6D5N Vietnam Trip
六天五夜 越南之旅
Itenary in summary :
行程大纲：
Day 1 : 西贡 Saigon - 大勒 Đà Lạt
→ 范五老街 Phạm Ngũ Lão → 市政厅 City Hall → 歌剧院 Opera House → 圣母院 Notre-Dame Cathedral (Nhà thờ Đức Bà) → 邮政中心局 Central post office → 夜班巴士 Night bus (Phương Trang) to Đà Lạt
Day 2 : 大勒 Đà Lạt
→ 大勒大教堂 Rooster Church (nhà thờ Con Gà) → 疯狂屋 Crazy House / Hang Nga Guesthouse (Ngôi nhà quái dị) → 达坦拉瀑布 Datanla waterfall → 大叻花园 Flower Garden(Vườn hoa Đà Lạt) → Chocolate cafe @ Truong Cong Dinh → 夜市 Night market (Chợ Đà Lạt)
Day 3 : 大勒 Đà Lạt - 美奈 Mũi Né
→ 日班巴士 Day bus (Sinh cafe) to Mũi Né → 白沙丘 White sand dunes → 红沙丘 Red Sand Dunes → 海边 Beach → 美奈小镇 Mũi Né town
Day 4 : 美奈 Mũi Né - 西贡 Saigon
→ 仙女溪 Fairy Stream → 潘切市 Phan Thiet town → 日班巴士 Day bus (Tm brothers) to Saigon
Day 5 : 西贡 Saigon - 湄公河 Mekong River - 西贡 Saigon
→ 湄公河畔 Mekong Delta → Cái Bè 码头 -Vinh Long 岛 (Cycling) 脚踏车 → 夜市 Night market (beside Ben Thanh Market)
Day 6 : 西贡 Saigon
→ 青边市场 Ben Thanh Market (Chợ Bến Thành)
总数花费 Total Budget : 5,000,000 đồng ~ 250 US$
Breakdown:
巴士 Bus (Saigon - Đà Lạt) 床位 bed/night - 210,000 đồng ~ 10 US$
巴士 Bus (Đà Lạt- Mũi Né) 座位 seat/day - 130,000 đồng ~ 6 US$巴士 Bus (Đà Lạt - Saigon) 床位 bed/day - 130,000 đồng ~ 6 US$
酒店 Hotel (Saigon) - 460,000 đồng ~ 22 US$
酒店 Hotel (Đà Lạt) - 315,000 đồng ~ 15 US$
酒店 Hotel (Mũi Né) - 360,000 đồng ~ 17 US$
一日游 Day trip (Mekong) - 140,000 đồng ~ 7 US$
吃&喝 Food & Beverage - 300,000 đồng x 6 = 1,800,000 đồng ~ 90 US$
Photo story
Day 1 : 西贡 Saigon - 大勒 Đà Lạt
从机场关口一出来，就到马路旁了。152巴士就在出关口的右手边等着。要准备好零钱（10,000 đồng / person）注：有时会把行李箱也算一人座位。直接就到范老五 Phạm Ngũ Lão 街下车。
Exit from the airport, you will see the bus 152 to Phạm Ngũ Lão, is waiting for passenger at the right hand side. Get ready for small changes for paying 10,000 đồng / person. Note : Sometimes they count one luggage per head.
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| 152巴士到范老五 152 Bus to Phạm Ngũ Lão |
Phạm Ngũ Lão is a long street and backpackers usually find hotels at Đề Thám street / Bùi Viện street (opposite a garden). Crazy Buffalo is one of the trade mark around there. Note : There are people keep introducing hotels around, be aware on the quality of hotel, room and location. Prices are available from 4 US$ (located in alleys, if you dare to stay there) to 25 US$ (Đề Thám street with breakfast), we stay at Sunny Hotel, with a breakfast area at the rooftop.
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| Crazy Buffalo 酒吧在 Đề Thám, Bùi Viện 街的交叉处 Crazy Buffalo bar @ Đề Thám, Bùi Viện street, Phạm Ngũ Lão Area. |
Sinh Cafe 和 Phương Trang 巴士公司都在 Đề Thám 街.若要买今晚 / 隔天的巴士票就要趁早了。我们选了Phương Trang（提供每小时巴士）夜班车，睡到大勒 Đà Lạt。
从 Đề Thám 走到中央邮政局，经过...
第一次吃晚餐，比手划脚的叫菜，我们坚持要吃白饭，结果差点变成两碟炒饭。。。
Day 3 : 大勒 Đà Lạt - 美奈 Mũi Né
睡了一觉后，清晨7.30am，指定的SinhCafe巴士（其实是Van）来酒店接我们到旅行社转车。出发到美奈的中途有个小型的休息站，司机下来吃碗面，而我们就上个天然的厕所。大概中午12.30am，抵达美奈沿海的大街。
一早到一间餐馆吃西式早餐，然后出发去寻找“被遗忘”的仙女溪（我们找了大半天，问了无数的路人才找到。。。汗）
The next day in the early morning, we have a western breakfast at one of the restaurant near to our hotel. Then we seek out for the "forbidden" fairy stream ( we hardly find that place by asking more than 5 persons ... sweating...)
然后勇闯潘切市（Phan Thiet），渔村。。。海滩。。。
Next, we explore to the Phan Thiet town, fisherman village and seaside ...
午餐在Hotel餐馆吃，然后巴士来接我们到Agency转巴。
Lunch @ hotel restaurant, and waiting for the bus to fetch us to the agency for transfer back to Saigon.
在酒店附近有好多旅行社，今晚我们订下了Tuan Travel的湄公河一日游（7 US$），应该算这区最便宜的了，但后来回家上网是才发现，很多地方没带我们去。。。
Sinh Cafe and Phương Trang bus services are available at Đề Thám street. If you are looking for bus ticket for tonight / next day, you have to buy it now. We take the Phương Trang (schedule bus in hourly) sleeping bus tonight to Đà Lạt.
记得巴士公司没有提供寄放行李服务，态度满差的。。。我们灵机一动，订下了最后几天的住宿（Sunny Hotel），把行李放在这，晚上上巴士前才来领取。
Remind that the bus company does not provide any luggage drop off service, "no way to keep our luggage", said by them. At the end we decide to book the last few days accommodation (Sunny Hotel) and keep our luggage there until tonight.
记得巴士公司没有提供寄放行李服务，态度满差的。。。我们灵机一动，订下了最后几天的住宿（Sunny Hotel），把行李放在这，晚上上巴士前才来领取。
Remind that the bus company does not provide any luggage drop off service, "no way to keep our luggage", said by them. At the end we decide to book the last few days accommodation (Sunny Hotel) and keep our luggage there until tonight.
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| 越南人每日必用餐: （牛肉）粿條汤 Vietnamese daily cuisine : Phở (rice noodle, 粿條) |
From Đề Thám street to Center post office, we pass through...
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| Baskin Robbin 雪糕点也在西贡！& Bến Thành 市场 Baskin Robbins open in Saigon !!! & Bến Thành market |
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| 市政局 & 歌舞剧场 City Hall & Opera House |
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| 圣母院 (Nhà thờ Đức Bà) Notre-Dame Cathedral (Nhà thờ Đức Bà) |
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| 中央邮政局 （就在圣母院隔壁） Central Post Office (just beside Notre-Dame Cathedral) |
First dinner in vietnam, order dishes with hand language. We insist to order steam rice, but finally end up with fried rice...
在巴士公司等待着 10pm，巴士10.30才来。原来巴士内有三排床，两层，小枕头，被单，矿泉水，里面禁穿鞋的（有纸袋提供，包好的鞋放在脚下），小心有小蟑螂（建议穿长裤）。一路上像摇篮一样，摇啊摇。。。然后巴士整晚一直鸣笛（越南人的习惯？打招呼？），我们听了整晚的MP3才熬过。半路有停一次休息站，在 Đà Lạt转车一次。
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| 晚餐（找不到白饭吃。。泣） Dinner (cannot find any steam rice T.T ) |
Wait for the Phương Trang bus at 10pm, it comes at 10.30pm. The bus comes with three rows with two level beds, small pillow, bed sheet and mineral water are provided, shoes are prohibited (plastic beg provided to keep your shoes). Be aware of tiny cockroaches around (suggest to wear long pants). The bed is like a swinging cradle, with bus horns for the whole night (vietnames habits? greeting?), we able to sleep while listening to our mp3 player. The bus stop for rest room once, and transfer to a smaller bus at Đà Lạt.
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| Phương Trang 巴士接待处 （Đề Thám 街），夜班巴士（三排两层） Phương Trang bus reception (Đề Thám street) and Phương Trang sleeping bus (three rows two levels) |
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| Phương Trang 巴士内观 Phương Trang sleeping bus (inner look) |
Day 2 : 大勒 Đà Lạt
早上五点就天亮了，转了车，通知了司机要去的酒店，然后到了就被抛下在街边。这里天气实在太凉快了，我们的酒店一早开了门让我们登记 。放下行李，冲了个早凉，就租了辆机车到面包店吃早餐。
The sky light ups at 5am. After the bus transfer, we shows our hotel location to the bus driver. The weather here is very cool and our hotel is opened for us to register in the early morning (about 6.30am). We check in, take an early bath, and rent a motorbike for our breakfast at a cake shop (same street).
早餐后，我们陆续到。。。
The sky light ups at 5am. After the bus transfer, we shows our hotel location to the bus driver. The weather here is very cool and our hotel is opened for us to register in the early morning (about 6.30am). We check in, take an early bath, and rent a motorbike for our breakfast at a cake shop (same street).
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| 早上6.30am， 巴士把我们放在大勒的 Đường Ba Tháng Hai (3/2) 街， 还好Phương Hạnh 2 酒店不难找，就在同一条街上。 Drop us at Đường Ba Tháng Hai (3/2 Street), Đà Lạt @ 6.30 am, and lucky we found our hotel - Phương Hạnh 2 |
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| 我们租了辆机车105,000 đồng + 50,000 đồng 汽油（用没完），就在Liên Hoa面包店享用早餐。记得要在露台坐才能看到街道的景色哦！ We rent a motorbike 105,000 đồng + 50,000 đồng fuel (can't finish), and have a breakfast @ Liên Hoa Bakery, try take a seat at balcony to have a township view. |
After the breakfast, we start our journey to ...
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| 疯狂屋！在Huỳnh Thúc Kháng 街（左手边转弯进去）。入场费40,000 đồng。 Crazy House !!! @ Huỳnh Thúc Kháng street ( one of the junction at left hand side). Entrance Fee 40,000 đồng. |
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| 疯狂的建筑设计，疯狂的小径，穿梭不同的建筑。 疯狂屋其实是间酒店，由 Dang Viet Nag 设计师所设。 Crazy building design, with crazy walk path 'along' the building. Crazy house is actually a guest hotel, designed by Vietnamese architect Dang Viet Nag. |
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| 大勒王宫，拥有私人花园的五星级酒店 Đà Lạt Palace, a five star hotel with private garden |
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| 骑机车在大勒游逛，享受冷天气和自然风。。。 Motorbike rides around Đà Lạt, windy and cold weather |
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| 我们省下了乘坐缆车，直接到 Datanla 瀑布，入场费 40,000 đồng。 We skip the tram and straight to Thác Datanla (Datanla Waterfall), 40,000 đồng entrance fees. |
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| Datanla 瀑布 （已去除人多拥挤的部分） Waterfall @ Datanla ( crowded scene are cropped ) |
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| 相信我，您不会有多余的力气再爬回出发点，就乘坐这个吧 - 滑轮车！ （其实可以坐这个下上山，为了省钱，我们只坐一趟） Believe me, you won't have energy to climb up back to the carpark, take this - roller car ! ( Actually you can go down and up, but we take one way to save $ ) |
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| 大勒火车站，有个穿制服的男人要向我收50,000 đồng 泊车费！ “对不起，我只是要拍拍照。。。” Đà Lạt railway station (Đường sắt Tháp Chàm), a guy with uniform intends to charge me 50,000 đồng parking fees! "Sorry we just want to pass by :)" |
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| 大勒花园，入场费 20,000 đồng。 Đà Lạt flower garden (Vườn hoa Đà Lạt), 20,000 đồng entrance fees. |
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| 薰衣草（只是一小部分，不能和台湾的比啦！） Lavender garden (actually just a small part, can't compete with Taiwan cottage) |
晚餐走路到网友介绍的Chocolate Cafe，然后逛夜市，有超多的衣服卖（超便宜）！
We walk to Chocolate Cafe for our dinner. Then down to the night market (Chợ Đà Lạt), clothes at here are sold in very low price !
We walk to Chocolate Cafe for our dinner. Then down to the night market (Chợ Đà Lạt), clothes at here are sold in very low price !
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| 晚餐在巧克力餐厅，Tăng Bạt Hổ 街，两人西餐共花了280,000 đồng。 Dinner @ Chocolate cafe, Tăng Bạt Hổ street, 280,000 đồng western food for two. |
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| Chợ Đà Lạt 夜市在 Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai 街，是个超大的夜市，好多便宜货，花上2-3小时是值得的！寒衣，外套，水果，小食等。。。记得要讨价还价，打五折。。 Chợ Đà Lạt @ Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai, a very huge night market and a lots of cheap stuff here, spends 2-3 hours here with no regret ! T-shirts, coats, sweaters, food, etc... remember to bargain the price for 50%! |
睡了一觉后，清晨7.30am，指定的SinhCafe巴士（其实是Van）来酒店接我们到旅行社转车。出发到美奈的中途有个小型的休息站，司机下来吃碗面，而我们就上个天然的厕所。大概中午12.30am，抵达美奈沿海的大街。
After a deep sleep, the desired SinhCafe bus (actually is a van) fetch us to their travel agency at 7.30am, and transit to Mũi Né. Along the way to Mũi Né, the van stops at rest station and the driver take a bowl of noodle, waiting for us to use the "natural" toilet. Around 12.30am, we reach Mũi Né street along the seaside.
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| SinhCafe巴士带我们到美奈 SinhCafe bus brings us to Mũi Né |
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| 巴士司机半路停下休息，吃碗面，让我们上上厕所。 The bus driver takes a break with a bowl of noodle, and this is the toilet facility at the rest stop. |
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| 一路上美奈的海滩美景。。。 Nice scene during the way towards Mũi Né |
这时可以向sincafe旅行社拿张地图，旁边一整排都是沿海的酒店，价格大同小异。我们拿了行李就直走向Hai Yen. 这间还不错，侧面向海（面对海的都蛮贵，又难找），游泳池等。。我们又租了机车出发“找吃”的了！
Here you need to take a map from Sincafe travel agency. Besides the agency, a row of hotels are waiting for us with similar/reasonable rate. We take our luggage and move to our target - "Hai Yen" hotel. It's side is facing the sea (for those facing direct to the sea are expensive and hard to be found), with swimming pool... Again, we rent a motorbike and start our journey !
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| 抵达Hai Yen 酒店 (从旅行社走了大概200米路），我们就住在最高楼。 Arrive at Hai Yen (actually we walk around 200m from SinhCafe Agency), and we stay at the highest floor. |
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| 房间设备- 蚊纱（没用到）和不怎么冷的冷气。。。 Room facility with mosquito net (not using it, although it has an ineffective air-cond) |
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| 还好，强劲的海风满足了我们。海边就座落在酒店的后面。 Lucky, the strong sea breeze as a complement, and the seaside view just behind the hotel. |
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| 游泳池。。。海边戏水后的去处。。。 Swimming pool... after the seaside splashing... |
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| 机车租金：150, 000 đồng + 汽油: 200,000 đồng (够力贵！), 贴士：在市区内的油站加油，便宜过在街边的瓶子加油站。 Motorbike rental : 150, 000 đồng + fuel : 200,000 đồng (expensive T.T), Tips : try fill your petrol at gas station (at town) instead of those roadside bottles : cheaper. |
一路上，我们终于找到白饭了！和当地人一起吃越南杂饭（比手划脚的点菜），好吃！
Along the way, finally we found the white rice! Having a mixed rice with local vietnamese
(we order by using hand language), taste good !
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| 太好了，终于能吃杂饭了！煎猪扒+苦瓜汤：35,000 đồng，品尝真实道地的越南人食物。 Yes ! We finally get to eat "Popular Rice", local mixed rice with delicious soup : 35,000 đồng This is the real price for local Vietnamese cuisine. |
寻找沙漠的路途中。。。（白沙丘，红峡谷，红沙丘。。。）
Through the journey to desert ... (White sand dunes, Red Crayon, Red sand dunes...)
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| 一小时的漫长的车程。。。前往白沙丘 Towards the white sand dunes, one hour motorbike traveling, no joke... |
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| 还好有个小男孩，在转弯处向我们指路，才能顺利到达！ 记得要小心驾驶，因为一路上都是沙石，慢慢驾 + 别用前轮煞车！ Again, lucky a small little boy standing at roadside, directing us to go into the junction and finally, we reach !!! Be aware when riding motorbike. Tips : Due to the sandy road, ride slowly and don't use your front brake ! |
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| 我们到了-白沙丘（沙漠）！这里有租借沙漠越野机车（贵。。。） 我们步行到最高点，玩沙板（沙滑梯）刚巧有个旅团在，一起免费试玩。 We are here - White sand dunes (Desert) ! Off-road riding activities are available here (expensive!) We walk (feel the sand) to the center of "desert" to play the sand slides (free to play) |
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| 准备好滑下去了吗？然后要爬个70度斜坡上回来，又热又累！ Ready to fall ? and you need to climb up a 70 deg sand slope, feel the heat and tired ! |
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| 沙漠景色，值得再逗留多一点。。。 Sand view... worth to stay a long time at here... |
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荷花池。。。刚好遇见有辆车跌入池内（鲁莽驾驶？）
这里的都是热心人，帮忙拯救那辆车。 lotus lake ... so happen there is a car drops into the lake in front of us (reckless?)
People at here are very helpful to rescue the car.
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| 接下来，我们到红峡谷（其实刚来时经过，现在走回来的路） 只是一个小小的峡谷。。。 Next, we move to the Red Crayon (actually just now we passed by when go towards white sand dunes) It just a small crayon compares to the real one :) |
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| 然后，我们又到红沙丘（回程上）。拍了几张照片，还是觉得白沙丘最美！ Then, red sand dunes on the way back to Mũi Né. Snaps some photos with the crowd... White sand dunes are still the BEST !!! |
傍晚，就在自个儿的酒店后海滩玩水，然后再泡泳池。。。然后晚餐，到美奈街边享用越南小食！
Back to hotel in evening and enjoy the seaside and swimming pool (right behind the hotel). After that, go to down town and enjoy the dinner @ roadside !
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| 肉串 + 蔬菜（薄荷）+ 杂果冰 = 美味极了！ 位于美奈市区的大交通圈旁。 Meat stick (Satay) + Vegetable (Mint) + Fruit blended (Ais Kacang ?) = Delicious ! Located at Mũi Né town, roadside around a big "roundabout". |
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| 糕点+泰式辣椒酱+猪油，好多越南妇女在等待食物出炉（一起等） 这个不起眼的小档口位于在我们回去酒店一路上的路旁。。。 Pastry + Chili sauce + Lard, a lots of vietnamese woman are waiting for the food (with us) The stall is located at the roadside, on the way back to our hotel from Mũi Né town. |
Day 4 : 美奈 Mũi Né - 西贡 Saigon
一早到一间餐馆吃西式早餐，然后出发去寻找“被遗忘”的仙女溪（我们找了大半天，问了无数的路人才找到。。。汗）
The next day in the early morning, we have a western breakfast at one of the restaurant near to our hotel. Then we seek out for the "forbidden" fairy stream ( we hardly find that place by asking more than 5 persons ... sweating...)
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| 这间餐馆看到我们的光临，才开门营业。。。好像老外们都没那么早起床。。。 This restaurant only opens the door when we want to dine in. It sounds like no one wakeup in the early morning. |
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| 寻找仙女溪的路途中。。。大概花了30分钟。。。 Searching for Fairy Stream (30 minutes), riding here and there.... |
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| 最后终于找到了，在路旁，入口在一间小商店旁（卖甘蔗水）。。。 就像市区内的一条小河。。。 Finally, we found it just beside the main road, and this is the entrance... Just a "drain" at the middle of town? |
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| 慢慢沿着小溪走，就看到有人潮走着过来。。。 Slowly wake through the stream, and we see people walking towards us... |
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| 哗！好漂亮的岩石！这些都是坚硬的石头，不是沙雕。。。 Wow ! Nice rock ! These stones are hard (they are not sandy rock) |
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| 沿着小溪的景色。。。因为赶时间，我们并没有走完。。。 Scenes along the stream, and we not manage to finish the route due to time limitation. |
Next, we explore to the Phan Thiet town, fisherman village and seaside ...
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| 一路上到潘切市途中，遇见渔村。。。 Fisherman village, along the way to Phan Thiet town |
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| 贩卖手信的商店，有咸鱼，草莓酱，鱼饼等。。。 Drop by a souvenir shop, selling salted fish, jams, and biscuits... |
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| 漂亮的海滩！距离我们的酒店大约1公里（朝潘切市方向） Nice beach ! About 1km towards Phan Thiet from our hotel. |
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| 在沿海的路途上有好多的海鲜饭店，夜市 （我们本该在昨天来的。。。泣） A lots of seafood stall (bờ kè) along the seaside, only open at night time (we should come here last night T.T) |
Lunch @ hotel restaurant, and waiting for the bus to fetch us to the agency for transfer back to Saigon.
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| 泰式午餐，在酒店餐厅 Tom Yam cuisine @ Hai Yen restaurant |
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| 这一次我们乘搭 Tân Hoàng Long（T M 兄弟） 的巴士， 和SinhCafe（周末价）比较，便宜几美元。。。不过品质就。。。 This time we take the local bus - Tân Hoàng Long (T M Brothers), few dollars cheaper than SinhCafe (Sunday price), but quality so so... |
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| 蛮糟糕的巴士，厕所坏了，就把它修理好嘛！ 在巴士上，一位小男孩的勤奋吸引了我， 好钦佩他努力的帮助司机整理被单，枕头。 这辆巴士在5小时的车程中途停了15分钟（记得要求巴士司机停）上厕所。 贴士：注意 W.C. 代表厕所，语言不通就写写这个，大家都懂的。。。 Worst bus condition. "Toilet is broken", "then please repair it !" I'm amazed by a kid working on the bus, helping the driver to tidy bed sheets, pillows. Fyi, the bus stop for 15 min break at the middle of 5 hours route. Tips : W.C. (Water closet : Toilet) is the common word used in Vietnam. |
到Saigon登记酒店(Sunny Hotel)后，第一时间找吃的（饿极了。。。）
Reach Saigon, check-in to Sunny Hotel, and searching for dinner (too hungry...)
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| 走近一家只招待 “游客” 的餐馆 Walk in to a "tourist" restaurant (only serve tourist) |
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| 我们的晚餐：炒饭，炒菜，芝士鲜贝。。。大概花了 300,000 đồng （被砍了） Our dinner : Fried rice, Vegetable, cheese scallop... around 300,000 đồng (slaughtered T.T) |
There are many travel agencies around the hotel. We book a one day trip to mekong river for tomorrow (7 US$). This trip is considered the lowest price among the travel agencies nearby, but after checking from net at home, we only found that the tour guide actually skips some places.
这天我们乘坐旅游巴士（3小时）到湄公河。
Today we take a one day tour to Mekong river (3 hours bus travel).
Day 5 : 西贡 Saigon - 湄公河 Mekong River - 西贡 Saigon
忘了介绍我们的酒店房，提供早餐！
Forget to introduce our hotel and room, breakfast provided !
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| 酒店房内的床褥 ，有电视机（但没有窗口，露台） Our bedroom @ Sunny Hotel with LCD TV (no windows nor balcony) |
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| 每日早餐（法式面包），第一天看起来蛮好吃的。。。 Daily Breakfast (French Bread), looks nice at the first day... |
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| 屋顶的餐厅，从这儿看看城市的面貌。。。 Inner view and city view from roof top canteen |
Today we take a one day tour to Mekong river (3 hours bus travel).
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| 我们的一日游旅行团，向导 Mr. Jackie，62岁，一直在车上介绍： “我们是一个新成立的国家，在400年的内战生存了下来。” “我们没有退休金，像我这样工作的，一直到死亡，每个月人工才300美金” “我们不需要缴纳税务，政府也没有提供免费的教育设施” 唠叨不停。。。 Tuan Travel agency bus, the tour guide (Mr. Jackie, 62 yrs old) keep introducing vietnam to us: "We are a new country, we survived from over 400 years of civil war." "We don't have pension, people like me work until die, with monthly salary 300 US$." "We have no tax, government no supporting any education fund." blah blah blah ... |
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| 看到没？坟墓都建立在稻田中，这里的老人家都相信，自己在往生后都能和家人住在一起。 根据Jackie的解说，越南的田地都是属于农夫的，不是政府的，所以不需要交任何税务。 See a lot of graves at the middle of farm, elders believe to be buried in their house compound to stay in touch with their family. According to Jackie, these farm land belongs to farmer, not government, no tax to be paid. |
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| 最后我们到达了湄公河畔（Cai Be 码头）， 看看我的卫星定位，都不晓得3小时的车程，载我们到哪里了。。。 Finally we reach Mekong Riverside (Cai Be jetty), look at my GPS, don't know where we are after 3 hours of bus traveling. |
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| 我们上船去。。。看看这艘，在卖饮料。。。 So, we are on boarding (boating) now... This boat is selling drinks... |
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| 渡轮在载着机车越过河，到对岸的岛上。 有些人一世人就住在这艘船上，甚至连西贡都没去过。。。 Ferry brings the vehicles across the river to the islands. Some people live in the boat for the rest of their life, they even never been to Saigon... |
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| 到了岛的一处（大概30分钟船程） Jackie介绍了这里的水都来自地下水，但只有越南人才能喝。。。 看看他，像不像印第安人？还是成龙大哥在“上海正午”的造型？ Reach to a part of the island (around 30 min sailing)... Jackie introduces the drinking water comes from the underground, but only vietnamese can drink it. Does he look like american indian... cowboy? Or Jackie Chan in Shanghai Noon ? |
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| 免费饮品（道地的柠檬蜜糖，糖果，饼干。。。） Free drinks (local made honey lemon, candies, biscuits...) |
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| 等待着我们的光顾。。。但我们这组团好像都没有“贡献”。。。 难怪 Jackie 会取消带我们到更多地方？？？ Waiting for us to buy the souvenir... but our groups actually not "contributing" any... (so that's why Jackie skip a lot of places ??? ) |
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| 老婆婆在做着薄饼，卷起来吃，像是猪肠粉一样！ Aunty is making the cake with flour. When roll up, it looks like “Chee Cheong Fun" |
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| 猜猜他们用什么来起火碳？龙眼的贝壳，稻米壳。。。好环保哦！！！ Guess what are they using as charcoal ? Skin of Longan and rice hulls... so green !!! |
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| Jackie又带我们到另一家道地的制造厂 Jackie brings us to these shops and introduce the local made products |
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| 椰糖的制作。。。 The making of coconut candies... |
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| 这是酿米酒出来的道具 This is how rice wine is made. |
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| 听过爆米花，但您有听过“爆谷花”吗 ？ You heard of Pop Cone, but have you heard of Pop Rice ? |
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| 享用爆谷花， 同时购买着本地手工制的食物。。。 Enjoying the rice cone while shopping at the local food stall |
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| 接下来，Jackie带我们到本地餐馆 Next, Jackie brings us to a local restaurant, serving free food to us ? with menu ? |
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| 左边的是“象耳鱼”（摆饰品），右边才是我们的午餐。。。 Left side is called "Elephant Ear Fish", for display only... our food is at right. |
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| 饮料都是自费的。餐馆还提供了免费脚踏车让我们到附近走走。路途中看到炸鸡翅膀！ 过后我们沿着来的路回到小码头。其实Jackie应该带我们到另一个市集，可能因为这是廉价团才取消吧。。。 Drinks are self-sponsored... The restaurant provides free bicycle riding to us, we ride around the island (village) and enjoy the moment (for 1 hour)... Roasted chicken wings are selling at roadside. Then we all go back to the jetty by boat, same way as we came just now (by right Jackie should bring us to another market, but this is a low cost package I guess, so they ignore it) |
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| 回程中，一路上看到好多的饭和面档。巴士放我们在城内的Ben Thanh市集。 On the way back, we see a lots of Com "Rice" and Pho "Noodle" at roadside. The bus drops us at Ben Thanh market. |
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| 我们看到好多的大马同胞！大多数都是来这订做马来袍。这里都用马币，美金和越南币。 记得：市集建筑内只开早市，建筑外两旁都卖廉价物品。您能在这里找到 Nike 鞋（越南制造），大概15－20美金，名牌背包（Deuter）10－15美金！！！ You will see a lots of Malaysian here ! especially for those who wants to make their own culture costume (baju kurung). People here accept RM, USD and Dong. Food stall available here too. Notes : Ben Thanh market (inside building) are closed at night time. But both side of the building (outside) are selling a lots of cheap stuff, you can find a Nike shoes (original from vietnam) at 15-20 US$, Deuter beg at 10-15 US$ !!! |
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| 市政局在夜晚的景色！ The City Hall looks nice at the night time ! |
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| 美丽的酒店配上法式餐厅（好想进去，但。。。） Nice hotel view with a romantic French styled restaurant (we want to dine in, but...) |
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| 最后，我们来到这间 Ciao Cafe，里面环境不赖嘛！！ Then we end up with this restaurant "Ciao Cafe", surprisingly it amazes us !!! |
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| 室内的感觉与室外完全不同！我们还在菜单上看到Nasi Goreng（大马炒饭），在越南蛮出名的！ Inner senses are totally different from outside look ! and we found our Nasi Goreng actually famous in Vietnam ! |
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| 在二楼有罗曼蒂克的感觉，三楼是饮酒的 Romantic feel, Ciao Cafe (Second floor)... the third floor is a bar with nice environment. |
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| 晚餐与饮料 Our cuisines, and fruit drinks. |
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| 再次购物！在Bến Thành 市场的周围，您能找到名牌背包，鞋子，价廉物美！ Then we shops again ! Around the Ban Thanh Market, you will never stop shopping when you see all the branded stuff actually selling damn cheap at here... |
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| 当然，睡觉前别忘了再来一瓶Dalat牛奶，能在K Circle便利店找到。 Of course, never forget to have a Dalat Milk before we go to sleep ! Dalat milk can be found at any K Circle shops. |
Day 6 : 西贡 Saigon
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| 最后一点在西贡，一样的浴室，一样的早餐。。。 The last day in Saigon, same bathroom... and the same breakfast ... |
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| 面包店，再到Bến Thành 市场。 Tous les Jours - Bakery shops (normal price), then we go to Ban Thanh Market again :P |
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| 寻找着152巴士到机场，位于Bến Thành 市场的对面。 Search out the location to take bus "152" back to the airport. Just opposite the Ban Thanh market. From the board, you can see 152 is the first and the last bus in the queue. 我们问了一位穿蓝色制服的男子，他一直在敷衍我们，说坐计程车十分钟就到机场。后来才知道原来他是计程车招待员。 At first actually we ask a guy with white blue uniform, where to take the bus. He keeps ignoring us and ask us to take taxi for 10 minutes. Finally only we know that he is actually a taxi-receptionist... |
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| Pho 2000是一间出名的连锁餐厅，专卖粿条汤。这里真的是“游客价”，您可以在街边的档口用便宜的价格吃到相同的食物（当然您的胃口要够大）！ Not forgotten, Pho 2000 is one of the recommended restaurant must be tried before we leave. But honestly, this is a tourist restaurant with "tourist" price. You can get the same food at road side with much more cheaper price (depends on your stomach digestion capability...) |
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| 我们再到Trung Nguyen咖啡馆，越南顶尖的咖啡？到处可见。。。 Tasty food from Pho 2000, and we move forward to Trung Nguyen Coffee Shop, most famous in Saigon (vietnam?) and you can find it around the city. |
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| 乘坐152巴士到机场（蛮累的）跟着路牌到启程地点。 Next, checkout and move for bus 152 (tiring process), and we reach airport. Here is the direction to go upstairs (departure hall), but actually the lifts are besides the building... bad design (which means from the lift, you need to go out from the building then only can enter the hall) |
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| 行李 25公斤 Our luggage... 25 kgs in total... |
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| 又享用Trung Nguyen咖啡！ Finish up our Vietname dong before the flight... Trung Nguyen Again !!! |
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| 机上食物。 Airasia food (remember to purchase when do the online check-in to get offer price) When we reach LCCT, then only we know there are foods cannot be "imported" from nearby country... |
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Appendix:
西贡地图
Map of Saigon
西贡酒店名片
Saigon hotel name card
大勒酒店名片
Dalat hotel name card
Sinh Cafe 巴士列表
Sinh Cafe bus schedule
Map of Saigon
西贡酒店名片
Saigon hotel name card
大勒酒店名片
Dalat hotel name card
Sinh Cafe 巴士列表
Sinh Cafe bus schedule
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