It’s Ho Chi Minh day! Our reporting time at the theatre for the shore excursion was at 10am! Many people woke up early like us for breakfast. And before 9am, we were already docked at the port!
Our tour was named the Panoramic of Ho Chi Minh, something our tour guide kept making fun of because he joked that we could all just stay on the bus and look at the view outside!
The bus ride from the Phu My port to Ho Chi Minh city took around 1.5 hours. We stopped at a souvenior shop with handmade souveniors and had lunch at a local eatery. As I was not really a fan of Vietnamese cuisine, the food was more to fill my tummy. Haha!
We then visited the post office and a museum! I shall let the photos do the taking instead! Final stop was at a temple. Our bus went past the Chinatown district and I realised that they celebrate Chinese New Year just like us! All the red decorations and chinese couplets! We even drove past a supposedly haunted building because of bad feng shui! I found everything to similar to our culture.
Our bus then headed back to the port. Traffic was congested in the evening. We arrived at the port after the sky has turned dark. Everyone was tired. But I was glad that baby was very well-behaved on the bus given that it was kind of like her 1st long bus ride. She fell asleep on most of the bus journey, and even when she wasn’t sleeping, she would just be looking at the cars outside the window! Even other families praised her!
That night, hubby and I walked around the various decks with baby asleep in carrier. She was so soundly asleep that I could still play at arcade without waking her up!
Once everyone was back on board, our cruise left the port. It was the rockiest part of the journey throughout the 8 days. People were literally swaying around like drunkards. I thought I could ignore the feeling and go to sleep. Afterall, baby and hubby were already sleeping soundly! But I couldn’t. I had to go get motion-sickness pill from my mum eventually, before I could fall asleep. Goodbye Vietnam!
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