in a word..superb!! To tell  the truth, at first i thought there is nothing interesting to visit in vietnam.. so, i didn't expect anything at first.. but i was wrong... hehe it was interesting.. i enjoyed it very much, the sight seeing, visiting war historical places & the best part is shopping !!!

Alhamdulillah, we departed from Malaysia via Vietnam Airlines.. & reached Vietnam around 2 pm...  then from airport, the first stop was the Saigon Post office... a beautiful architecture..& was designed by architect Gustave Eiffel, the one who built the eiffel tower!! it doesn't look like a post office from outside..

beautiful & colourful souvenirs :)

we stayed there at Equatorial hotel, situated in the middle of Ho chi minh city.. :)

After refreshing ourselves with a hot bath & solat.. we went for dinner @ saigon sri penang... they served halal nyonya food.. like asam pedas

After having a wonderful dinner..Then we went to ben thant night market for shopping... A night they are a few stalls selling all kinds of souvenirs such as table placemat, coaster, cotton baju kurung, t-shirt & many more .. i bought some souvenirs, very cheap :)

our last stop for the day was Hard Rock Cafe Ho chi Minh city.. the shop was quite small & not many choices of souvenirs...

gift for hubby & lil arianna from hard rock cafe Ho Chi minh city :)

~ Day 2..Vietnam

The first stop was the Water puppet show ... usually it's the normal puppet show but this is different because it's in the water.. & this water puppet show has won a few awards for best cultural performance..

The next stop was the war museum.. i find it very interesting... especially about the vietnam war & the effect of the war to the people ... some of them was born with congenital defects due to the effect of bom chemical... very sad story of vietnam war...yet so interesting..

After that we went for shopping at Ben Thant market..1 of the biggest market selling a lot of things including souvenirs, fabrics, coffee, households & many more...

Most of us aim for the fabrics... lace & cotton is very cheap... 4 metres of cotton around rm 40- rm 50... 4 metres of lace around rm 50 to rm 70... Sgt rambang mata... I bought more than  5 cotton fabrics..

~ Day 3 Vietnam

We had our early breakfast today because we need to travel around 1 hour ++ from Ho chin Minh city to Cu chi tunnel.. it has 1 of the historical places.. which is the Cu Chi tunnel... it was the previous army camp... & it was very interesting to see all the traps & hideout they made during the war

my footsteps :)

This is 1 of the hideouts... very small hole where they hide... so small that only thin people can go in hehe.. cdm Kak Mai, so supportive trying the small hideout.

then, this is one of the famous cuchi tunnel... it is quit small & dark, the size is only just nice. For those yg ada clastrophobic memang x boleh masuk... Alhamdulillah, i've tried going through it .. it was a wonderful experience :)

Then, we went to the Mosque to perform our Zuhur... it was a simple mosque situated in the middle of the city... nearby the mosque is all halal food. :)

the mosque was clean... an old lady & a few ladies were staying there & keep the mosque clean..

then we had our halal nyonya food @ D'nyonya...

After our lunch, we we brought to the reunification  palace...this palace was rebuild because it was destroyed during the war..

After the sight seeing, we went back to our hotel to get ready for the gala dinner... excited because all of us are going to wear the traditional veitnam dress ao dai...

me in Ao dai costume :)

with Tahirah, kak Mai

day 4 ~ last day in vietnam :) .. our last minute shopping

Thank you again for giving me the opportunity to get this free business trip to vietnam

a few tips while in vietnam ;
1) Don't walk alone in ben thant market.. because there is a lot of pick pocket.. but if u walk in a group.. it's safe :)
2) it's better to go with travel guides.. easier ..
3) bring extra bag.. because there's a lot of things to shop there :)