Vietnam: a 6 days itinerary (Part 2)

This is a continual blog post. If you haven't check out part 1, click here: How to spend 6 days in Vietnam (Part 1).

Friday, 19th June 2014

Day 4: 

We started the day with a visit to the Lao Chai and Ta Van villages. The villages belong to the Black H'mong, Tay and Zay peoples. 

These houses are home-stay for visitors who love to stay in this natural area. 

Every corner in this place is so picturesque. What a breathtaking view!

Let's embrace the view!

Look at the fog, it was so damn cold up here!

Here’s a mini station set up by the villagers for a living. Some grilled sweet corns, sweet potatoes and a cup of hot tea served in this cold weather was really awesome! 

 Do you DARE to eat these? 

This grilled sweet potatoes really suited my taste! 

 Look at these kids, I was taught to differentiate which minority ethnics they belong to, by recognizing the clothes they were wearing. The ethnicity of these kids is Black H'mong as they are wearing black. The clothes they wear are all handmade and it is the only clothes they wear throughout the year. They don't shower or wash their clothes often as they are afraid that the colors will fade.  
Our next destination in Sapa was Khu Du Lich Sinh Thai, it is one of the best waterfalls in Vietnam. 

Khu Du Lich Sinh Thai is also known as the silver waterfall by the local. It is 2070m above the sea level. 

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Saturday, 20th June 2015

Day 5:

The first station for day 5, Ninh Binh.

 The river sings...

I now introduce you, the mega-size Vietnam style rice dumpling. Look how big it was, wrapped in the lotus leaf. 

Here comes the famous water puppet show that you should never miss! It also represents the culture of Vietnam. The water puppet show in Vietnam was founded in the year of 1916. 
Visit my blog on the short clip for this puppet show. 

Below are the contact details for the puppet show:
E-mail: thanglong.wp@fpt.vn
For more info on the water puppet show, log on to www.thanglongwaterpuppet.org

==========End of day 5==========

Sunday, 21st June 2014

Day 6: 

And finally it came to the last day of our Vietnam trip, but still, we had some attractions to check out before having our flight back to Malaysia. 

A visit to the Ho Chi Minh museum.

In this area, we also had a chance to look at the Ho Chi Minh's vestige in the presidential palace area. 

The Presidential Palace, the former Indochina's General Governor Palace.

 There were a few cars used to serve President Ho Chi Minh in the past.

The historic house-on-stilts of Ho Chi Minh symbolizes his simple way of living.

Opening time:
Summer: From 7.30am to 11am & from 2pm to 4pm 
Winter: From 8am to 11am & from 1.30pm to 4pm
(On every weekday except Monday and Friday afternoon) 

Office address:
Ho Chi Minh's vestige in the presidential palace area
No1 - Bach Thao, Ba Dinh, Ha Noi 
Phone numbers: (084)08044287 / 08043226
E-mail: khuditichphuchutich@cpt.gov.vn 
For more info, log on to ditichhochiminhphuchutich.gov.vn

==========End of day 6==========

*End of Vietnam trip*

Due to overload of endless photos, we have to split this blogpost into 2 parts:

Click here to continue reading Part 1

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