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| Noise, Dust, and HANOI - Part III |
| Thursday, May 08, 2008 |
3rd Night - Hanoi
When we got back to the Guesthouse, we were shocked to learn that due to some mistake on their side or something like that, there was no more room for us to stay and that they had moved us to another place down the street.. We were pretty upset when they told us that coz we had gotten to like the Guesthouse and when we saw how small the doorway to the new place was, we were abhorred! Seriously, it was just one small, dinky doorway whereby only one person could enter at a time!
Until we went inside.... Oh my gosh, the place was HUGE!! And they had more computers than the previous place! Then we got to know that they had shifted us from a Guesthouse where backpackers stay, to a TWO-STAR HOTEL for those who vacation without getting mud on their feet! And trust me, in Hanoi, a two-star hotel is like staying at Hilton in KL!! Well, maybe that's exaggerating it a lil.. but what I'm trying to say is that it's really good for Hanoi standards!
 Qi Yun, Jen and me in our new room!! They had cable!!! *Wee~!* (Plus our room was bigger and prettier than Cindy, Cathy and Mag's room! *Grins*)
 Finally, a PROPER bathroom! LOLS!
Because the eel noodle was so good, the 6 of us, together with Ha and Aaron, decided to eat dinner there again. At least this time, with the Australian Vietnamese couple, we didn't have any communication problems!
 Glutonny at it's best~! Haha!
 Vietnamese girls are generally really pretty.. Like this one.. BTW, they love taking photos as well and they seemed to be quite amazed by digital cameras coz they kept looking over our shoulders to see our cameras... Maybe it's a luxury to own one in such a poor country.. Speaking of poor country, I forgot to mention that my first impression of Vietnam was that they haven't really recovered from the war... It's that bad!
Oh, speaking of communication problems, I never did mention about how we converse with Vietnamese people when it came to purchasing stuff/food did I?
Well, on a general note, Vietnamese people speak little to no English. And if they weren't Vietnam Chinese, they wouldn't know how to speak Chinese either.. So when wanted to purchase stuff from them, we'd converse using a CALCULATOR! At least they knew how to shake their heads when they disagreed with the price we were asking for and nod when they agreed.
And when it came to food, we just looked around to see what others were eating, and asked for the same thing by pointing and then showing how many of that we wanted using our fingers.. Of course, that didn't always get us what we wanted.. Our mistake, we should have brought a Viet phrasebook!
 While walking to a preserved fruits stall Ha and Aaron had recommended, I managed to see Vietnam's infamous SNAKE WINE! A cure for about everything, so they say.. And EVERYTHING includes erectile dysfunction! Who needs Viagra anymore? LOLS!
 Preserved fruits stall.. Everything in Hanoi seems to be preserved.. You'll see what I mean later.. But I gotta admit, for a person who doesn't enjoy preserved fruits, I kinda liked the taste!
 A church (or was it a cathedral) we passed by during our walk to yet another fruit stall.. When I showed this picture to my cousin, she said it was the same church from Takeshi Kineshiro's Anna Magdalena~! BTW, do you spot anything urm.. "paranormal" in the picture?
 At a fruit juice stall... Something like the mixed fruit stall we went to on our first night.. Only this one had blended strawberry with passion fruit juice and avocado juice.. Didn't really like the drinks here.. And you should have seen the amount of sugar they put in!! I kept wondering if diabetes is prevalent in Vietnam!
After we had enough of walking around and being all full of mud and having bruises here and there (me at least), we went back to the hotel and on our way back, lo and behold, I found MILO!!! I was ecstatic, mind you, coz I haven't had milo in days!! But my happiness was short-lived when I took ONE SIP of their so-called milo!! It was too sweet, too milky, and just... YUCKY!!! From there on hence, I said I wouldn't wanna come back to Hanoi again!! LOLS!
 NOBODY messes around with MY milo!! Roar~!! Note to self: Bring milo 3-in-1 next time I go overseas! LOLS!
And as you can see in the picture above, Cathy was in my room.. Yeah, the three girls came over to our room later that night and the six of us played the card game "Bullshit" or "Bluff".. Had totally forgotten about that game until Ha and Aaron reintroduced it to us on the junk.. I think I posted a picture or two of us playing cards on deck in my previous post..
It was a really fun game night coz Cathy was really innocent, Mag kept making mistakes when she was bluffing, and coz Cindy didn't know how to lie when she didn't have cards, she just flipped open the card the previous person threw down.. LOLS! Went to sleep pretty late that night.. And in the morning, we followed a pretty boring city tour.. Will blog about that soon..
P/S: Jennifer can really sleep!! I tried waking her up by talking really loudly into her ear but she didn't even wink! *Faint*Labels: Travel |
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