Day 3 - HaLong Bay to Hanoi...
Last night... there was a party on this junk! All the crew members were having a great, great time celebrating the arrival of Ox year :) There were fire crackers, karaoke and many more activities going on at the dining area... but we didn't join them... ngantuk dan kepenatan lepas berkayak semalam! :) So on the 3rd day... our junk returned to the main land of Vietnam. He had to check out early after breakfast so that the crew would be able to clean the rooms earlier for the next guests. So... basically.. nothing much to do except enjoying the beautiful scenery :)
Our junk berlabuh jap kat another island ni... where some of us who opt for 2 nights in Halong Bay turun sini and bermalam kat sini pulak.... some new guests also get in our junk to go back to the main land.
Check out early.... so cannot lepak in our room anymore..
It was damn cold outside! But I had fun chatting with the others... getting to know them better...
From left: Lawrance, me!, a vietnamese girl (forgot her name -but she just joined us from the island where our junk landed earlier in the morning) .. and Tracy :)
Our junk berlabuh jap kat another island ni... where some of us who opt for 2 nights in Halong Bay turun sini and bermalam kat sini pulak.... some new guests also get in our junk to go back to the main land.
Check out early.... so cannot lepak in our room anymore..It was damn cold outside! But I had fun chatting with the others... getting to know them better...
That's me.... borak2 with Lawrance's mom (in blue jacket)... she travelled a lot and just came back from Alaska.. wow.. how nice!!
And that's hubby... who took my pic and Lawrance's mom (above pic) from top of the junk.. so I snapped his pic from downstairs pulak :)
Ni pahlawan Vietnam mana plak ni.... hik hik! :D
With Lawrance (in brown jacket) and his dad (green and blue jacket).
Ni pahlawan Vietnam mana plak ni.... hik hik! :D
With Lawrance (in brown jacket) and his dad (green and blue jacket).
From left: Lawrance, me!, a vietnamese girl (forgot her name -but she just joined us from the island where our junk landed earlier in the morning) .. and Tracy :)
With a new friend from Canada (aisay... tak ingat jugak nama dia... :P). She was really interested to visit Malaysia... so I was suggesting her some of my favourite place like Pulau Perhentian, Melaka, Penang, ect.
Finally!! After lunch... we were transported to the mainland in the little boat again. As you can see... ramai yg menggigil kesejukan kat dlm gambar tu... So coldd... Brrr!!
Yeah... safely landed.. alhamdulillah... :D
Met Jill and her family again! :) Oh yaa... forgot to tell you.. Jill (the one in grey cardigan) is actually a fellow Maybanker who also booked this trip via PYO travel.. small world eh? ;)
Good Bye Halong bay... it was an awesome experience coming here!
Among the scenary seen along the way to Hanoi..
Back to Hanoi.... it's the New Year Celebration!!! :) See the traffic?
In the evening, again... we walked around... just to see how Hanoi people celebrate their New Year celebration :)
A Vietnamese lady beautifully dressed in Au Dai for the New Year celebration... so pretty!
This family was getting ready to go home after having fun at the Hoan Keim Lake for this NY celebration. This is a normal view in Vietnam.... sometimes you can see 3 or 4 adults riding a motorcycle.. :) I guess it's their way of life in Hanoi. Motorcycles are the most famous and practical transportation.
At the lake... so many people gathered here for the celebration. They dressed up nicely.. so meriah :)
This little girl really dressed up for this occasion ;)
Balloons - variety colors and shapes for sale!
First shop we all singgah petang tu is kedai makcik ni.... beli pencil cases and make up cases.... decorated with beads. I like!!! :D At the back.. again lukisan2 yg di jahit dgn benang sulaman... so beautiful! Vietnamese are very creative!!
Then singgah kedai makcik ni beli bag!! See the red bag that hubby hold?? I can't remember how much we bought it... but definately cheap laaa... That grandma was so excited when we took her pic :D
Jalan2... and saw these kids trying their new bicycle... probably their new year present :)
Pusing punya pusing... macam sesat pun ada gak... tapi pusing2 usually end up at the same place jugak :) See the yellow bag I'm holding? That's another bag we bought infront of the lakes... kali ni beli kat corridor je... not a kedai... dia just gantung2 all the bags kat dinding. Cheaper kat sini.. probably because they don't have to pay shop rent :D Then when we were just walking around... some 'mat salleh' girl asked me "excuse me.. where did you buy that bag?" Wahhh!! Glamour bag aku!! hehehe. So we told her where to buy the bag. And that made us think.... eh.. let's buy more bags lah for souvenirs.... for FIL, the kids, ect??!! Yeahh... let's!! So off we go to that place again to get more bags!!!
Night view at the lake.
The water puppet show theathre... mula ingat nak pi tenguk.. tapi rupanya ticket dah fully booked for a few days ahead!! Perghhh... dasat jugak eh?!
Happy Ox year!!! :D I was wearing a new bag in this pic. And inside that bag... got some bags!! Guess how many bags we ended up buying???
See below...
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Yeap!! 7 North Face bags!!
From left behind: That blue bag for Izzat (bag sekolah dia dah rabak!), the red one is hubby's, then ala2 grey+ blue bag.. for FIL, and the right most red bag is for Izzaty's school bag.
Behind.. from left (smaller bags) : The yellow bag that we bought at the beginning, then green one is for Adam - his 8th birthday coming soon in March, the grey one is for hubby (again! man.. he's a bag collector I tell you!).
Then kat depan2 tu... you can see the pencil cases and make-up cases that we bought earlier..
Nice meh? hehe... shopping.. jangan tak shopping!!! :P
Met Jill and her family again! :) Oh yaa... forgot to tell you.. Jill (the one in grey cardigan) is actually a fellow Maybanker who also booked this trip via PYO travel.. small world eh? ;)
Good Bye Halong bay... it was an awesome experience coming here!
Among the scenary seen along the way to Hanoi..Back to Hanoi.... it's the New Year Celebration!!! :) See the traffic?
In the evening, again... we walked around... just to see how Hanoi people celebrate their New Year celebration :)
A Vietnamese lady beautifully dressed in Au Dai for the New Year celebration... so pretty!
This family was getting ready to go home after having fun at the Hoan Keim Lake for this NY celebration. This is a normal view in Vietnam.... sometimes you can see 3 or 4 adults riding a motorcycle.. :) I guess it's their way of life in Hanoi. Motorcycles are the most famous and practical transportation.
At the lake... so many people gathered here for the celebration. They dressed up nicely.. so meriah :)
This little girl really dressed up for this occasion ;)
Balloons - variety colors and shapes for sale!
First shop we all singgah petang tu is kedai makcik ni.... beli pencil cases and make up cases.... decorated with beads. I like!!! :D At the back.. again lukisan2 yg di jahit dgn benang sulaman... so beautiful! Vietnamese are very creative!!
Then singgah kedai makcik ni beli bag!! See the red bag that hubby hold?? I can't remember how much we bought it... but definately cheap laaa... That grandma was so excited when we took her pic :D
Jalan2... and saw these kids trying their new bicycle... probably their new year present :)
Pusing punya pusing... macam sesat pun ada gak... tapi pusing2 usually end up at the same place jugak :) See the yellow bag I'm holding? That's another bag we bought infront of the lakes... kali ni beli kat corridor je... not a kedai... dia just gantung2 all the bags kat dinding. Cheaper kat sini.. probably because they don't have to pay shop rent :D Then when we were just walking around... some 'mat salleh' girl asked me "excuse me.. where did you buy that bag?" Wahhh!! Glamour bag aku!! hehehe. So we told her where to buy the bag. And that made us think.... eh.. let's buy more bags lah for souvenirs.... for FIL, the kids, ect??!! Yeahh... let's!! So off we go to that place again to get more bags!!!
Night view at the lake.
The water puppet show theathre... mula ingat nak pi tenguk.. tapi rupanya ticket dah fully booked for a few days ahead!! Perghhh... dasat jugak eh?!
Happy Ox year!!! :D I was wearing a new bag in this pic. And inside that bag... got some bags!! Guess how many bags we ended up buying???See below...
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Yeap!! 7 North Face bags!!From left behind: That blue bag for Izzat (bag sekolah dia dah rabak!), the red one is hubby's, then ala2 grey+ blue bag.. for FIL, and the right most red bag is for Izzaty's school bag.
Behind.. from left (smaller bags) : The yellow bag that we bought at the beginning, then green one is for Adam - his 8th birthday coming soon in March, the grey one is for hubby (again! man.. he's a bag collector I tell you!).
Then kat depan2 tu... you can see the pencil cases and make-up cases that we bought earlier..
Nice meh? hehe... shopping.. jangan tak shopping!!! :P
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