Vietnam, a brief summary.
May 20th to 24th.

Sherie, Samuel, and Louis' sites covered the holiday really well.
Visit them for a detailed breakdown of our journey into the strange new land.
Live long and prosper!

This is a crazily extreme picture post. Over 100 photos! You have been warned.

First of all, you need to know that cabs, cigarettes, and booze are dirt cheap there.
Therefore we over-indulged in all 3!

Also, i tried my very best to limit the pictures over here!

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DAY ONE; of getting acquainted with the hotel, visiting the local markets and learning to cross the roads.

the trolley has only 1 handle! makes it difficult to navigate.

this was our first meal in Vietnam, absolutely delicious!

DAY TWO; of boating along the Mekong River, exploring islands, and feeding aggressive crocodiles.

to the honey farm!
there're bees flying around everywhere and you can't swat them away cause they'll sting you!

the coconut candy factory.

our lunch on one of the islands.
enormous elephant-ear fish and tiger prawns (size of lobsters!).

dinner at yet another bar-restaurant frequented by foreigners (like us).

DAY THREE; of sight-seeing around the city and clubbing.

the notre dame cathedral.

the main post office.

met up with Patricia Eng for the day and went to the war remnants museum.
some of the things we saw there were too horrific and graphic for phototaking.
it was a mighty strong lesson about cruelty in times of war.

clubs in Vietnam close at 1am!
went to Bounce.
guest DJ, Andrew T of Butterfactory, was spinning there so the music was totally singaporean.

DAY FOUR; of eating and resting and eating and resting.

as you might have noticed, the common mode of transport there is the motorbike.
the streets are congested with them and they don't obey traffic rules.

DAY FIVE; of troubles at the Vietnam airport.

well long story.

basically it ends with me being held back by an officer cause of some stuff i bought,
and louis bribing another officer for "help" regarding his travel documents.