Day 2 - Hanoi (Halong Bay) Part Three

After an hour’s climbing and walking around the cave, we finally met the sun again. The air in the cave was pretty good and fresh, but i still prefer to be out. :) I cannot imagine getting lost all alone in the cave. The stones and natural carvings seemed scary after a while.

Today’s our last day/night in Vietnam.. pretty sad but we were on schedule.

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Look at the stranger at the window. They are floating fruit sellers and they climbed up to our ferry to try to sell us fruits. So amazed. This is one of the spirit of Vietnamese. They are natural entrepreneurs. They could sell anything and anywhere. Some did not own any formal stalls etc. They just use a table or stool, sit on the floor, and they could sell things.
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One of my favourite stone formation is the Kissing Rocks (a.k.a Fight cock). They are many others.
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Gifts from Vietnam
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We left for Guangxi the next day. We took our last photo in Vietnam with the Vietnamese tour guide, Ah Xiang. She is a lovely lady and speaks average Chinese. But i truly appreciate her efforts in trying to make us understand the Vietnam culture. :)

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Last few things to note about Vietnam, from my two days experience:

1. People there knows how to speak little English and some chinese. Maybe because Vietnam is quite near Guangxi (southern part of China)

2. Some younger salesgirls will ask for Singapore dollars as souvenirs.

3. Most shops there accept RenMingbi (RMB), USD and Vietnamese dollars. But if you are going Vietnam ALONE, better change to full Vietnamese dollars as some shops do not have change for RMB.

4. Their famous delicacy is: Green Bean cake/paste

5. Most of their fishes are fresh-water fishes, so there’re lots of bones. Be careful if you are ordering fishes from restaurants.

6. Be careful when crossing roads. Traffic came from all directions, there is no fix direction. Don’t hesitate when you start crossing the roads else you will never get to cross. (if you have been to Taiwan, you will know what i mean)

Goodbye Vietnam! :)

Stumble it!

4 Responses to “Day 2 - Hanoi (Halong Bay) Part Three”

  1. Your pictures look REALLY nice :) Looks like you really had loads of fun!

  2. thanks my friend :) but i still don’t like the toilets there, hahaa, that’s the only thing that affects my trip

  3. Charming!

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