Travel : Vietnam - Part One
Destination: Ho Chin Minh City or better known as Saigon
It has been a while since I planned to visit Vietnam and somehow it was possible now. In view of my recent depression, I think this was a much needed break.
The flight departed Kuala Lumpur at sharp 9am taking almost 2 hours to reach Saigon. The time difference was an hour behind - we reached Saigon at 10.55am Malaysian time or 9.55am Vietnam time.
I was surprised to see the airport being busy for a Sunday. The airport looks new and maybe recently upgraded. As I walked past the Vietnamese immigration I could not help but find similarity in their uniform to the Rambo movies of vietcongs. It was of dull green. The guy who took my passport tried to make conversation which I felt was good, later telling me that he stamped a one month visa on my passport.
The journey to the hotel, provided me with many other info as one there are more motorcycles than cars. The traffic system can still be improved. they still block roads to allow trains to pass. All in all,it reminds me of certain parts of Malaysia or rather a 1970s’ of Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur.
New World Hotel is a new hotel. The rooms are alright. Let me give you a peek….
They even places a ribbon on the new roll of tissue paper.
I like this
And the streets of Vietnam:
Hmm.. notice how clean the roads are and how they manage to preserve their trees along the roads. Malaysia could learn a thing or two from them for we love to chop down age old trees and break down age old buildings!
Thats all for now - will continue tomorrow. There is more to day 1 still. Ha ha ha.
July 6th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
i envy you! Vietnam is a place i’ve been wanting to visit for a long while now.. post more pics please!