I’ve been itching to travel for months and the long awaited trip to HCM was finally here! Our excitement was trampled when upon arrival at LCCT we found out that the flight was retimed to an hour later. Since we’ve arranged for airport pick-up we tried calling our hotel to inform them of the delay but received an invalid number answer! Thank god there’s free wifi in the airport. So I emailed the hotel with my phone and quite instantly got a response from the hotel. Boarding time came but the plane was no where in sight! As if sensing our exasperation, they announced that the plane was late in arrival, hence, another delay! Yet they proudly declare they’re 92% on-time…
The flight took 1 hour 50 minutes and HCM is an hour behind Malaysia. We got onto the cab, and were instantly appalled by the mad traffic web! There were vehicles everywhere, mostly motorcycles, and it seems they can drive about wherever and whichever way they like… some made u-turns in the middle of the road, some reversed to get back onto the main road, and some just stopped wherever is convenient to them. Amid all these chaos, every vehicle just kept honking, honking and honking… there’s only one word to depict the road condition here… mad!!!
When the cab stopped, our hotel’s manager came to greet and carry our luggage. Then we followed him closely to cross the road! Yup, it takes much courage, tact and ‘ignorance’ to cross the roads here… We were stunned to find we were given the room on the fourth floor! Gosh, we had to climb the steep stairs everyday… there were 84 steps and with each passing day it seems harder to get up or down… The room was spacious, one double bed and one single bed, bathroom with water heater, air-con and fan, fridge, cable tv with lots of channels, towels, wardrobe, free wifi… nice…
The flight took 1 hour 50 minutes and HCM is an hour behind Malaysia. We got onto the cab, and were instantly appalled by the mad traffic web! There were vehicles everywhere, mostly motorcycles, and it seems they can drive about wherever and whichever way they like… some made u-turns in the middle of the road, some reversed to get back onto the main road, and some just stopped wherever is convenient to them. Amid all these chaos, every vehicle just kept honking, honking and honking… there’s only one word to depict the road condition here… mad!!!
When the cab stopped, our hotel’s manager came to greet and carry our luggage. Then we followed him closely to cross the road! Yup, it takes much courage, tact and ‘ignorance’ to cross the roads here… We were stunned to find we were given the room on the fourth floor! Gosh, we had to climb the steep stairs everyday… there were 84 steps and with each passing day it seems harder to get up or down… The room was spacious, one double bed and one single bed, bathroom with water heater, air-con and fan, fridge, cable tv with lots of channels, towels, wardrobe, free wifi… nice…
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Our first meal was of course phó (pronounced pher)… beef noodle and fresh fruit juice for me… a little walking after dinner and it was time to hit the sack…
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