Vietnam Trip

Day 2(Hanoi/Halong Bay)

At 6.30am(7.30 in Singapore), woke up. Brushed teeth and changed then went to the lobby to eat breakfast. After eating, went to the bus and went to the ho chi minh museum. It was quite nice, although my family did not pay much attention to the tour guide cos we were busy taking photos... haha. There was also this giant statue of ho chi minh. He was a very respected man, because he helped vietnam in some way. I do not know the details, cos we were, again, busy taking photos. After that, about 1 hour later, we went to temple, and studied the vietnamese history. There was this part where there were i think about 82 turtles, each where there was a stone tablet with some carvings or chinese words. And they believe thet if u touch the turtle or the tablet, it will give u good luck. So, what the heck, everyone just went ahead and touch it. After that we went to another place, where there was all of ho chi minh's stuff, like where he used to live in. And the things in the room were all really his things, they preserved it. Then we saw a giant dead turtle in an empty tank, and it was real! It was supposed to be like a thousand or hundred years old, and i didnt noe how it was preserved so good. It looked like it died just recently. After that we went to eat lunch. Then we headed to Halong Bay. The journey took about 3-4 hours, so i slept in the bus. There was a short break in between, and during the stop over i bought a chocolate bar with the money my father gave me. Then, it was in the bus again. At like 5.00, the sky already began to get dark. At like 6.00, it was like 8.00 in singapore. So, we arrived in Halong Bay, then we checked in to the hotel. It was 3 stars, and wasnt as nice as the Fortuna Hotel. When i came into the room to put in the lugguages, i just took a look around the room to see what it was like. Then, in the toilet, i saw that one of the cups that u were supposed to rinse ur mouth with, had some like black stuff in it, looked like bird shit. EWW! Okay, after that went to a restaurantto eat dinner. The first dish there was a seafood soup, but it was soooo super starchy and thick that even when i put the viniger in it, i could not mix it aroud properly. After that the tour guide told us about some massage thing that only ppl above 18 can go, then all the adults said that they want to go... Alamak! Then they ask us, to take care of the CHILDREN!!! They were like 4 years or below!!! AHHH! I knew that we were like dead. d-e-d. Then we went into the bus, i had to carry a small child over a large gap in between the bus and the pavement. The first task i had to do. Then In the bus, we realised that we actually drove off without the oldest one of us who wasnt going to the massage, our last hope. Cant believe it! 1 minute after the parents left, and this happened. We were really DEAD. Okay, we stopped and waited for her to come. Then we left 4 the hotel. We went into my cousin's room, and brought all the children there. it was then that we realised that it wasnt that difficult. We just turned on the TV and told the children to watch and... Wala! Took care of them. We sat there and ate snacks for about 2 hours, until the parents finally came back. When the parents opened the door, they all laughed because they saw so many children so it was like a child care centre. -_-"... Bad memories... We went back to the hotel room, and slept. It was a good sleep, much better than the one before. End of day 2!