Some Pictures from Vietnam =)

How to cross??

Crib by the river.

I wouldn't wanna fall into this. Some people would liken this to falling in love.

Proof that 'Hakers' can exist everywhere.

Good Morning Vietnam

Hi!

Even though I've been back from Vietnam for quite a while now, I've been buried in assignments.
Think - Suave handsome fella buried in cyber word documents.
Anyway I think that some tributes to Vietnam are due!

Upon arriving in Ho Chi Minh (formerly known as Saigon), I heaved a huge sigh of relief. This is normal for me, as so long as I'm out of Singapore, I feel so much less stressed already. Anyway, that feeling didn't last for long, 5 minutes to be exact. Obviously I had entered a cab and was making my way down to the hotel.

Why obviously? BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC THERE WAS CRAZY! Insane! Nuts!
According to a tour guide, there were 7 million motorcycles on the road in a city where there were 8 million people. Imagine 2 way streets, with no traffic lights, and motorbikes all over the place, packing the road. It took me a good 2 days to get used to it. After which, it didn't seem too bad. After all, over here we have mental patients called taxi drivers with no sense of courtesy or road alignment.

The food in Saigon, be it restaurants or street-side vendors were not to my liking however.
I have to have my spicy food. The main theme for the food over there was fish sauced-based or sugar based.
Think - fish sauce noodles with sugar on the side.
No, I'm not kidding. It seemed like almost every dish was meant to dipped in sugar, seemed so very strange to me. But overall the food was alright, if you don't like spicy food that is.

Then on one of the days I visited the Chu Chi Tunnels. This was one of the main sites during the Vietnam war. Needless to say, this was the highlight of the trip for me. I got to see hollowed-out tanks, and all the variations of traps they had. And then! We had the chance to crawl through one of the tunnels used during the war. Said tunnel was only 1.2m by 0.8m. You could only duck walk inside or crawl. Unless you're a very small person. I still had to go in. Stubbornnnnnnnnnnnn. Almost got stuck in certain places though, and I wasn't even the biggest one there. I heard some fat ang moh got stuck and had to be pushed through. After looking through all the various artifacts and listening to the ever-informative tour guide, I had come to have a new-found respect for the Vietnamese. Who'd have thought they would have taught the 'mighty' Americans a lesson?

On the way back, I travelled via boat along the saigon river. A fittingly beautiful way to travel back no doubt. There were many things I saw there which amused me but it's lost somewhere in my vast mind.

I think Vietnam has a lot to offer. Being a developing country, it does have its problems but nothing that serious. It's safer than I expected too. Or maybe I just look too scary to be robbed or stabbed. I almost forgot, some of the women there were simply put, stunningly beautiful.

I'd definately go back again. Eurgh anywhere but here.