My wife and I had a wonderful trip to Ho Chi Minh city 02/April - 09/April 2008.
02 APRIL
We touched down the airport at 12.20 pm and went straight to our hotel ( situated infront of Ben Thahn Market). We took a taxi to TM brothers cafe to book a local tour to Mekong Delta (3 days 2 nights). We then toured Ben Thahn Market for the whole evening and tried our very first Vietnamese's dishes that night.
3/April- 5/April (MEKONG DELTA RIVER)
Left Saigon for southern areas ( My Tho , Chau Tho and as far as to Pnorm Penh ) . We toured floating fishing market. We sat on different types of boats ( 20 persons', 8 persons' and 4 persons' capacities). We visited Bees' farm , paper rice and noddles factories, incense making etc. We bought honey sweets, wine, fruits along this fascinating journey. At night we enjoyed local delicacies for dinner at the hotel.
5/April
Reached Saigon at 6 pm.
6/April
We went city tour ourselves. We visited Nordes Damn Catheral, Reunitfication Palace, central Post Office, War meuseum etc. We had a wonderful lunch at a local restaurant. We took an afternoon nap. In the evening, we went to a posh vietnamese restaurant for dinner!
7/April
We joined a cooking class in Vietnam teaching us how to make authentic vietnamese's food.
* Vietnamese Spring Roll
* Caramel Pork in Clay Pot
* Steamed Rice with Pandan Leave
* Saute Banana in Coconut Milk
* Tomato Soup with Egg
* Fish Sauce...
We had a wonderful time !
8/April
Spent the whole day shopping !!
9/April
Packing... have a last minutes' shopping ...and back home by 2 pm flight.
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