Our Hanoi trip - Day 4

Day 4 : A visit to Ninh Binh province

Early in the morning... we had to catch this bus for this trip. Bas ni comfortable actually... but the journey.... mak aiii... and the bus terhenjut2... in the end makcik terrrrmuntah! :(

Welcome to Ha Nam :)
By the time I reached this place... I was so sick! Baru lepas muntah...

Welcome to Hoalu Ancient Capital of Vietnam! Hoa Lu is within Ninh Binh province, located 100 kilometers from Ha Noi. Recently became the magnet to tourism due to its magnificently scenic view of mountains, rivers as well as historical relics.

There are two temples in this area dedicated to the kings Dinh Tien Hoang... so we visited these 2 temples lah..

Scenaries around the temples...
Sakit2 pun boleh posing lagi ek?;)

What a FAT buffalo!! Kat Malaysia ada tak agaknya kerbau segemuk ni??

Later, we went to Tam Coc. Tam Coc means three caves. I was quite excited actually coz we were scheduled to make a boat trip through these three exotic caves during this trip :)

Sampai2 je kat Tam Coc.. kita makan dulu!.
This was where we ate lunch.. but I was so sick that I could not eat a thing! Tapi mmg tak byk halal choice pun... so we ended up eating rice and fries aje.. no lauk :(


Sementara tunggu turn naik boat... sopping around dulu...

Beli bag kecik (with nice embroidery) tu for my bibik... for just USD2!

Bags.... quite nice.. and cheaper price compared at Hanoi. Ingat nak beli.. tapi takut nanti nak balik Malaysia our luggage over loaded pulak... dah sopping byk bags yesterday maaa!! Air Asia limit kan 15kgs ajer tau... :P

Permandangan sekitar Tam Coc's Hoang Long river

The 'jeti' where we take a boat which will be rowed by one or two local persons in Hoang Long river and see the limestone mountains, which will run along their river way for several kilometers.

Beginning of our journey... the old lady behind me was assigned to row our boat... tak sampai hati rasanya tenguk dia row for us! So ada extra pengayuh tu... hubby tolong la jugak kayuh.. But surprisingly memang kuat makcik nih!! Tabik lah makcik!!

Beautiful scenery around this place...

Makcik yg row our boat tolong ambilkan gambar...

Makcik ni la yg kayuh our boat.... giler power! Ntah bape kali agaknya dia ulang alik bawa tourists ronda2 tempat ni... (about 6kms per trip you see!)

2 is just nice. 3 is a crowd.. but 5??? In one motor??? Bahaya tu dude...

Beautiful nature!

This is a normal scenery in Tam Coc. After tired of rowing using their hands... they'd use their legs expertly... phew! dasat diorang ni... I tell you!

Mat and minah salleh ni sure seronok :)

We went through 3 tunnels (of the 3 caves).

So many locals and tourist around this place...

So many local people trying to sell food from another boats like this one....

'Lomantic couple'? Rasa cam kat Venice la pulak... ahak! :D
Again... makcik tu yg tolong ambilkan gambar.

Errr... amoi sesat mana la pulak nih??

Beautiful scenery!

Wondered what that handsome Vietnamese boy doing...

So cute.. at that young age, the little girl is learning survival skill....
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After Tam Coc... we went back and reached Hanoi dekat time Maghrib kot... exhausted giler! But in the evening... again... we all rayap2 ronda Hanoi city to do our last minute shopping... esok dah nak balik Malaya :)

That amoi was waving at us in this pic. This was the only shop who said " You can pay in Ringgit here!" :D So I asked her why she wants our Malaysian Ringgit.. and she said "I can use them when I visit Malaysia next time"... wahhh!! Kaya ini amoi :)

While hubby was choosing souvenirs at that amoi's shop... I snapped this boy's pic.. so cute! :) He was having dinner with her family outside the shop :) Orang2 Vietnam ni suka makan kat tepi jalan kot...

Snakes, scorpions and other exotic animals in these jars. You think Vietnamese eat these thing?? Or just as deco??

Dah malam ni.... last shop to visit... the very first shop we went on the first day in Hanoi. Tapi kali ni makcik tu takde... husband dia la kot tu.. :)

DAY 5 : Kids.... we are homeeeeeee!! :D