Getting around in Vietnam

Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)

We traveled to Vietnam on the 21st December 2017. Since none of us have been there before, we decided to venture into the new country. Vietnam is a very fascinating country. I have the combination of  mixed love and hate about that place just like when I used to live in Egypt. Somehow people in Vietnam are very polite and welcoming. They have many beautiful amazing rooftop bars. 

This trip was not plan to be ending up in a big group which it does eventually. My daughter Ellie had booked the tickets with her boyfriend, Emil together with Emil's cousins and friend. So coincident when we said we have booked our tickets to Vietnam on this particular date and this flight. We end up laughing as not only had we travel on the same datebut we end up on the same flight to Vietnam. The next coincident thing was when I booked my hotel and told her, we end up laughing again as we booked the same hotel in Vietnam. So which mean we are going to be in a big group. Somehow it was fun. We spent hours by the pool after breakfast and went out together at night.

 We trying to take photo together but Emil is just appearing behind us.

 This is the rooftop terrace in the hotel that we staying in Sunland Vietnam. Amazing I felt more in Sweden than in Vietnam as most of the guests we met either by the pool, restaurants and elevators are speaking Swedish. 

 They are having the competition of who can go from one end to another fastest.

 We booked a tour guide who picked us up from the hotel to see the life back during the Vietnam war. It is so amazing just to see how they survive in the small tiny dark tunnel months after months.

 We are missing two guys in our group who end up sick that day.

 Every single one of us get the experience to shot with AK47. It was an experience and I totally enjoyed it.

below is my darling taking his shot.

Few days in Hanoi is enough for us since it is such a busy streets with thousands of cars, motorcycles and the honking of cars and bikes makes it more fascinating knowing and seeing how they can manage to go so smoothly on the road. There are no proper walking pavement which makes me feel so stress when walking out in the city.

We then moved on to Phu Quoc island in Vietnam. The flight was smooth and Phu Quoc was much quieter on the road and bearable to walk on the pavement.  There are so many tourist there and plenty of restaurants by the beach.

 Us enjoying our day walks sight seeing and nights together in different places.

 This is an amazing experience, we both had. We decided to booked a couple massage nearby the hotel and was recommended to this hotel which has a nice spa to use after. After our massage, we got the whole spa bath to our self. 

 Our next fun experience was to visit the pepper farm. We had a guide who does not speak so good English but he is really trying. We came to a place where he showed us just one small area where he pointed to us, there are all the red pepper, black pepper, green pepper and white pepper where it are grown. That about it about the pepper farm tour guide we got from our tour guide. It is a big joke :) 

 Coming back to Hanoi after our Phu Quoc we stayed at a very nice hotel with we got our own roof top private Jacuzzi. 

 We spent a night in this famour roof top bar one night. This place is happening and full of people.