Our journey began on 19th of September. The kids came back on Friday 18th for the school holiday and we did a last minute packing - like seriously last minute!! Memang kelam kabut… but alhamdulillah, we managed! :D Izzaty had to skip her performance for the MCKK Royal Concert in Kuala Kangsar because of this trip. Sorry En Muz for letting you down by kidnapping Zaty, she wouldn't want to miss this trip… haha!
Anyway, we have to thank our friends, Asri and Ila for sending us to the airport and taking care of our car in their house in Bandar Enstek while we were away. Decided to do that as we need to send Izzaty to TKC right after we landed in KLIA on Sunday 27th Sept. Their home is quite near to TKC and make it very convenient for us to send Zaty later.
Since we are flying with Vietnam Airlines, naturally we had to transit in Vietnam before flying to Paris. We had to transit in Ho Chi Minh city for about 7 hours before our flight to Paris. That gave us ample time to shop in Ben Thanh market… weeeeee!!! Sukerrrrr :)))
We performed Zuhur and Asar jamak-qasar prayer in a small corner in the HCM airport and later took taxi straight to Ben Thanh. By the time we reached Ben Thanh, it began raining. Thanks god sempat sampai Ben Thanh!
Zaty got rambang mata looking at all the cottons sold in Ban Thanh. Pilih Zaty… jangan tak pilih :))
Unfortunately we had to limit our shopping in Ben Thanh due to our limited buggage space and weight. We ended up buying 3 cottons for Zaty and 1 for me.
It was raining cats and dogs outside and Ben Thanh was so crowded with visitors and local people. It got really stuffy in there. We were already hungry and decided to run in the rain to eat at Sri Pinang Restaurant which is not so far from Ben Thanh.
This restaurant served halal Malaysian dishes. Hubby was a bit disappointed as he was looking forward to eat Pho Mee..... malangnya tak de dalam menu restaurant ni.. huhu.
By the time we finished dinner, it was still raining but not as lebat as before. We wanted to shop for jubah (my mom in law suruh beli daaa). Asked one of the waiters if there were any nearby boutiques to shop for jubah here… so she recommended to go to Saigon Mai, her friends' boutique. Since hujan pun dah kurang lebat, we walked slowly to the boutique (following the direction that the girl gave us) but later the girl's friend who worked at the boutique found us and lead us to the boutique.
Saigon Mai has variety of choices for jubah and the boy (who introduced himself as Lee Min Ho Vietnam... haha!) were so sporting and friendly assisting us. Pandai cakap melayu lagi! A big fan of Neelofar, Maya Karin and Siti Norhaliza… haha! Apparently he stayed in Kuantan for a few years before. Bought 2 jubahs form my MIL and and 1 for my mom. I also bought 2 Neelofar's tudung from them (sebijik okay mcm tudung Neelofar! Siap besi signature Neelofar lagi!). And it's only RM15 per tudung! (In Malaysia we bought for RM50!).
Zaty trying the jubah that we wanted to buy for my mom and MIL. See the guy behind the Vietnam lady? Haaa… itu lah Lee Min Ho Vietnam - lol! He, dengan mulut manis said zaty looked cantik macam Neelofar in this jubah… hahaha! Pandai betul bodek! lol! Ye laaa… ye laaaa… Mak beli! :P
Habis bershopping di Saigon Mai boutique, since it was still raining, we decided to go straight to the airport. Lee Min Ho Vietnam called a taxi for us. We were given vouchers for dinner (FOC as we transit here in the airport more than 3 hours) so we lepak2 drinking coffee (unfortunately the food is not halal here… so tak dapat lah makan. We had had our dinner at Sri Pinang restaurant anyway) at Daisy Lounge in the Airport.
Our flight ready for Paris ;)
Many friends asked us how Vietnam Airlines is. How's the food, ect, ect. Well, considering the price, I'd say Vietnam Airlines is not bad!! Food pun not bad! We ordered halal food and here are what we got...
Our dinner...
... and our breakfast
I love the green curry.... yummy!
It was a pleasant flight I'd say. Slept most of the time during the journey as I was too tired and sleepy… huhu.
It was a pleasant flight I'd say. Slept most of the time during the journey as I was too tired and sleepy… huhu.
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