I got my wish - on the 4th day we signed up for a tour to Yang Bay - the countryside tour.
This time we woke up early and was ready by 8 am for the tour. The tour company came with a big bus that could take 16 of us.
Yang Bay is located on the outskirts of NT about one hour drive away from town. We passed through winding roads up the mountain and saw fields and fields of rice farms. The countryside of NT was cool and refreshing. Green fields were everywhere. Unlike Malaysia where we had thick rainforest, NT rural was flat spaces of green. We saw beautiful brick houses of various designs that looked European or French. At some places, the communist insignia could be seen from the red flags of the country to pictures of Ho Chi Min!
First stop at Yang Bay was at a fish farm. We bought fish food contained in baby bottles. Lowering the bottles, we saw big orange fishes (not sure what they were but they were big). They came with opened mouths to suck the bottles! Yes...like babies!
Siu Yeh saw a cat fish fighting to be fed but because its mouth was not small like the big orange fishes, it could not suck from the bottles! It was also edged out by the fat fishes. SY dripped the bottle over the mouth of the cat fish and it swallowed the food dripped from the bottle! According to the guide, the big orange fishes are not meant to be eaten only the cat fish can be eaten.
Next stop - was feeding the crocodiles. We were given long fishing rods with chicken meat attached to the rods! The crocodiles moved slowly, some with open mouths as though waiting to be fed. Crocodiles jaws are very tough...the moment they took hold of the meat, they held on tight! Some of us had to have a fighting match with them to see who was stronger. We were warned not to put out our hands at the crocodile ponds otherwise we will be chicken meat too!
Thereafter we took a small open air car to watch a stage show using traditional musical instruments and singers sang traditional Viet songs. There was also the famous beautiful Yang Bay waterfall that was perfect for photo shoot! Whilst the children went for fish massage, we opted to watch the show and the father gamely participated in the on-stage dancing. It was all in good fun.
Next stop - fighting chickens! Our daughter told us that it was animal abuse as the chickens looked like it had lost its feathers in earlier fights.
She was initially upset to see a crocodile with its mouth tied at the crocodile farm earlier. The crocodile had its mouth shut by a string just so that we could take pictures with it. Of course we did not do so.....!
So this fighting chicken or fighting cocks really upset her. Thank God they did not fight to the death although we were also given a chance to bet. The price was a chicken statuette!
Next stop - racing black pigs! The pigs were given a chance to race another with the pens numbered 1 to 7. Just for fun, each of us chose a number (we could pay 20k dong to place our bets but did not want to as the price was a mother pig with baby pigs statuette!
The father won his bet - no 7 outran all the other black pigs. Me - I was thinking of how delicious they could have tasted just like the black pork we ate in Jeju!
Lunch was fried omelette, crocodile and ostrich meat, Viet spring rolls and vegetable soup. Of course, no one told us which was which until after we ate our meal. I thought the croc meat was ostrich meat and vice versa so I ate what I thought was ostrich meat but it turned out to be croc meat...yuks....but I must stay it tasted like chicken.
As for the ostrich meat, I did not touch it thinking it was croc meat.
The nicest part of this tour was meeting 2 couples - a Dutch couple from Copenhagen and a British couple from Portsmouth. I guessed we clicked as we all were conversing happily in English. The Dutch couple were both divorcees and the lady was proudly showing us pictures of her children. She was genuinely nice.
After lunch we dipped in natural hot springs. We got back to NT about 4 pm and prepared for lunch at Lanterns not wanting to miss out since it was our last night.
Thank God that the queue was not so bad as we were early. Lanterns did not disappoint. We had a hot pot - the soup tasted like tomato soup but even more delicious. It was not sourish or spicy at all. There were fish, cuttlefish and prawns to go with it and lots and lots of vegetables. Vietnamese cuisine is super healthy!
We ordered beef cooked in pineapple shell, Vietnamese fish curry and chicken cooked in coconut! Truly the best meal of this whole holiday! The tables at Lanterns filled up the moment we vacated it. People just waited patiently for a seat. The price was about 600k dong which was about RM100 plus....reasonably priced for a most delicious meal. Kudos to the management for handling the crowd well and putting on a smile even though they were serving a continuous stream of people. Now....I wonder...is there a Lanterns in KL? They should open a branch or have a franchise.....
After dinner, SY went to see the Dream Show again. The sister went shopping for clothes and had a gel manicure (before the dinner)!
An awesome end to a memorable trip!
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Day 3 - Vinpearl Land
Feb 2 and we decided to go to the NT theme park called Vinpearl Land. Although the review mentioned a small theme park to my surprise this theme park is a big theme park!
It is divided into several different worlds like most theme park. We bought tickets from the Hotel but found out that the queue to the theme park via the cable car was really long. However everyone was disciplined enough to queue to wait for the theme park. However if you have weak knees, it would be advisable to bring a portable chair.
Noticed that the theme park was not so disabled friendly as there was no signs anywhere highlighting wheelchairs for rent like what we normally see in Japan. It was a good thing that I had taken some pain killers to alleviate the knee pain!
Even to go to the cable cars, we had to climb the stairs - no option for lifts! Wah liao...
It was here that we met the Russian couple from Siberia...interesting that they travelled more than a day to reach NT. In the words of the Russian man "this is a dream". He was referring to the weather. Surprisingly NT has an interesting weather - the sun shines for a while during the day enough for you to get a nice tan and at night it could be cold and windy.
The first section of the theme park had so many interesting rides that we spent the whole morning there. Hubby and I decided to try the swinging boat and immediately regretted it. As we were swinging up and down I really felt sick...in fact I thought I was going to had a heart attack! I think its called the zamperla or something like that...let me look for a picture of it.....
We opted to wait for the children as they tried all the various rides available. The rides were all of a good quality and rather enjoyable. There was also a ride where you seem to be flying called the superman ride. The sister advised us not to ride it as it was rather painful to be lying down on the chest and going round and round like a merry go round!
The middle section was Adventure World....my favorite world.
I enjoyed the trampoline section (indoor park) where we played trampoline basketball and also took part in a simulated dancing section. For the first time I had a chance to exercise every part of my body through the simulated dancing! The best part of the theme park for me! At the Adventure World, we also participated in a 4D game where we took the gun and started shooting onscreen enemies. I felt that I was shooting the devil and prayed in tongues throughout the game.
I emerged no 2 and no 3. Of course, Siu Yeh (SY) was tops both sessions!
We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant and ordered noodles, rice and Viet spring rolls again! It was delicious!
Other rides that they tried were the musical rides where it went clockwise then anti-clockwise according to the music. The children also enjoyed the bumper car rides and thereafter the 4D cinema where we could feel the chair moving under us! I have seen 4D shows at Disneyland HK and also at Brisbane and I must say the show here is quite good too...comparable by standards.
The dolphin show was really fun to watch. Although not as hebat as the one in Brisbane, the dolphins here could toss balls, dance and play with hoops on their dolphin noses.
Last stop was the water park. The water rides were really fun (the children told me).
They really enjoyed the slides saying that it was their favourite. Me, I enjoyed sleeping on the deck chair and watching a different kind of water park. It was a water park in the sea! I cannot describe it in words....you have to see it to believe it....its not man-made. The only thing man-made was the big balloon-like objects floating out in the sea which had carved out swimming areas in the sea for swimming! Its like a swimming pool in the sea.
We had dinner at Lotteria and ate Korean chicken. It was bathed in cheese or soy sauce. I liked mine in soy sauce. The family preferred theirs in cheese!
We stayed back to watch the beautiful dancing fountain that moved with popular music. The sound, lights and music was an awesome combination. Just like Singapore the light, water and music show did not disappoint.
Once again going back, we had to queue almost one hour! However there was a band to entertain us as we stood patiently in line waiting for the cable car to take us down.
It was a wonderful day at Vinpearl Land thus far my favourite tourist destination on NT!
It is divided into several different worlds like most theme park. We bought tickets from the Hotel but found out that the queue to the theme park via the cable car was really long. However everyone was disciplined enough to queue to wait for the theme park. However if you have weak knees, it would be advisable to bring a portable chair.
Noticed that the theme park was not so disabled friendly as there was no signs anywhere highlighting wheelchairs for rent like what we normally see in Japan. It was a good thing that I had taken some pain killers to alleviate the knee pain!
Even to go to the cable cars, we had to climb the stairs - no option for lifts! Wah liao...
It was here that we met the Russian couple from Siberia...interesting that they travelled more than a day to reach NT. In the words of the Russian man "this is a dream". He was referring to the weather. Surprisingly NT has an interesting weather - the sun shines for a while during the day enough for you to get a nice tan and at night it could be cold and windy.
The first section of the theme park had so many interesting rides that we spent the whole morning there. Hubby and I decided to try the swinging boat and immediately regretted it. As we were swinging up and down I really felt sick...in fact I thought I was going to had a heart attack! I think its called the zamperla or something like that...let me look for a picture of it.....
We opted to wait for the children as they tried all the various rides available. The rides were all of a good quality and rather enjoyable. There was also a ride where you seem to be flying called the superman ride. The sister advised us not to ride it as it was rather painful to be lying down on the chest and going round and round like a merry go round!
The middle section was Adventure World....my favorite world.
I enjoyed the trampoline section (indoor park) where we played trampoline basketball and also took part in a simulated dancing section. For the first time I had a chance to exercise every part of my body through the simulated dancing! The best part of the theme park for me! At the Adventure World, we also participated in a 4D game where we took the gun and started shooting onscreen enemies. I felt that I was shooting the devil and prayed in tongues throughout the game.
I emerged no 2 and no 3. Of course, Siu Yeh (SY) was tops both sessions!
We had lunch at a Chinese restaurant and ordered noodles, rice and Viet spring rolls again! It was delicious!
Other rides that they tried were the musical rides where it went clockwise then anti-clockwise according to the music. The children also enjoyed the bumper car rides and thereafter the 4D cinema where we could feel the chair moving under us! I have seen 4D shows at Disneyland HK and also at Brisbane and I must say the show here is quite good too...comparable by standards.
The dolphin show was really fun to watch. Although not as hebat as the one in Brisbane, the dolphins here could toss balls, dance and play with hoops on their dolphin noses.
Last stop was the water park. The water rides were really fun (the children told me).
They really enjoyed the slides saying that it was their favourite. Me, I enjoyed sleeping on the deck chair and watching a different kind of water park. It was a water park in the sea! I cannot describe it in words....you have to see it to believe it....its not man-made. The only thing man-made was the big balloon-like objects floating out in the sea which had carved out swimming areas in the sea for swimming! Its like a swimming pool in the sea.
We had dinner at Lotteria and ate Korean chicken. It was bathed in cheese or soy sauce. I liked mine in soy sauce. The family preferred theirs in cheese!
We stayed back to watch the beautiful dancing fountain that moved with popular music. The sound, lights and music was an awesome combination. Just like Singapore the light, water and music show did not disappoint.
Once again going back, we had to queue almost one hour! However there was a band to entertain us as we stood patiently in line waiting for the cable car to take us down.
It was a wonderful day at Vinpearl Land thus far my favourite tourist destination on NT!
Day 2 - Feb 1 at NT
Day 2 and we decided to sign up for the 4 island tour as recommended by the reception at the Hotel.
Lina, Sonia and Harry aka Harry Potter was really helpful in arranging the tours for us. However we were rather late and the tour guide had a sour face when we boarded the van about 20 minutes late. Lessons learned - never be late for tours as the tour van had to go around picking up passengers.
We were taken to a harbour and waited for the boat called Funky Monkey also the name of the tour company. The boss owned 3 boats bearing similar name.
First stop was a small island with a smallish aquarium but the aquarium had some of the most beautiful fishes! It was also built into a rocky outcrop so as you moved inside the aquarium it felt as though we were moving inside a cave. The reward at the highest point was an awesome view of the islands surrounding NT.
The second stop was for snorkelling and diving. Yours truly stayed on board the boat as I could not swim! However the rest of the family had a good time. Although the currents were strong, the boat owner gave some clear instructions to keep together.
Having been to Lombok where we saw some of the most beautiful marine life and the clearest underwater corals (plus taking pictures of them with my Samsung S7) they were most disappointed as there was nothing to see underwater! Yes...at Lombok I could even see the corals and beautiful fishes from my boat!
Anyway we had lunch on the boat. Delicious food like tomato chicken, Vietnamese spring roll, egg roll, vegetable soup, noodles were served to us in small plates. Guess what was used as a table? The very chairs that we were sitting on right in the middle of the boats were laid flat and a mat rolled over it! Yes, unique as it was a floating restaurant!
After lunch, the Funky Monkey owner lined up all his boats one after another and had his own boy band sang some songs for us.
The fun thing was when he started to call different nationalities forward to introduce them country by country and made them sing some of their country's well known songs! Whilst some of the songs were played by the boy band (actually they were more the middle aged boy band as some of them were really middle aged and not so young ) the Malaysians were asked to sing any song as they did not have the repertoire. We sang Rasa Sayang! Just the chorus but this song is really a lovely song and very Malaysian.
Of course for the Koreans, it had to be Oopa Gangnam style!
Diving sessions followed where the guests on the Funky Monkey boats dived from the roof of the boats into the sea. They had floats around their bodies due to the strong currents. The boat owner advised to hold on to each other floats due to the strong current. Drinks were served in the sea!
We were then taken to chill out on a private island. We had to pay some money to go into the island. We sat on deck chairs and drank coconut water!
We got back rather tired and decided to try out Lanterns, one of the top 10 recommended restaurant at NT. Incidentally it was just about 5 minutes walking from our Hotel!
However Lanterns turned out to be so popular that the queue to go up lined the narrow staircase...yes...if you have knee problems this is not the place to have dinner unless you go there at 5 pm!
As I could not stand for too long (you guessed it - knee problem) the family decided to try a Russian Chinese restaurant nearby. Did I tell you that the whole street seem to be teeming with Russians (shops especially) although an equal amount of Chinese and Koreans also liked NT very much!
On the boat there were only about 8 Malaysians and 2 Russians but quite a bit of Australians who sang Waltzing Matilda and a lot of Chinese from China!
We had 2 plates of spring rolls (really delicious) and a plate of bacon (cold but yummy) and steamed fish (which seemed rather hard to me).
After dinner the family walked to the beach (Summer Hotel is near the beach which is about 20 minutes walk) while I chose to retire early.
Lina, Sonia and Harry aka Harry Potter was really helpful in arranging the tours for us. However we were rather late and the tour guide had a sour face when we boarded the van about 20 minutes late. Lessons learned - never be late for tours as the tour van had to go around picking up passengers.
We were taken to a harbour and waited for the boat called Funky Monkey also the name of the tour company. The boss owned 3 boats bearing similar name.
First stop was a small island with a smallish aquarium but the aquarium had some of the most beautiful fishes! It was also built into a rocky outcrop so as you moved inside the aquarium it felt as though we were moving inside a cave. The reward at the highest point was an awesome view of the islands surrounding NT.
The second stop was for snorkelling and diving. Yours truly stayed on board the boat as I could not swim! However the rest of the family had a good time. Although the currents were strong, the boat owner gave some clear instructions to keep together.
Having been to Lombok where we saw some of the most beautiful marine life and the clearest underwater corals (plus taking pictures of them with my Samsung S7) they were most disappointed as there was nothing to see underwater! Yes...at Lombok I could even see the corals and beautiful fishes from my boat!
Anyway we had lunch on the boat. Delicious food like tomato chicken, Vietnamese spring roll, egg roll, vegetable soup, noodles were served to us in small plates. Guess what was used as a table? The very chairs that we were sitting on right in the middle of the boats were laid flat and a mat rolled over it! Yes, unique as it was a floating restaurant!
After lunch, the Funky Monkey owner lined up all his boats one after another and had his own boy band sang some songs for us.
The fun thing was when he started to call different nationalities forward to introduce them country by country and made them sing some of their country's well known songs! Whilst some of the songs were played by the boy band (actually they were more the middle aged boy band as some of them were really middle aged and not so young ) the Malaysians were asked to sing any song as they did not have the repertoire. We sang Rasa Sayang! Just the chorus but this song is really a lovely song and very Malaysian.
Of course for the Koreans, it had to be Oopa Gangnam style!
Diving sessions followed where the guests on the Funky Monkey boats dived from the roof of the boats into the sea. They had floats around their bodies due to the strong currents. The boat owner advised to hold on to each other floats due to the strong current. Drinks were served in the sea!
We were then taken to chill out on a private island. We had to pay some money to go into the island. We sat on deck chairs and drank coconut water!
We got back rather tired and decided to try out Lanterns, one of the top 10 recommended restaurant at NT. Incidentally it was just about 5 minutes walking from our Hotel!
However Lanterns turned out to be so popular that the queue to go up lined the narrow staircase...yes...if you have knee problems this is not the place to have dinner unless you go there at 5 pm!
As I could not stand for too long (you guessed it - knee problem) the family decided to try a Russian Chinese restaurant nearby. Did I tell you that the whole street seem to be teeming with Russians (shops especially) although an equal amount of Chinese and Koreans also liked NT very much!
On the boat there were only about 8 Malaysians and 2 Russians but quite a bit of Australians who sang Waltzing Matilda and a lot of Chinese from China!
We had 2 plates of spring rolls (really delicious) and a plate of bacon (cold but yummy) and steamed fish (which seemed rather hard to me).
After dinner the family walked to the beach (Summer Hotel is near the beach which is about 20 minutes walk) while I chose to retire early.
Nha Trang - Jan 31 - Feb 4
Day 1 - Nha Trang Vietnam
We took advantage of the long holiday between Jan 31 which fell on a Thursday and Feb 4 which ended on Sunday to travel to NT, Vietnam.
Why NT? It is a much touted destination on Trip Advisor. I read this article about a Malaysian family who went there and recommended it as a family travel destination. Why not? It is near, it is affordable and sounds interesting as it offers land attraction, sea attraction and mountain attraction!
Day 1- We landed at about 3 pm at Cam Rahn airport NT. We bought the local sim card and used it to call Grab. The driver came immediately and charged us 350k to take us to the Summer Hotel which was about one hour ride from the airport. Unfortunately for him he forgot the back cover of his luggage seat which he removed in order to put our luggage. We tried to help him find it as he circled back to the airport but it was gone in a matter of minutes!
He gave up looking and drove us to The Summer Hotel was a bit old-fashioned but located smack in the city. We checked into 2 old-fashioned rooms with creaking but comfortable beds. Otherwise the room was clean and comfortable and we had good sleep for all the nights we were there.
Price for the stay included daily breakfast at M floor which had a Western, Russian and Chinese venue. The only thing that was rather disappointing was that the siew yoke and the dumpling was hard. I had to dip the dumpling into the pho soup to soften it otherwise it was not edible. Come to think of it most of the siew yoke sold everywhere was hard not like our siew yoke at home. I was thinking of how nice was our Malaysian food back home and the incredible variety we had.....traveling makes me love Malaysia more!
Total for the 5 day stay was about 10 million dong. A 100k dong is about RM17 so you can do the maths! For 4 of us that amounted to about RM240 per room per night (estimate only).
After checking in we then crossed the road to eat some Vietnamese spring roll, drank coconut water and had some Vietnamese noodles. There were so many restaurants along the road....we were spoilt for choice. However the name of the restaurant where we had lunch was unpronounceable so I really cannot put it here but the food was delicious.
We then bought tickets to a place where we could do a mud-bath i.e. bathed in mud! They had quaint egg-shaped containers filled with mud where 2 people can chill out. They also had larger pools of clean mud water where a family of 5 or more could soak. We bought a package which included a herbal bath after the mud-bath. The mud-bath was about 20 mins where we could soak ourselves in mud up to our necks. It was different. I kept thinking of teh tarik when looking at the color of the mud! The mud was clean and smooth. After each group left the mud pool, the old mud was drained out and the pool cleaned so it was very hygenic!
We then walked through pebbled paths to soak ourselves in a herbal bath. The herbs was citronella leaves! So fragrant.
A taxi ride took us to a place called the Dream Show. Here we watched an hour plus of Vietnamese dancing and singing. The girls and guys were dressed in Vietnamese traditional clothes! Sam liked it so much that he went back to see it again on Sat night (on his own)! He said the Sat show was different from the Wed show.
After the show, we crossed the road to a rooftop restaurant for some grill meat. We opted to have Western food aka meat platter. It was not enough for all of us so we ordered some chicken wings which turned out to be super yummy.
It was cold as we sat the rooftop and ordered a platter of meat such as shrimps, cuttlefish, fish and chicken. A lot of Westerners were there too but they were kind of drunk.
One thing we had to get used too was the number of foreigners in NT especially Russians! Yes, everywhere the shops had Russian names and even the mini marts sold Russian stuff. Restaurants were opened by Russians too!
We met a couple from Siberia who told us they travelled 22 hours from their town to take the flight to Hong Kong and transited from Hong Kong to NT for another 9 hours. They told us that it was bitter cold in Siberia at -30 degrees! We met them on Friday when we were going up to Vinpearl Land on the cable car.
No wonder the Russians found NT a delightful holiday destination willing to travel such a long time to reach the place. At The Summer Hotel, some of the breakfast food was Russian and next door to us Russian tour guides came to meet with guests to explain the various tours that were available.
We took advantage of the long holiday between Jan 31 which fell on a Thursday and Feb 4 which ended on Sunday to travel to NT, Vietnam.
Why NT? It is a much touted destination on Trip Advisor. I read this article about a Malaysian family who went there and recommended it as a family travel destination. Why not? It is near, it is affordable and sounds interesting as it offers land attraction, sea attraction and mountain attraction!
Day 1- We landed at about 3 pm at Cam Rahn airport NT. We bought the local sim card and used it to call Grab. The driver came immediately and charged us 350k to take us to the Summer Hotel which was about one hour ride from the airport. Unfortunately for him he forgot the back cover of his luggage seat which he removed in order to put our luggage. We tried to help him find it as he circled back to the airport but it was gone in a matter of minutes!
He gave up looking and drove us to The Summer Hotel was a bit old-fashioned but located smack in the city. We checked into 2 old-fashioned rooms with creaking but comfortable beds. Otherwise the room was clean and comfortable and we had good sleep for all the nights we were there.
Price for the stay included daily breakfast at M floor which had a Western, Russian and Chinese venue. The only thing that was rather disappointing was that the siew yoke and the dumpling was hard. I had to dip the dumpling into the pho soup to soften it otherwise it was not edible. Come to think of it most of the siew yoke sold everywhere was hard not like our siew yoke at home. I was thinking of how nice was our Malaysian food back home and the incredible variety we had.....traveling makes me love Malaysia more!
Total for the 5 day stay was about 10 million dong. A 100k dong is about RM17 so you can do the maths! For 4 of us that amounted to about RM240 per room per night (estimate only).
After checking in we then crossed the road to eat some Vietnamese spring roll, drank coconut water and had some Vietnamese noodles. There were so many restaurants along the road....we were spoilt for choice. However the name of the restaurant where we had lunch was unpronounceable so I really cannot put it here but the food was delicious.
We then bought tickets to a place where we could do a mud-bath i.e. bathed in mud! They had quaint egg-shaped containers filled with mud where 2 people can chill out. They also had larger pools of clean mud water where a family of 5 or more could soak. We bought a package which included a herbal bath after the mud-bath. The mud-bath was about 20 mins where we could soak ourselves in mud up to our necks. It was different. I kept thinking of teh tarik when looking at the color of the mud! The mud was clean and smooth. After each group left the mud pool, the old mud was drained out and the pool cleaned so it was very hygenic!
We then walked through pebbled paths to soak ourselves in a herbal bath. The herbs was citronella leaves! So fragrant.
A taxi ride took us to a place called the Dream Show. Here we watched an hour plus of Vietnamese dancing and singing. The girls and guys were dressed in Vietnamese traditional clothes! Sam liked it so much that he went back to see it again on Sat night (on his own)! He said the Sat show was different from the Wed show.
After the show, we crossed the road to a rooftop restaurant for some grill meat. We opted to have Western food aka meat platter. It was not enough for all of us so we ordered some chicken wings which turned out to be super yummy.
It was cold as we sat the rooftop and ordered a platter of meat such as shrimps, cuttlefish, fish and chicken. A lot of Westerners were there too but they were kind of drunk.
One thing we had to get used too was the number of foreigners in NT especially Russians! Yes, everywhere the shops had Russian names and even the mini marts sold Russian stuff. Restaurants were opened by Russians too!
We met a couple from Siberia who told us they travelled 22 hours from their town to take the flight to Hong Kong and transited from Hong Kong to NT for another 9 hours. They told us that it was bitter cold in Siberia at -30 degrees! We met them on Friday when we were going up to Vinpearl Land on the cable car.
No wonder the Russians found NT a delightful holiday destination willing to travel such a long time to reach the place. At The Summer Hotel, some of the breakfast food was Russian and next door to us Russian tour guides came to meet with guests to explain the various tours that were available.
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