love ♥ laugh ♥ thankful: Sally goes to Ho Chi Minh: Part 4 Mekong River + Happy June babies!

Hello can you see me?

We are heading to Mekong River today!

We booked a private tour to Mekong River and I swear it is the best thing to do.

No need to wait for other tourists in the sweltering weather and we could do whatever we want.

First stop at some monkey bridge.
I imagined it to be something for significant, but turned out to be this man made bridge.

It's called a monkey bridge cos you supposedly look like a monkey while crossing the bridge. FML.

See how dumb we look? Haha.

Apparently it's not compulsory. Only the Tan sisters are kuku enough to do such stuff.

And the bridge leads to no exit, we have to crawl under the curtain into a narrow space with our legs still on the stilt.

So I landed on my butt cos I didn't balance well. Zzzzz.

Family shot before heading to our boat ride.

Can you feel the heat already?

The guide says, " Who want a shot at the front?"

"Me!" and only me. =_='

Emo Sally missing home..

We were transferred to another sampan selling fruits, loads of fruits.

Other tourists that were nearby only got to buy from their own boat.

The sisters :)

All happily eating the fruits.

We were all damn excited to feast like a fruit buffet la.

Especially Jia, who got to eat her durian.

As you can see, two skeptical men were missing from the picture.

But their skepticism has proven a point, there's no free lunch in the world.

Hahaha we paid 200,000 dongs for the fruits we ate.

Of course with the very happy shopkeeper. Can close shop already!

Then we went to their local wet market. Literally wet.

But we did learn something new la..

How many of you knew chilli grows like this? Or is it just me that doesn't know.

And saw sea coconut and live frogs being tied up. Urgh.

I think this is the market we went to.

Then we took a long boat ride into the village and explore some of their housing.

I think we should bring Singaporeans here to see the living condition, so we feel more justified to pay hundreds of thousands for our lego home. Haha.

The shag man and the duck.

Didn't take many pictures cos the weather was too hot.

Went to some temple before we took a SAMPAN into another village.

Haha can you see our hands all subconsciously gripping onto the side of the sampan while taking photos?

All looking excited and posing with the Vietnamese hat.

Even Sally!

Looking damn good here.. I mean the boatman,

Until 10 minutes later, we were still in the canal.

15 minutes

I think we reached like about 20 to 30 minutes later, all shag and 2 shades darker.

The only exciting thing was we saw someone swimming in the midst of the still water and raise his head up above the water beside our sampan. Haha.

They were such hospitable guests they brought out everything they could for our lunch.

There the guide showing my aunty how to do a rice roll with fish.

Hahaha but the fish was so fishy she hide it under her bowl and throw away the moment the guide left.

The guide made us do this.

But we were really sincere in giving them the two thumbs up cos we really appreciate their service!

Isn't she adorable?

Dinner time is most headache for us.

Our parents have no idea what they want to eat but yet they have the most restrictions. #firstclasstravelling problem

So we settled for a zichar near our hotel.

THE THOUGHT OF IT MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL!!!

Can't remember the exact name, think it is Tan Lap Restaurant next to Paradise Saigon Boutique Hotel.

The food looks good (but it is not exactly that fantastic), but this meal costs us SGD240!!!!

Like what shit! If this is in Singapore, I would think it's expensive too, let alone Vietnam!

Did I mention the white rice that we had costs us $12???

So our parents went to shop themselves after dinner and the young ones went cafe hopping with an agenda in mind. Heehee.

Went back to my favourite cafe and it never fails :)
The same cafe but a totally different feeling by night.